Put some temporary pavers along the newly developed pathway. See if you like that route. If not, consider moving the shrubs. You can also take a photo of your car from the porch to show where you start walking up through the yard. If it is always parked exactly in the same spot, it will define the start of your new walkway.

What's going on with your home? Is the color of the brick what you posted or what I found?

No matter the brick, if your trim is that plain white it all wrong for your home IMO.

The house looks so much better with a bit of warm tones in the white.

You've let the shrubs get too tall and leggy Cut them back as noted.

Here is nice design you can follow

Thank you so much for the rendering!

Love the idea for Celery .I do agree to a darker shade for trim and siding IMO you can have a small walkway from the drive to the door but the plan from celery gives the whole entry to the home some elgance

In our city we are limited in how much of a yard can be covered with a hard surface so you might check if such regulations apply to you.

Often that can be dealt with by using pavers to allow water to get to trees which is always a good idea.

I definitely agree about widening the driveway and connecting to street, also I would take down the hedges and add some colorful garden mix of summer and winter planters on the fence/railing. I do not know where your front property ends but if your’e planning on going with celery’s idea find out from the neighbor if it’s ok. Stella De Oro dwarf daylily would be a beautiful vegetation to brighten up around the tree.

Thanks again for the rendering, but it seems awkward to have the path continue behind the tree.

What do you think about simply widening the driveway to the width of the entrance, and then pavers along the street? Would you recommend the same material as the driveway?

I do not think widening the driveway to the width of the entrance is a good idea unless you find some way to create a separation between the two— this could be a small strip of planting area (like you have with your current situation but have that extend to street), or you could use a brick or paver border on both sides of the “sidewalk” to delineate it from the driveway. Just using the same material would feel too much like a parking lot to me.

I also like celery’s rendering, but if that’s too ambitious you could still do a scaled-down version of your #3 option, which is what I think I would do. The landing at the bottom of the stairs could be the connecting point to the driveway while flowing into the curved walkway that takes you to the street. Here’s a quick/ primitive sketch to give a sense of what you might do. With this option I’d probably also turn most (if not all) of the yard into a perennial garden, which would add a lot of nice depth and curb appeal to your lot.