Thank you for the tips. My daughter has mentioned painting the shingles as well, guess she was right. I love your project photos!

While you’re at it, paint the gutters the trim color.

Wow I didn’t notice the gutters. Yes much better if they were the cream trim color

Here's the after of the recommended changes, besides gutter painting. Anything else you can suggest would be appreciated.

I'm thinking of repainting the house and haven't decided on color scheme thus waiting to paint gutters.

Wow Calvin, you didn’t waste any time making those suggested changes! Looks wonderful! You asked about landscaping - I was wishing that what looks like a Japanese Maple at the right end of bed was a red leafed variety. You likely see the impact of color in fall seasonal change. And looks like it’s been there awhile too so might be a major project to relocate on your property. Appears setting is wooded but without location can’t recommend anything. That planting bed would look so pretty filled with different textures & colors & combo of evergreen & flowering. If you’re not plant knowledgeable, it wouldn’t be cost prohibitive to have a landscape designer create a plan for you.

Thanks KW! It does look so much better. We are in Gainesville GA, 50mi north of ATL. Probably a good idea to get an landscape designer, since it's a small area shouldn't be too costly. The maple does turn red, shouldn't be too much longer until that happens. There's a second one just like it a little further to the right past the steps leading to the back yard.

Wow, that was fast! Much more cohesive. Gainsville is nice, my SIL lives in Dahlonega...

Yes slightly lusher landscaping (nothing that needs trimming) and some color in the pots by the door when you feel the need (I have ferns by my door and never get around to changing them until the holidays when they get replaced by a chistmas tree...)

Here a some landscape suggestions:

Wow, that looks awesome Doug! Would I be able to take that image to the nursery and they could figure out what the plants are? Thanks!

The plants shown are BananAppeal anise, Leann Cleyera, Variegated Daphne odora, Kanjiro camellia, Autumn ferns, Liriope & Sunshine ligustrum. This scheme will work if you have part shade.

Lovely home. One thing I noticed is the porch/stoop looks like it's hanging rather than seated on the ground, Widen the step to the width of the porch/stoop

I would be out there this weekend removing the scraggly shrubby plant to the left of the Japanese maple. I'd take what looks like hakone grass in your beds or the short green grass behind the rock and put it in the corner where your step meets the driveway. The edges of that step needed to be softened with plants. It'd be better to have an evergreen there though, and I'm not crazy about the lime green of the hakone with the orange stones in the step. Low-growing shrubs under both windows should be variegated or some color besides green. You have too much green with the green house.