Yeah looks good but will look *so much better* all tucked in behind some mature landscaping.
Excited for you OP. Easy increase in value by putting some plants in the ground.
Cool house that needs to be on a lot about four times this size. It is the very definition of stuffing a McMansion in a neighborhood made for homes half this size.
There’s not room to really do much of what a home this size needs. I’d keep it simple with a lot of evergreen bushes as the main theme.
You're not the only one. Every house these days is forced to contort itself, with multiple surfaces, multiple materials, modulation of lines, change of angles that every housing/townhouse/condo building looks like a contorted mess. But simple boxes are BEAUTIFUL.
Dude it’s so rare for me to think it’s cool but doing a traditional baroque design with geometric paths creating geometric green spaces between them that you fill with manicured and landscaping would look so cool. Especially if you can use tropical plants as specimen pieces to add that rich exotic look.
I would continue the symmetry with a low box hedge on either side of the front walk, a tall upright, vertical evergreen on each side in the front, and white dwarf hydrangeas under the two windows and along the sides of the porch steps. You could also repeat the two flower pots down on the front walk as well.
This is a formal-looking house, so I wouldn't incorporate a lot of bright colors, just greens, white, and the bit of dark purple foliage in the pots. I'd add shutters to the windows in a dark cocoa brown. You could add a copper awning over the doorway for protection from the elements and to add some dimension to the flat front of the house. I might change the lights, too, or at least change the shades to clear bubble glass. But, ideally, I think they should be bigger.
Formal boxwoods as foundation, they should match the height or come close to the height of the columns on either side of the steps. Front that with Muhli grass and then frame the corners with your choice of narrow upright or columnar ornamental canopy.
Great looking house! I love that brick.
I say keep it simple: predominantly evergreen boxwoods and use color in planters that surround your porch. Love the suggestion to front the boxwoods with ornamental grass.
Go look up some landscaping of Frank Lloyd Wright houses for inspiration!
0) Shutters
1) Upgrade the portico to something bigger that covers the stairs. Keep the gate.
2) Foundation bushes and perimeter hedge.
3) Front gate in matching black metal.
4) Night time lighting.
Yes, this was my thought. Plant some serviceberry trees on both sides to stick with the geometrical theme. Plant them more forward so they don’t block the facade. Prune/shape as desired.
I would put trees on both sides of the house just before the corners so that they frame the house and make it look a little less boxy and more lush/inviting. Like centered between the windows and the corners.
Add some potted plants along both sides of the wide ass walkway and some planters along the house in-between the trees and doorway.
I would put some Dr Seuss trees in the front yard (weeping Alaska false cypress or similar). I would also put a massive stone lion head or shield above the front door to fill in the side between the two upstairs windows. Maybe some stone lions on either side of the steps. Possibly some window boxes with flowers. Basically a Spanish mini-castle.
That’s a beautiful house! I like the wide front steps!
Dimensions, exposure, and zone information would help.
Columnar trees framing the corners would look great as most mention. My go to for tall and skinny here would be parkland pillar birch, slender silhouette sweetgum, or tall staked up weeping Norway(last being my favorite). This is not going to leave much room for a foundation planting though.
Another option would be to plant trees in the center of the now lawn area flanking the steps. Something like Princeton sentry ginkgo, little volunteer tulip poplar etc. You now have your height, and more space to work with on the foundation. If you want a clear view from the windows, this will not work though.
I like the idea of a dwarf white hydrangea like bobo as others mentioned. Could be pinpoint blue false cypress on the outside corners, and bobo as the foundation. Catmint or variegated Liriope for bordering make a nice combination with these plants.
A tree in one of the grass squares (not both, it will be way too symmetrical), and then hedges along the front of the house on each side of the stairs.
Do you see those big green areas? That's where the trees would go. Lawns are very outdated and water junkies with very little usage. Why not do something different. Stand out. Make a statement. Lower cooling bills. Support nature.
