I think a red door would look good. Don't remove the railing. You need one and the one that is there looks good. The windows are not right for shutters.

Your home is lovely. Save your cash for the unexpected things that go wrong in a 100 year old house and hit pause on outside fixes while you whip the garden into shape.

I would focus exclusively on garden and landscaping for now. It is a lot of area that looks like it needs to be tamed - dividing, weeding, pruning. Stone slabs are rather expensive. I'd wait one full season before installing them so you have a sense of the garden as a whole and what you are dealing with.

There are too many windows that cannot take shutters that it would seem random to have them on the few that can. You need a railing of some sort on your stairs. And, it doesn't make sense to me to cover the cement on your stairs when you have a cement walkway leading to them. Wait on the stairs, railing, and new door until the future when you can give the whole porch, front door area, and walkway an entire and proper make over. In other words, don't fix what ain't broke.

The two front steps look a little puny in that photo, and maybe it’s just the photo, but if they could be widened more in line with the width of the porch, that could really do wonders in making a gracious entry. But of course that would mean changing the railing and the sidewalk so unless the steps/porch is failing or you’ve a massive landscaping project in the works I’d put it on my 5-10 year plan.

The first thing you do is realize it isn't the same home you left behind, and a red door may be fine, but it won't be the old home and it won't ever be a colonial with classic black coach lights.

Post better pictures, not screen shots .

Move in, take your time. get some local landscaping advice.

I sense what you are trying to do. ........start with acceptance of what you have. Both house and resources. Rome didn't get built in a day : )

No to the Bluestone pavers and especially not over a concrete stoop

The pics are not helpful we need to see the whole house from furthr back for sure . Post thiose here in comments just like you did already DO NOT start another post . I agree learn to love what you have now it will never be what the old house was. I do not like shutters just slapped on with no thought /These pics are from 2 yrs ago take recent pics .Are you an actual gardener that looks to be done by someone who loved gardening . I will wait for the new pics from further back

I'm not sure I'm understanding the OP. It sounds like you are wanting to take your new house, a 1920's farmish house, and turn it into a colonal style like you used to have? Or trying to take the house and make it look more farmish? It looks like there is already a lot of landscaping going on.

I wouldn’t put pavers over concrete or do a red door. Shutters won’t work for this house because all the windows are different.

Also the front walk could be wider. You could achieve the effect with planting beds on each side from the sidewalk to the porch.

Level and clear space on each side of the walk the width of the porch with a clearly defined border of benderboard or rock. Fill with annuals for a rotating display of color.

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This is beautiful! Thank you!

Here are some photos our new home that I took today. All of these thoughts and ideas have been very helpful and appreciate any further inspirations thst come to mind with a clearer picture of the home and landscaping. Yes, there is a loss involved for me in a leaving the style and beauty of the home we are leaving. I want this home to have more of a beauty and charm, but I know if takes time. Thankfully, I love to garden and am excited for the ways I can add beauty with so many beautiful plants she had started.

And, yes... that large patch of green is MINT. Yikes!!!

Widen the front walk visually with defined planting bed on each side.Gray line is a rock or brick border.

tracefloyd, This is a great idea! Do you think I could get by with using any perennials in this scenario, and just keep them pruned each year? Or would annuals be best?

Perennials would be fine, if the bed is made wide enough, indeed that would be my preference. They don't need pruning since they don't form a permanent woody structure like shrubs. Just cut the old stems down at the end of the season or in spring. Much easier and cheaper than replacing annuals every year. I'd also include bulbs.

I'm so pleased! Do you like the alternating color in my rendering? You could have one color that is permanent for the perennials, and leave room in between them for rotating seasonal color from "annuals" each season. A few of six packs of color every 3 months isn't too much extra work.

And who says a red door needs to be fire engine red? Go daring.

This is the red door shade on our current home for inspiration. Not sure if it will go as well with the gray, however? I'm still wanting a "classic" look, and not too bold, especially in this setting where the front landscaping/flowers can really be featured, and as it is in a more natural, farm setting. Either way, I prefer painting the sides flanking the door white to feature the main door. Thank you again so much!

My front door is SW Rookwood Red. Take a look at it. It's more lively than it appears on the chip, so sample it. My siding is light greige. I think it would look good with your siding. Blue or green would work too.

I love that Rockwood Red kandrewspa posted. It matches the foliage on the left in this photo.