Removing the overgrown shrubs will help a lot. Don’t plant new ones that will grow equally large! It’s a small house - look for things with mature sizes no taller than the bottoms of the windows.

It appears to be a cozy cottage. I would embrace that cottage feel. I do think you should keep the shutters. They add to the cozy cottage look

Such a cute house!!

I agree, I like the shutters a lot!
As well as the current paint…But if you want a change I’d probably paint the base of the house white, or blue and paint the shutters a couple shades darker. Our sage color house with green shutters. Pale yellow house with yellow shutters.

Something about the coordination and pastel type vibe is talking to me…☺️🤷‍♀️🤍

Cute house! Yes, keep shutters but get some that fit. These appear a tad too tall. Sorry, I’m no good with color selection.

Remove the mulch volcanoes from the young trees. Mulch should NEVER be piled up against the trunk; it should stop a couple of inches from the base of the tree.

@laceyvail 6A, WV that's not our house; I posted the pic because I like the house colors.

@HU-187528210 now you've got me thinking tone-on-tone or pastels.

Some relandscaping & don’t even think about Mexican feather grass. Very invasive, I had mine taken out 2 years ago ( previous owner had it planted ), it speads eveywhere ( seeds ), I just pulled out dozens of new volunteers this afternoon, & it’s been 2 years .

I’m at the paint store now getting samples. We’re thinking light body, dark shutters, color on door, white for porch—similar to the gray and yellow inspired pic. Or should we do window trim and porch the same color as the body?

OK, here's what we went with for paint. I am going to get a new black mailbox and porch light. I think the light should be a bit larger? The green turned out to be more Apple Green, and I thought it would be more chartreuse/olive-y. What do y'all think? Overall I feel like it's a fun balance of neutral and pop-y.

Very nice. Love the landscaping. I like the way some of the leaves bring out that bright yellow/green color. Add a couple more plants in that color to enhance that effect.

Look at Euphorbia (spurge) and yellow sweet potato vine for example:

I like those plant suggestions!

It's to die for cute!! You did a fabulous job. (Yes, a bigger light would be great. Maybe a bronze color would be pretty with your green.)

What a cutie patootie! Very nice.

Just don’t get too carried away with the landscaping and hide the house. There are some shrubs that have reached the windowsills that should be trimmed down. A very large bright red pot filled with red geraniums would be a nice highlight.