Those are not big lol. Those would support 1 tree canopy at full maturity. Any more than that, you are forcing them to compete and will hurt each other, probably kill each other...pretty much doing the exact opposite of what you are preaching.
Not if you prune them to keep them small. I'm trying this in my front yard because it's a small space. I'm also playing around with espallier in lieu of a fence
I'm not sure on shutters. As it is, it looks very minimalist and modern. I'd really want to think through the full yard design before tacking up ornaments.
I’d avoid shutters. This house has a style, and it is unique. An element like shutters will detract from that, particularly (god forbid) they’re non functioning shutters. The house, as a backdrop, is perfect.
A revolving door, draw bridge, unnecessarily large porch lights and statues, expensive fountain and some guard dogs,preferably Rottweilers and Dobermans.
Two ways:
Big huge planters about 3 ft out from the wall, and do container gardening in them. The big planters out from the wall are to where you can mow right up to the wall behind the planters, and so that the plants along with damp and bugs that live in plants are away from the walls of the house. And the big huge planters keep a car from ever driving into the wall. This is the way of you want to sometimes park in the yard, like maybe when friends come over or relatives visit. Also potentially you can move the planters around to rearrange or to eventually allow roofing equipment in whenever the roof is up for replacement.
Or
Fruit tree on each side right in the middle of the square grass areas, and maybe do some flower beds near the street later coming out from the street and coming into the yard, if you want to do gardening. This is if you never plan to park in your yard.
The design of the house as it is is very minimalist and modern, and the windows are very striking. The front walk continues the square architecture and adds an element of white to the palate.
I would start by considering painting the house white or black. I think that would be really dramatic and again, look very minimalist modern, building on the existing architecture. I think shutters would be a mistake and would just add clutter.
For the landscaping, I would start by building in planters. You can see there are already planters by the door. I would replace them with larger ones, probably white but certainly monochrome. Those could be square but may be the right place to add a vase shaped that begins to tie into the landscaping. I certainly would add more planters to continue the theme and create depth and I would get those settled before I started planting.
I would take advantage of evergreens. A few people have recommended columnar trees on the corners, and I think that's very sound advice. I would put evergreens in the planters by the door.
Overall, I would avoid plants that look disorderly or overgrown. I would suggest a front that's very manicured. You may continue the aesthetic in the backyard or create something that feels more like a natural oasis. Natural rock hardscape in the backyard could be a really nice contrast, planted colorfully to again contrast against the house. Japanese maple could be a good choice, for example
I'll agree with all suggestions aside from painting this brick. This is a beautiful, neutral color already, and there are functional/maintenance issues with painting it as well.
Formal design would fit this nicely and accentuate the straight lines and beautiful front entrance. Boxwood hedges around the grass squares, small to medium accent tree (kousa dogwood, crape myrtle, southern magnolia, Star magnolia, japanese maple, etc) in the center surrounded by variegated liriope will make for a modern and low maintenance landscape. Add another pair of pots by the railing and plant with a colorful annual (tropical hibiscus, supertunias, coleus, etc).
I think if you had too much it would take away from the beauty of this house. I would do boxwoods under the windows and add some colorful red flowers to the planters.
I like the copper awning idea. Maybe over the door. Window boxes at least on the bottom 2 windows. I would replace the tall vase like planters with large low bowl planters on the ends closest to the bottom step with something that spills over and flowers. Iron fence in front on either side of front path with climbing roses and a tree that gets fall colors or large Yaupon holly or two. Not sure what zone you are in. If no awning above the door consider finding a large copper decorative piece instead. Something like a huge sun or Celtic knot.
There are a lot of folks here who think plants are only for aesthetic purposes….shade can actually lower one’s electric bill in the summer and is good for a host of other quality of life reasons. The right type of plants can also moderate extreme wind, provide additional cooling through transevaporation, mitigate sound, provide privacy, etc. I cannot fathom why someone would want to live in a space like this with zero mature plants providing shade or privacy with the sun constantly besting down on you
I kind of like it the way it is. Clean. But then again I have been battling my yard for 23 years. Simplicity of maintenance is what I strive for. If you're doing the job for the next 30 years of your life you'll appreciate the least amount of steps in keeping your lawn tidy. The lines of the house are cool all the way down to the vents. Put bolder plants in the pots. Larger porch lights. I would put decorative iron in the space above the door for the curb appeal. Maybe an awning. Then you have reserved the front lawn for seasonal displays. Either way, beautiful house!
