Cedar can be covered with a solid stain. That said, I would not do that to your lovely siding. I'd paint the shutters a warm, sagey green and the trim a creamy white. I'm not a fan of over-clipped balls as landscaping. It's hard to know what you have from that pic. Are the yellow balls sickly yews or beautiful forsythia in bloom? From the pic, they look sickly. In real life?

I honestly don’t know what that is. guess I want to tackle the exterior of home first and then landscaping. I do agree with you on the ‘overtrimmed balls.’ Any suggestions as to landscaping would be welcome as well. I actually did have green in mind (but a much darker green from inspiration I saw online) but I wanted to get some opinions. Door? Thank you so much for responding!

Can be very charming with exterior renovation.

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Thanks all. This did not pan out for me, maybe for the best!