Most would look at the house ... and think that you already won the lotto!

Yours is actually not a bad version of the Faux Mediterranean/Tuscan style I see all over FL. A few in my neighborhood are buying, gutting and ditching the arches and faux mouldings, but you have to go into it knowing you have the budget to make those changes right away.

I would not spend any money on anything other than repainting. If you really want to get new windows, remove arches and do major stucco work, then start saving for that major project ... and you can also play the lotto to try to speed it up!

Your landscape is very similar to your inspo photo. Line the perimeter of the lawn along the mulch sections in a bright green perennial such as dwarf Boxwood or Jasmine to match the look.

Place two large shrubs on each side of the front walk or front porch. The Italian cypress in the photos will get too big. Look at Arborvitae.

And a small potted Palm under each porch lamp.

You have a Mediterranean or Spanish-style home and it would probably be better to embrace it rather than try and erase it. The arches are staying so it's best to enhance the style you have.

I feel once you remove the two tone-three tone colouring to all white it will make a HUGE difference. The foundation cap, a.k.a chair rail and the window trim and arched windows will be fine once everything is painted one colour. Your door is really nice but I agree that the arch on the top does not match the entrance arch BUT that can easily be solved by installing a new surround that matches the arch or consider painting the whole wall the same colour as the door so then the arch is not noticeable. I do not feel you need to spend tons on restructuring that door opening. Forgo drawing any more attention to the windows with awnings. I feel once everything is painted out you may learn to like them till you feel you can afford to change the windows.

I agree one paint color will do wonders to streamline things. Which windows are the faux ones? I would look into matching the door arch to the portico arch, but it may be pretty pricey. New lights, and potted shrubs will take you pretty close to your inspiration.

Yes, please indicate which windows are painted on. Might just want to paint over them. Are the two on the garage (?), far right on your picture, square on the interior. They seem to have different trim work than all of the other windows.

My guess is most of the trim you don't like is basically glued on styofoam (EIFS), so could be removed pretty easily. That said, just painting it out would go a long way towards simplifying the visual clutter.

I'd consider reducing the acreage of concrete in front of the house, too.

Painting all one color will do wonders. I understand the temptation to remove the "chair rail" and change archways, but it will be like pulling a tiny thread on a sweater and lead to so much more work than you are wanting to spend money on now. The mismatched arch and front door don't bother me, I really had to look closely to see what you were talking about. Yes, the faux garage windows are bothersome. I'd get rid of them or paint them out.

What is your landscape budget? Anyway to reduce the amount of concrete in front of your home?

Thank you for all the input, everyone!

Looks like our best bet is to leave the structure of things alone and hope that paint makes some of the eyesores less sore. Landscaping will make a huge difference, too, and we're planning to spend a lot there.

The front door is actually a mess when you look closely - hard to tell from the photo, but my husband and I who are 5'11 and 6'1 have to almost duck to get through it. It's much wider than it is tall, and I can't imagine where it would work. A fancy playhouse, maybe? 😜 We'll have to replace it anyway, so we're prepared to invest a chunk of budget there.

As for reducing concrete, it's possible but would require regrading the hill to the side of the house. The concrete you see is a circular driveway, and it's the only place for guests to pull off the street. there's a narrow driveway that drives around to the garage, but it's really small already, and wouldn't be enough on its own. To eliminate the circular driveway, we'd have to widen the driveway that goes around back and create some space that way. Our house is in the country on some acreage, so theres room to do this, but the house is on a high point and the rest of the land drops off before leveling out again. I suspect that's why the driveway is the way it is now. May be a future project!

I'm attaching a photo of the house with the faux windows circled.

I would leave the faux windows, unless they look bad in person. They add interest.

Wow, thank you for that image. I never imagined it would look so empty without them.

The faux windows look pretty good ... at least from the photos! Could be very different in person. I wouldn't touch them, unless you have major plans to add real windows, if that is even possible in those rooms.

Yes, the faux windows have to stay, i can see that now. it would have been a huge mistake to erase them. I'm so glad for the rendering postend above. In my mind it was going to look great! oops!

On the topic of reducing the concrete in front of the house, behold the driveway layout. It's narrow, and the lot drops off to the right of the long driveway that goes back to the garage. It doesn't work that well as-is, but I don't have a better idea.

I really think painting the house all one color instead of contrasting trim is going to go a long way to making it look good. I don't think the concrete is a problem.