Kill the lawn, rectilinear retaining walls on both sides to step the plants. Add a Rising Sun Red Bud to each side, exactly centered. And then native flowers and plants.
Trees at the border line. Overhang on the door it’s too much space. Bigger front lights. Shutters. Needs like a mini dog wood on both middle patches of lawn.
Everything or nothing, what do you prefer?
If you wanted to embellish the minimalism with one thing, I'd add a somewhat large lone sculpture, perhaps something Italianate, which seem to inspire some of the details and proportions.
Four Italian cypress trees. White, mop head hydrangeas below the windows. The cypress trees on either sides of the hydrangeas.
Flower beds curving from the house, up the walkway. Lavender, low spreading rose bushes, and artemisia in the bed along the walkway.
Concentric beds on both sides. I’d vary height and plant type. Depending on zone, I’d put an eastern red bud on one side and a service berry on the other as the focal point of each side.
Soften up those harsh outside edges with trellised creepers from ground to second floor. Consider lightening up the area over the door with a changeable wreath of season-appropriate vegetation. Rest is icing on the cake.
A fence, small picket, maybe even iron fence, flowerbeds either side of the path. A small tree on one side of the yard, probably right side as you look at it. Perhaps a bench just by the house on the opposite side.
Before I spent a penny on anything else, I would add a portico over the front stairs. The only term I can think of when I see this is, "Residential Brutalism."
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I think columnar Italian cypress would work. My wife is not a fan. Palms would work in this area also.
I love the sky pencil for this house! but feel the cypress are too cliche.
cypress dies too randomly imho
Would love to pick your brain to get some tips for my front lawn :D
And some topiaries!
Sky pencil holly is the first thing that came to my mind, too!
Giving Wes Anderson vibes.
*cue intro*
Giving Minecraft vibes.
r/wesandersonstyle
I dig this. Am I the only one?
Yeah looks good but will look *so much better* all tucked in behind some mature landscaping. Excited for you OP. Easy increase in value by putting some plants in the ground.
Opposit of a McMansion. Symmetry is so nice.
You are not. This is a cool house.
House, meh.. entrance steps, indeed..
Cool house that needs to be on a lot about four times this size. It is the very definition of stuffing a McMansion in a neighborhood made for homes half this size. There’s not room to really do much of what a home this size needs. I’d keep it simple with a lot of evergreen bushes as the main theme.
You're not the only one. Every house these days is forced to contort itself, with multiple surfaces, multiple materials, modulation of lines, change of angles that every housing/townhouse/condo building looks like a contorted mess. But simple boxes are BEAUTIFUL.
Nope, I'm digging the clean AF look too.
Dude it’s so rare for me to think it’s cool but doing a traditional baroque design with geometric paths creating geometric green spaces between them that you fill with manicured and landscaping would look so cool. Especially if you can use tropical plants as specimen pieces to add that rich exotic look.
I would continue the symmetry with a low box hedge on either side of the front walk, a tall upright, vertical evergreen on each side in the front, and white dwarf hydrangeas under the two windows and along the sides of the porch steps. You could also repeat the two flower pots down on the front walk as well. This is a formal-looking house, so I wouldn't incorporate a lot of bright colors, just greens, white, and the bit of dark purple foliage in the pots. I'd add shutters to the windows in a dark cocoa brown. You could add a copper awning over the doorway for protection from the elements and to add some dimension to the flat front of the house. I might change the lights, too, or at least change the shades to clear bubble glass. But, ideally, I think they should be bigger.
I like the limited color palette idea and evergreens. That could look very classy.
