Vikrant Sharma Homez You must be kidding , anyone will love this house , put a paver path and some colour like a teal on this door for a quick fix .

Padma Iyer Oh come on, it is darling! I say stay and improve because you only dislike the entry. Ideas? Here goes: 1-Lose the hanging basket overhead. 2- Upgrade the cobbled walkway by power washing it and then realigning it so it is even as can be. I see a cobblestone threshold and I think the middle should be flat and even with the walkway. Right now it looks like a blockade. 3-Place the urns on either side of the door and then amass more plants around them. The tall banana leaf (?) plant needs a medium height container in front of it so it seems blended and not just standing alone. 4- On the inside, paint the entry walls only, a sunny yellow and plant a thick rug underfoot. The trees could use some trimming to show off the sweet window box on the left side. 5- Repaint the lighting black or change it out for something larger that makes a wow statement. Good Luck to you!

decoenthusiaste Yes, it does look like you stuck a storage building on the front and called it an entry. Why not tear it off and enter your home through nice contemporary glass French doors? Your other architecture seems to be on the modern side so some stairs up to a landing and some big contemporary light fixtures can keep that look going. If you like the redwood looking flower box, that might give you some direction for stairs and railing. Could turn out rather nice.

Mackenzie Austin Design You probably want to move because you're bored with what you have now. Once you make some changes I think you'll love your home. You certainly do not need to move or even break the bank to fix up what you have! I agree with what Padma has said. A few additions to the comments...
Remove all of the current container plants (put them in your backyard) and put 2 darker urns with fuller plants on either side of the door. I would love to see new lights (bigger, updated, darker) and a new door (updated and something that makes more of a statement), if you could go wider - great! It looks a little narrow now. Otherwise, at the very least it needs colour. While I can't see the entire front, it looks like all of the landscaping could use a little bit of pruning.
This might be out of budget, but I feel if the path was curved or wider that would help too.
Oh! Heated floors will solve your cold dilema.

lefty47 HI -- You probably have other houses in your area that still look the way yours use to be . You could replace the walls of the porch with large window walls - like french doors and then add a new front door or open it up and have the pillers /posts, then touch it up with some paint . But kind of reading between the lines I bet you have been thinking about selling and building a new house . Your bi - level house is very cute and the landscaping is beautiful and would probably sell well . It has great curb appeal.

Lanie Brown I'm with Vikrant. I think the curb appeal is charming and just needs some TLC. I would always go for a red door first, but I like the teal too in Vikrant's inspiration pic.

meldunbar Maybe add some windows- and if you can afford it raise the roof height on the entry.

Mackenzie Austin Design I also think extending the porch overhang out a bit will make the addition feel more intentional. Adding vines would help tie it into your home, making it feel like it has been there since the beginning and will also work with your existing landscaping.

Linda Bigger bolder door, more distinctive lights, perhaps some columns or a trellis. If you like hanging baskets, use them on the sides not in front of the door. I would look for an opportunity to do something decorative with the same color blue/gray as the shutters to tie the entry to the house behind it.

Remember what it would cost to sell...figure 8-10% of the list price by the time you pay the realtor's commissions, the legal fees, fix whatever comes up in an inspection, etc etc. Selling a house is very expensive and requires lots of work, so do the work to make it sell and then you will probably like it enough to stay.

larryhinkle Changing out the door and lights would do wonders.

furrytoes Trying to find photos of ideas for replacing the front addition with a portico. These aren't quite what I have in mind, but they might give you some ideas. The front add-on detracts from your gorgeous home and landscaping. My first impression of the front is decoenthusiaste's storage building, the roof line conflicting with the roof line of the home, and the front door being too narrow. Mackenzie's Druid Hills entry is close to what I was thinking.
These first two photos have the atmosphere I am thinking of.
Contemporary Exterior:
Menlo Oaks Residence
The next three have more the style I am thinking of.
The Wave House
Glass houzz
Fisher Road Residence
Hope these give you some ideas.

pcmom1 One thing bothering me about your house is the lack of balance between the two sides: one has large low window, the other short. Much cheaper than building would be to bring in an architect to do a design change to the front. Update home's approach, make grander entry and perhaps add a raised patio, sitting area to left side of home.

Right now I would remove the brown window box, it only draws attention to the lack of balance. Remove the hanging plant from the front of porch. Transplant the shrub from under the large window and add it to the right side under the shorter window. Also, trim up pine on right side, it is blocking the shorter window some.

paulettetremblay Thank you everyone for your comments and I agree with all Adding a higher roof slope has always been my preference but it would be too expensive (I think). I've been taking a vacation this year from my landscaping and I know that the trees really need a big trim. Again thank you and feel free to add more comments. Once I clean it up a bit, I'll post more pictures.

paulettetremblay Here are more pictures of the house for more comments. I know it needs to be cleaned up. Coming soon!

pcmom1 Your landscaping is lovely. Lawn needs some tlc., but you look to have a pretty green thumb!

judyg Howard Roberts 1

Howard Roberts 2
Norwood Residence
Stay! Take off the entry and replace with a pergola.

paulettetremblay Humm. Never thought of a Pergola in front of a house. Interesting concept. I wonder how much maintenance it would take. The back of the house already has a 20x16 deck off the kitchen, high enough for a pergola style where the basement patio door is and I already have another deck around the swimming pool. I'll soon need to retire to keep up with the staining..... Something to think about. I also like the other models your showing. Thanks

Paulette

paulettetremblay The teal or red color for my door has crossed my mind. Would I also paint the shutters the same color? The roof is brown. I'm also wondering if I should cut the pig pines in front of the house although I enjoy the view first thing when I wake up. (I hate cutting trees, but they are overgrown).
What about the siding. Should I change it, paint it, get something else, like fake stones?

Thanks,

Paulette

pcmom1 We had a couple of pergolas added to our home. Ours are made of a non-wood, you can not tell the difference. One actually replaced a wood one that was failing.

And I vote you stay. You can replace a structure pretty easily, but how many years to grow mature landscaping?

furrytoes Before cutting down your evergreen trees, try cutting the lower branches so that the windows aren't covered and the architecture of the house can be seen. If you consider a pergola, the wood can be painted the same as the trim of the house, and the floor can be a continuation of the brick that is already there.

Joseph I. Mycyk Architects, Inc. My first impression is that it looks like a storage shed addition. I'm sure that's not the look you'd like to stay with. But it is necessary that we look at this from your "not breaking the bank" view.

If it is anything like a "storage shed add on" does it have a foundation around its perimeter, or is is just on a concrete stoop?

If there is a foundation and your bank allows it, you need to do some significant renovation. The roof is too low, the entry door is too uninviting.

The structure needs to be rebuilt so the perimeter walls are taller and the roof structure is at least at the same height as the rest of the house and with the same overhang. After that other design element will be easier to fall in place. Inviting entry door, wall mounted light, etc.

Michael Tauber Architecture First, I agree the entry piece looks like a shed that has been plopped in front of a decent mid century modern home. Lose the entry, create an entry that is compatible with the rest of the house . This may mean a door and side lite as some of the images above have shown. Maybe you have a wall that projects in the direction of the entry and out to the landscape drawing you in. The rest fo the new entry might be a glassy pavilion. I would also consider how the landscape works with the house perhaps the lead up to the entry is considered as a series of rows that you move through with different plantings (color and materials). The image attached just shows how the architecture and landscape can be brought together and how a directional element can lead you in.