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TanCalGal Need better photos. I would not paint brick. I'd paint garage door same as trim. The front door might look brighter painted as the trim, too.


I'd have the fenced in tree trimmed professionally. I cannot see this area well enough to make suggestions.

I'd probably keep the hedge, but lower it. Remove pot and white furniture.

houssaon I would not paint the brick. Have the tree thinned out and the yews pruned back. The lawn area in front of the railing could be turned into a garden. Otherwise, like the house and the colors.

kitasei The walk seems narrow, in the cheap as opposed to charming sense. It also seems to take a right angle turn and leads to to the driveway, right in front of the garage door wall. Determine the natural, attractive angle of approach that you want people to take (or have their eye take, if just passing by), and layout a path either straight or in a sweeping curve. Landscape it accordingly. The tree should be expertly pruned by someone who can remove enough interior branches to make the roofline of the house visible. This does not mean topping it! It means judicious thinning of branches.

kitasei I forgot to add that I think you should replace all of the white paint with a color close to the brick. It looks like there's a white sidewall of the garage?

kitasei That would include the fancy white iron bench as well - whose style is incongruous anyway.

jstephens72 Thank you for the great feedback! We'll post better pics once we have them.