I would paint your siding the same color as the garage doors.

I would also suggest taking the siding color into the medium grey/taupe tones zone, and changing the trim to white, which include painting the porch posts white. Would paint cornerboards as body, not trim.

Once the grass starts petering out on account of shade, consider replacing it with a durable, low groundcover.

If the change sought is paint color, the seriously consider painting the siding and trim all one color --either the garage door color or white.

If, however, you are wanting more significant change, consider those that could make your front entrance more dominant. If, as it appears, you have only a shed roof with hip corner over the sidewalk to your front door between that row of hedges and your garage, consider adding a feature to that corner that will identify it as the entrance path to your door.

Perhaps not a cupola -- perhaps not a gable .

Perhaps a change to the roof over the walkway and to the poles that support it.

If you are open to changing the roof line over the walkway, perhaps you could make the roof over the garage separate. Alter the roof over the garage so the hip corner of it ends at the right corner of the garage.

Then build a new roof over the entry sidewalk HIGHER than the garage roof . You could still have it be a shed roof, albeit with sturdier looking posts and supporting angles, but have it begin at a height chosen so that when you add the left slope in front of the upstairs, your left slope will be only a few inches or so beneath the height of the upstairs window trim (bottom trim beneath window sill) .

As you reach the front corner with your right-sloping shed roof you can add a small decorative left side slope to the right sloping roof in front of the garage, creating the appearance of a forward facing gable... not unlike this small gable in front of the larger gable: the part of the smaller gable that is in front of the larger gable is decorative rather than actual roof covering any interior space.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/192599321544446995/

You might want to build the new roof starting with the front so you are building both sides of the roof, including the left slope in front of the upstairs, first to be sure you have symmetry. You might even consider a triangle window in the right side of the gable with a black panel (or dark tinted glass with "interior" behind it also painted black) in the same shape on the left side of the gable.

https://www.pinterest.nz/pin/545850417335577390/

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Is that monstrous hedge on your property or the neighbor's? Removing that would be the first order of business for me. If you can't remove it, then ask permission to trim up your side of it and continue to do it regularly. Don't outline the corners of the house with white paint because it makes it look more boxy. I do think square posts to replace yours would be a big improvement. Paint them white to match the window trims and use the same white for eaves, etc. Paint for siding will have to coordinate with the roof color. Do you have a sample of those shingles, or can you get one from the original source where they were purchased? If so, take it with you to the paint store to help find the right color. You might want to get paintable garage doors so it won't be impossible to blend those with the siding color. Since grass is always going to grow through the driveway pavers, consider a deliberate plan to make it look purposeful. Otherwise, take them out, kill the grass, lay down a sand bed for them and sweep sand between, just like laying a paver patio.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/grass-and-paver-driveway/nqrwns/p/18

Thank you everyone. So much to digest and some suggestions that I would never have thought of. I need to research some of the ideas a bit more - lots of new info for me. Thank you for taking the time.

Just out of interest, I got a rough quote to paint the vinyl siding = $1400. Plus, To paint all the trim, eaves, spouts, soffits, etc = $1800.

Stone refacing for 3’ up over the brick, posts and the top siding part was about $18000.

Correction: $14,00 (not $18,000) for partial stone reface.

Your house isn't ugly as is so stick with what works within your budget. If you can get the siding pressure washed and be sure you have the right kind of paint, painting it yourself might be something to consider.

Be careful about adding stone to the posts you cannot actually see anyway -- you don't want to want to end up shrinking your walk path by much ... if any.

I would go with garage doors color for siding.