My suggestions are (if money wasn't a factor), paint the house a modern dark gray or charcoal color (not sure if that's vinyl siding), update the garage doors/modern, modern exterior lights, update front door and landscape. Not sure if you need a new roof, but if so, new shingles to compliment the new house color. Use Houz and Google images and see what inspires you. You have a cute house and could modernize it with some paint and other updates. Good luck!

New windows no grids, no flower boxes a new darker paint color a nice natural cedar garage door with the house painted a dark gray. A paver stone walkway.

New garage door to start will make a huge difference. As would front window and door replacement

Upload pics of your house into both Thermatru's and Clopay's website to try different door styles and colors. I wouldn't go ultra modern but there are some changes you can make. Personally, I like it the way it is. The only changes I would make would be to add a garage door in the same color as the house with windows and to replace the storm door with a full lite door.

This house doesn't know if it is cottage-y or modern-ish! The gable and window say cottage, but the chimney looks more modern. Can you remove the little gable whenever you need a re-roof? Choose one of the great garage doors shown above, get a matching front door, replace the window with one more mid-century style as well as the lighting (bigger and bolder) and house number. Clad that chimney with something similar to the garage door you choose and paint it to match.

Sleek landscaping with a bigger approach to the front door; large cement pavers & gravel should be fairly easy. No wreathes, flower boxes, hanging plants.

Or you could embrace the cottage -y personality, again with a new garage and front door, a softer paint color on the siding, different lights, re-landscape with more of a softer look (brick or stone).

Thanks everyone!! I’m just having trouble picturing things, and for the walk up entrance and lighting I’m not sure how to style that. If anyone has photos that would so helpful! Thank you so much everyone !

Paint downspouts to match home's body color. I fear the expense of an all-over modernization might break the bank. IF you can accept, and are willing to play-up, the 'cottage look", a change in the landscaping would make a dramatic difference.

Bump for Yardvaark.

Or gray body

Modern outdoor light (Home Depot)

Modern house numbers

wow thats awesome! what program did you use for that? Thank you!!

Are you sure you will like modern? Your wreath and window boxes are cottagey, not modern at all. Modern landscaping is grasses, spikey plants, square edged flower beds, lots of variation in foliage but not as much flower.

i definitely love modern more, we just moved in and this is how the house looked

when you have time look at Clopay’s Modern Series and Canyon Ridge Modern garage doors. Both are insulated, low-maintenance wood-look doors. www.clopaydoor.com

Below is an example of how a customer in Canada transformed her home with paint and a new Clopay Canyon Ridge Modern garage door.

Some great ideas here but if you've just moved in you probably have a long list of projects. For a quick fix if time and budget don't allow for all this right now, paint the garage door a dark gray, and add dark gray/black squares in the loose stones. Paint window trim dark if you can. Paint the front door a MCM colour, and paint the screen the same colour if you have to keep it for now. See if you can remove the grids from your window. Add a hedge of grasses across the front, and maybe along the path too. Remove the wreath and window box. Big house numbers, maybe even painted very large on the garage door in a MCM style font.

I like this version of celery's, but would forget the flower box and clad that little bumpout in cedar too. Then I'd try a black frond door with more glass. Can you mock that up, celery?

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Sure!

I think a garage doors with a row of windows down the left side will look better here. it's a big door and the windows will break up the space and add interest.

we just got a door like that and I was surprised at how much light those little windows let in! enough that I don't have to turn on the light when I'm just in there to grab something real quick.

Looks great, celery. Can you clad the window bumpout where the flower box was with cedar?

I think I did?

The gabled bumpout with window just right of the door, celery. Where you removed the cedar flower box. TIA