No to Craftsman

Yes to a change of shutter color

The real deal shutters below, so pay attention to size and to color , that green is too bright/blue cast for your siding.

Landscaping is a bit overgrown especially at right.

Take a few more pictures and post in comments below. Please do not use the vote feature? thanks

It’s a colonial, it gets colonial grids. It needs work on the landscaping to have texture other than ‘blob’. That long sheared bush on the right hiding the windows has to go.

Agree ^ with updating the landscaping - higher quality shutters that are operational would also help dimensionalize the front (a different color would also be nice)

Serious landscaping help is needed. I’d like to see black shutters and black door. SW tricorn is a nice almost black.

Your current grids are the correct proportions for your window size.

You have a classic Cape Cod style home, so do NOT do anything resembling Craftsman to it. It's a really pretty home with nicely sized windows. Shutters that look like they could open/close would add a lot--shutter dogs would add to the authentic look. Black is classic and would work well with the existing siding. I'd also paint the doors the same black.

The landscaping needs work, but it's not a disaster. The lawn could use some spot seeding, and the hedge on the right could be pruned. It's nice and full, so I wouldn't remove it. Adding colorful annuals in front of the shrubs will add to the charm. What is that shrub on the other side of the front path near the lamp post, the one that has no leaves? Is it dead or just dormant for the winter?

Can you post some more photos from other vantage points?

If you do add new shuuters please make them real, operable shutters that are correctly sized to fit your windows. Also, like Diana Bier suggested include shutter dogs to hold them in place when they are open.

To get the look in your third photo you need new windows with simulated divided lites.

Muntins on the inside and outside is what gives windows, and the house, a detail and depth that you don't get from muntins between the glass or only on the inside.

The heavy shrubbery isn’t doing your house any favours. Most cape cods, as shown in the inspo pics, feature a lighter look, less shrub more garden.

For a change consider white shutters

I think it provides a certain level of sophistication not expected from a Cape Cod.