No shutters. Garage Door with windows. Full light front door and storm door. Fresh paint on the siding, a light beige would look good. Definitely better landscaping. Paint the handrails black.

Your current landscaping looks overgrown and tired. See how this example looks much neater and well-tended? If you’re not a gardener or don’t have time to fiddle with it, a simpler yard might suit you better.

We can’t make specific planting recommendations because we don’t know where in the world you are located.

The shutters on the door need to go. I'd paint the ones on the windows. Are you planning to paint the siding? It looks like it needs it. If so, I might go blue.

If you are keeping your colors, which are quite pleasant, I'd paint the shutters brown and the door a warm color, like red or orange. You can go zingy or more conservative, depending on your taste. I'd paint the garage door to match the siding, or dark brown.

I thought your landscaping was attractive. Sure, you could trim your yews, but what you have is much more attractive and interesting than the boring landscaping Littlebug Missouri suggested.

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I would see what it looks like painting all the shutters charcoal gray before removing the front door shutters. Black front door. Consider replacing the Colonial front door. The house is MCM.

Matching modern porch light and post light in black and straighten the post. Paint the handrails black.

Trim and thin the shrubbery to see more of the brick. Fill in the front planting bed with more plants and groundcover and add some river rock and a boulder or two.

Charcoal shutters and new black door and light fixture. Black rails painted:

Visualize no door shutters:

Even if you don't have functioning shutters (ones that actually open and close), they should look like functioning shutters.

Your shutters are too small for the windows and the ones by the front door are too big.

Shutters should also be installed on the window trim - not flat against the siding. I think that yours may be installed on the trim - but they are not wide enough to cover any of the windows. Also, adding metal trim pieces that real shutters have (hinge pieces + dog ears, for example) add to the illusion of real shutters (and aren't very expensive).

If you want to keep shutters, you need to order ones that are appropriately sized for each set of windows. However, I would remove the door shutters regardless of whether you purchase new shutters or simply remove them.

You could remove the current ones in order to determine whether you like your house without shutters. You probably will need to "beef up" the window trim if you decide to leave them off your house.

I dont mind the shutters on the windows, but, I would definitely remove those huge ones by the front door. Your landscaping needs a lot of trimming and clean up and maybe add a bit more of it. I would pick a color close to the roof color for the shutters on the window. I do like the idea of windows in your garage door, but, your door looks fairly new, so I wouldnt go through the expense of replacing it. I would paint your front door a color that is a bit brighter, and I would replace the storm door with a nicer one.

No shutters. Window trim black. A new wide front door. Black garage door. Brown shades paver driveway, etc.

Definitely no shutters due to the window sizes and style. Nice mockup from simplynatural.

Simply naturals rendering is very handsome. And very expensive.

See if the siding under the front door shutters is the same color as the more exposed siding.

Add a photo showing what the front door area looks like after removing the shutters.

No shutters anyhwere , staet there . Dark brown does not pop into my head for siding color.for sure. I too love the featureed answer and you can slowly work toward that look if you like it.

As noted remove the shutters, paint everything- trim and siding- sw black fox. New garage and front door if budget allows. And trees and landscaping.

simplynatural

I really like your rendering. What color green did you use in the image?

HALLETT & Co.

I like Your idea of SW black fox. What paint color for front door and for garage door if I stain the siding sw black fox?

You siding is Cedar so you would need a wood stain, not paint.

One person's 'overgrown and tired' is another person's 'mature and lush'. I'm in the latter group. It's a question of differing tastes so the OP will have to contemplate what their own taste is. A bit of maintenance pruning could be all that's needed.

TraceFloyd

Thank you, yes I need stain.

Floral_uk z8/9 SW UK

Thanks, I believe I’m in the latter group and yes I agree it needs some good pruning.

apple_pie_order

I checked the siding under the door shutter is stained a different color.

Suze, I just made a color. I didn't use a paint visualizer so I can't gie a brand and color name.

Thanks for checking the wood color under the door shutter. A good painter should be able to even out the new stain color.

I think the biggest issue is that the house doesn’t have a cohesive style and before making decisions on individual updates, step back and consider it as a whole.

1. Look on line at side split ranches to identify looks that you are drawn to and are achievable. Then based on budget, decide what you want to change and also consider doing in stages if need be.

2. Your major decision is having the siding stained, so start there as it will have a major impact on other updates and be sure to consider the stone and roof‘s influence.

3. Edit anything that doesn’t lend itself to the look you are after. Remove shutters including on door, replace front and garage doors, update railing (could just paint black) and lighting. If down the road you’ll be replacing the windows, keep that in mind, if wanting black.

White windows/light stained wood:

Two tone is also attractive.

Black windows:

Maureen

Thanks for your step by step guidance - it’s very helpful.

I suggest you make the front door more prominent by installing wide wood side panels and a lintel, add a black metal awning, install a set of 2 large black sconces. I'm suggesting a greige colour for the siding (can be semi-transparent stain or solid) and paint the garage door the same colour as the siding. Your porch seems to extend further on the left side, extend the railing to that point. Remove the shutters and improve the landscaping.

lisedv

Interesting idea for making the door more prominent. Thank you.