One one hand your have so many visual elements stuck on to one house I think cobblestone would be dizzying alongside them all. One the other hand, it could push this over the top into an oddly cool look.

Can you post another pic with new garage doors?

What is a walk up? Do you mean a walkway? A path to your door? Do you want a railing , lighitng? Do you want to landscape your front yard?

Sorry, yes I meant a walk way

How are you with weeding? Bff has a beautiful brick driveway...it's a nightmare for weeds in every crack. Do you shovel snow where you are? Again--contraindicated. Sorry but FUNCTION has to lead for me. You could add more hardscape, a brick walk that is parallel to the driveway but your green space isn't all that expansive so not sure that's the best plan. Your home has a lot going on with all the different squares. You might be better to find a way to unify that. I understand wanting to save the tree but we can't SEE your home. We only SEE the garage. Does that work for you?

I think the better investment would be to focus on updating the house and trim color to lighten and brighten which would lend to better possibilities for the walkway along the right edge of the driveway running from porch to sidewalk. Power wash the driveway and sidewalk and let it be.

Perhaps the olive tree can be trimmed to remove the left trunk/branches that are overtaking the area and who knows what the roots are doing to your foundation.

The roof and cobblestones in no way work together . I would remove the left limb on the tree and honestly too much garage for the house . The basket ball hoop needs to not block the path from street to front door and what are the new garage doors like. The landscaping is odd but a walkway from street to house will need to be more concrete which IMO is already too much .Where do you live ? I see tons of solar panels which is great BTW. Maybe try as mentioned a lighter facde and and post a pic of the front door area please

Not sure about cobblestones but IMO a larger, flatter stone would work. Wouldn't recommend that you use them on the entire driveway but perhaps just on a walking path to the house nearest the door.

Not sure why you've identified cobblestones as the solution to the massive driveway and the triple garages. Unfortunately, your very nice tree actually blocks the house, making it look like a a home for cars, not people. At the very least, paint your front door a bright color. And give the tree a professional trimming to expose more of the house side.

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Is that smaller garage door for cars? If not, then create a people friendly patio walkway to guide people to the house and extend its footprint, something like this but with the patio area under the tree. It could be very inviting. Get a professional designer to help you with this and much better landscaping on the right side--the house side where people live, not the garage side where multiple cars live.

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Given the size of your driveway, the best way to make a formal path to the door is to do it in the driveway. I'm not sure brick would be the best choice with your house, but if you put a brick path within the driveway, it would look good and show the way to the door, without adding to the large expanse of hardscape in the front of your house.

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When you say "cobblestone", do you mean cement pavers? They come in all different colors and patterns and definitely enhance curb appeal compared to a basic cement driveway ... but you have a sidewalk, so you might not be allowed to use pavers all the way down to the street, which would leave you with a stripe of cement.

I would work on a lighter paint scheme and better landscaping.

Pavers are a natural material designed to go with the style of your home.

I agree there is sooooo much stuff here that one more thing will push it over the edge.

I don’t find the two garage doors particularly egregious, but the basketball hoop, multiple trashcans, dry creek bed/mixed boulders, random shrubs, and last but not least, the untrained olive tree, to be overwhelming.

Leave the concrete but you could install tire strips in concrete or stone/pavers for the small garage and have gravel in the middle

Whatever the new garage doors are, paint them to match the house color to play them down.

I like the dry creek and no front walk...it seems easy to the door.

Here is a rough sketch to show concept:

Thank you got everyone’s feedback and advice. Here are some updated photos of the work we have done so far. Just need to add lighting above the garage.

Removed the rock river bed

Phase 2 is replacing the windows and getting rid of the trim around the garage and windows

We can't see the base of the olive in the original pictures so we can't see if it's growing on a mound. If it isn't and you've piled the soil up around it into that conical shape you will lose the tree. The root flare needs to be visible or it'll slowly die.

It looks great!

there were bushes below the tree before all we did was clear them out and replace. dirt looks higher in the photo than in actuality. very shallow. barely fit the mondo grass there.

Is the root flare visible? It's a lovely tree. Wouldn't want to lose it.

Your transformation so far is quite classy, nicely done!