Love your inspiration pic! If you wanted to recreate it the plants look to be Mexican feather grass, artemesia, russian sage, verbena bonariensis and a taller grass. Ive grown all those and they are great plants, not sure its a minimalistic look but it could look really good in front of your house!

..... but it all depends on where the house is located, geographically, and whether it has a sunny front aspect. Those plants would not work well in a cold or wet location nor in a shady spot.

Your inspiration pic and the plants mojavemaria suggests are minimal in terms of maintenance. In design considerations, they will stay low, won't get overgrown. All of them could be cut down to the ground in fall, although I'd leave the grasses for winter interest, only cutting them back in early spring. That might not be "Minimal" in architecture terms, but if you like it, who cares?

I'd make the beds as large as you can, and prepare the ground for good long term growth (incorporate organic material, double-dig if your ground is compacted). And as floral points out, make sure you're location is conducive to these particular plants.

Noticed that the lavender color in your inspiration pic is Russian Sage. If you want lavender plants, maybe a special bed of them out toward the street would work.

You guys are amazing! I should have omitted that word minimal as that is really not an accurate depiction of what we want.

We live in Texas and the house faces North.

I would suggest cat mint instead of lavender. It is much easier to care for.

https://www.texasgardener.com/raising-purrfect-catmints/

So if it faces North is it sunny? Or is Texas bright enough to grow sun lovers on the North side?

Yes it faces north and I think it will get plenty of sunlight!