I like the house as it is it is the landscaping that can be the big improvement , you have agreat piece property but no real landscping . Sorry stacked stone slapped on does not inprove most homes A nice wood garage door with windows and a front door to match might be a nice thought. The rest a good landscape design . Talk to alndscape designer to see what can be done in your area for plants and that will add so much to thta house .I like the white trim on the dark I like white houses but not this one all white and for sure no shutters anywhere This kind of idea to enhance the house the idea is for the landscaping not the house itself

I don't think of Arctic White and charming together. I think if this house was all white it would be uninteresting. The dark blue with white trim isn't doing much for me though. It's not terrible, but you can do better. IMO, this style of house on a wooded lot you should be thinking of colors found in nature, or charcoal gray with a natural wood garage door like Patricia says looks good on this style. Landscaping would really bring it up a level. Consult a local gardening center that does landscape design. We are doing that right now ourselves. It's not cheap, but does add value and appeal. Move quickly if you want to do this as they are entering their busy season.

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Omgosh better landscaping for sure. Those clipped shrubs need serious help design wise.

Can you give your zone? You’ll get much more landscape help that way. Nice house

The soft off white from your ideabook photo

https://www.houzz.com/photos/clark-falls-modern-farmhouse-2021-houzz-winner-best-exterior-farmhouse-exterior-boise-phvw-vp~54482865

would be much better than Arctic White. Your house roof is soft brown, not black or charcoal gray, hence a lower contrast paint would look much better than stark Arctic White.

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White with gray trim.

I know it's not white, but here is a monochromatic gray-on-gray taken from the roof color.

The house is a bit quirky in the details. The house part is modern, but the details on the garage are country. You can do all white of course but remember wood get stain, metal and stucco get paint.

The lot could use significant more landscaping features to enhance the appearance of the house.

Thanks to all of you for the great ideas! We will skip the stone. Adding a summer pic with a bit more perspective and a sense of what we've adjusted so far on landscape. We are in a cul de sac and while we have woods in the back, the front and sides are pretty open. We are zone 5. Keep the feedback coming!!

Your last pic demonstrates what a difference beautiful landscaping can make!

Very pretty, and like shrubs near the house with the more natural look.

Lovely house.

Anything but white! It’s a great house.

I'm not fond of the lines on the window bump outs. It makes what is an otherwise nice home appear disjointed and quirky. I'd paint the siding and trim all one color (I'd vote for a very soft white, not harsh like Arctic, or a soft khaki). Add a wood garage door with windows, and change the triangular peaks to a matching wood.

Very nice. You could do something to coordinate with the landscaping around the tree into the beds closer to the house. I agree with Kendrah. Soft white with a wood garage door.

I would go with warm off-white to pop up white trim.

@Celery. Visualization, Rendering images .... very nice!

Where are you thinking of putting stone? "Charming" stone might be rounded or irregular. Are you ok with that?

Adding natural wood with golden undertones for the front door will help bring the charm and soften the effect of the white you like.

Make the garage door the same or similar color as the garage body color to reduce contrast so it doesn't draw attention away from the front door.

Your shrubbery has become old and needs refreshing or replacing, especially the hedge on the left.

I think you have a very interesting house and wish you the best.

I truly appreciate all your ideas! You'll be glad to know that we pulled out the awful row of bushes and it's better already. We now estimates on residing either with fiber cement or new cedar and are doing the direction of the photos here to downplay the strange buildouts. Thoughts? And White or black trim on windows?

Would it be feasible to remove the bumpout's upper angular sections and leave only the square portions around the windows? I mean as long as you are replacing the siding, now would be the time to redo them.

If you're keeping them as is I would go monochrome gray closest to the roof color and with wood doors.

I like tracefloyd’s version. The front door is beautiful and the garage door looks great too. The house fits in so naturally with all of the greenery surrounding it.

I would not go with black window trim. It's having a moment but will date your home in the long run.

Your house does have some mid-century look to it. Will suggest that you go in that direction. There are plenty of images of mid-century modern ranch makeovers that should offer you some inspiration.

I like the black better, it gives a bit of definition. I'd bet, however, that I'd like something softer, like Urbane Bronze, better than black. You'd get the same definition, but it would be less harsh.

Your existing windows don't have grids, I'd keep it that way. Grids don't belong on your house.

Would paint it all one color, add stand out color on front door, remove existing shrubs and have landscape designer design a welcoming new design, more open with flowering shrubs to coordinate with home colors.

Yes, this house has a late mid-century to early 1980s vibe. It’s important not to change that. Leave it alone. Embrace the existing style and elevate it. Absolutely do not try remaking it into a countrified clapboard cape cod. If you want to change things a bit, then just make a bit of color adjustment and replace the front door and garage door with something a bit more modern. As suggested in most of the previous posts, appropriate landscaping which emphasizes the features of the house is much needed. That is the issue and not the house. The house is great as it is.

OP creamy photos are fabulous - a huge impreovemnt that lets your lovely house shine.

I didn't care for the idea of a wooden garage door with windows but darn if Tracefloyd's photo doesn't take the cake. Dark exteriors are so dramatic & this one can't be beat. It's stunning yet somehow cozy too. 5 stars!

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Agree, as always, with @HALLETT & Co. about no stacked stone, etc. Posting this only because I love the siding/garage door color and bright white trim.

Cheri, love the 2nd pic in your June 8 post. I disagree that your house is mid century; it looks like the cedar siding variations of the late 70s,early 80s. You seem to want the white. I love the landscaping design. The window bump-outs need to disappear(same color as house) or go to the ground w a vertical color.
Lovely home! 🏡

This home has a whiff of symmetry; something not common in MCM or 1970s modernist design. I don‘t know if you realized it but your pic with the formal walkway to the street looked so good specifically because it draws on that symmetry.

2 things: extending the walkway could be expensive, but you can reinforce that symmetry by squaring the walkway and focusing on the walkout part with ordered plantings and then a low groundcover where it turns to the driveway. Don’t get hung up making everything mirrored besides the walkway. The general asymmetry calls for landscaping that is trends informal, and the paint palette should also reinforce the informal tone of the property.

#2, watch the style of the entry door. I like the ai horizontal windows on the garage and i think similar horizontal slatted 5 lite doors would reinforce the late modernism without screaming turtlenecks and fondue parties.