Certainly not a "cabin"in my vocabulary. Where are you ? I do not like green roofs ever. I arch above the garage doors IMO first thing to go. Shakes are not contemporary . I cannot see the front door at all. From what I see of the style is is not really not modern other than the arch thing above the garage . I do not like the dark blue siding but not sure charcola would bea n inprovement . I usually like charcoal with natural cedar is there a way to maybe change the posts, the trim and the garage door to natural cedar. I think the house is okay right now and I wouls work on a plan to do things in osme kind of order not just no plan an some kind of quick fix. I for sure would not do the garage doors dark brown

I think the previous owners did a pretty darn good job of adding curb appeal to an somewhat unattractive home. Sure, the green roof and semi-circle aren't so lovely. But the overall color helps distract from everything and lets you focus on the gorgeous scenery and nice landscaping around. Don't mess with this until you can change the roof.

thanks. Really appreciate your comments. I hear you on the cabin comment...I refer to it as a cabin since it's our cabin home in whistler. I too have thought a cedar accent might be the ultimate best way to go but decided against it because changing the trim seemed like a big job....the fascia and the soffit are all that dark brown. I could see sanding the post and the front door and the window beside the door and changing garage doors but doing all the windows & trim, fascia and soffits is bigger scope than i was hoping for. And so we've landed back at my dilemma, if I don't unify these features (front door, post, fascia, soffit, windows and trim, garge doors) in natural cedar, what else can I do?

Suggest leaving it alone completely. Previous owners had vision for volume, color and setting if not conformist, and weren't calling attention to the house. Return the lawn to a more natural state. About the only thing I'd be moved to change about the house is to buy natural wood garage doors in a very dark wood, and they are quite expensive.

Thanks Kendrah. IT's good advice. Ok, so after thinking about this, maybe my question should be, if deleting the semi-circle, should I simply re clad the whole triangle with board and batten or do something else like gable feature in the same brown?

Hey mytwo cents, thanks for the comments. I'd love to do as you suggest with the lawn but I think that comes with a rework of the driveway with some updated pavers..and a large expensive landscape plan. Everything I contemplate on this place leads me into project-creep. What I need to do is, as Patrricia Colwell commented, come up with a plan where spending on one project doesn't get thrown out the door in the next project.

I don't think it's necessary to repave your driveway to not have a suburban green lawn patch right there, replaced with a woodlands patch. You're in the woods. I thought about suggesting something more rustic for your driveway, but you need that hardscape. There's nothing wrong with your house and its disapperance or subsumation into the vista and surroundings is appealing. Let it recede in your mind as well!

I find the dark blue dreary. I'd add some white trim. That might not go with the mahogany color you've described. Painting the whole thing a medium or forest green might be an improvement. I think the architecture is interesting, not "somewhat unattractive",

Congratulations on your new home! The setting is gorgeous and I like your house.🙂 I’m thinking maybe it was a Lincoln log house (brown with a green roof) and the prior owner thought it looked dated. How old is the roof? I don’t love the siding color either, but it can be painted if you can come up with something that accommodates the green roof.

I would replace your garage doors with wood, in a darker (walnut-ish) wood tone.

It feels like the previous owners tried to match “earth and sky” in the theme. Since you don’t need to change the roof, the fastest, cheapest change is the happy apple green door paint. Adding the address within the semi-circle makes it seem deliberate, so that’s another great idea from Beth.

When you have more energy you can consider doing the trim, but right now it all recedes, which is not a bad look. The blue is attractive and seems in good shape.