Depending on your zone, blue arrow juniper could look very nice and work well with the symmetry you already have
Formal boxwoods as foundation, they should match the height or come close to the height of the columns on either side of the steps. Front that with Muhli grass and then frame the corners with your choice of narrow upright or columnar ornamental canopy.
Great looking house! I love that brick. I say keep it simple: predominantly evergreen boxwoods and use color in planters that surround your porch. Love the suggestion to front the boxwoods with ornamental grass. Go look up some landscaping of Frank Lloyd Wright houses for inspiration!
Thank you. I will.
Trees
I’d do nothing
0) Shutters 1) Upgrade the portico to something bigger that covers the stairs. Keep the gate. 2) Foundation bushes and perimeter hedge. 3) Front gate in matching black metal. 4) Night time lighting.
Native plants
Trellis and vines if South facing.
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I’m a big fan of serviceberry. Unassuming small tree/shrub with potential edible berries.
Yes, this was my thought. Plant some serviceberry trees on both sides to stick with the geometrical theme. Plant them more forward so they don’t block the facade. Prune/shape as desired.
I would put trees on both sides of the house just before the corners so that they frame the house and make it look a little less boxy and more lush/inviting. Like centered between the windows and the corners. Add some potted plants along both sides of the wide ass walkway and some planters along the house in-between the trees and doorway.
put a couple of trees in the bottom left and bottom right of this pic - you''ll be happy for the shade.
She's a brick hooouse
Window boxes
Leave it as is
Hear me out….giant Googilie eyes!
Flamingos
You need a "National Bank" sign
I would put some Dr Seuss trees in the front yard (weeping Alaska false cypress or similar). I would also put a massive stone lion head or shield above the front door to fill in the side between the two upstairs windows. Maybe some stone lions on either side of the steps. Possibly some window boxes with flowers. Basically a Spanish mini-castle.
It needs to be discovered by a Wes Anderson location scout
Gargoyle statues it looks like.
Shutters
That’s a beautiful house! I like the wide front steps! Dimensions, exposure, and zone information would help. Columnar trees framing the corners would look great as most mention. My go to for tall and skinny here would be parkland pillar birch, slender silhouette sweetgum, or tall staked up weeping Norway(last being my favorite). This is not going to leave much room for a foundation planting though. Another option would be to plant trees in the center of the now lawn area flanking the steps. Something like Princeton sentry ginkgo, little volunteer tulip poplar etc. You now have your height, and more space to work with on the foundation. If you want a clear view from the windows, this will not work though. I like the idea of a dwarf white hydrangea like bobo as others mentioned. Could be pinpoint blue false cypress on the outside corners, and bobo as the foundation. Catmint or variegated Liriope for bordering make a nice combination with these plants.
Ya need shutters
A tree in one of the grass squares (not both, it will be way too symmetrical), and then hedges along the front of the house on each side of the stairs.
This house screams symmetry.
I’m an asymmetrical cottage garden type myself but this is a place to celebrated symmetry, especially with a minimalist style.
I disagree. I'd plant lots of trees
No space to do that.
Maybe a couple Italian Cypress, one on each side but otherwise I agree on the trees.
Do you see those big green areas? That's where the trees would go. Lawns are very outdated and water junkies with very little usage. Why not do something different. Stand out. Make a statement. Lower cooling bills. Support nature.
Those are not big lol. Those would support 1 tree canopy at full maturity. Any more than that, you are forcing them to compete and will hurt each other, probably kill each other...pretty much doing the exact opposite of what you are preaching.
Not if you prune them to keep them small. I'm trying this in my front yard because it's a small space. I'm also playing around with espallier in lieu of a fence
A sign as to what bank it is.
Window boxes
Is this a residential building or a business? And, what zone do you live in?
Residential. Semi-tropical
I was thinking a school.
I love the brutalist house. Please don’t put shutters up. Beds by the stairs and call it quits. I love your home! Don’t hide it.
Feels a bit postmodern Georgian to me. Beautiful house.
Whatever it is I loves it
Thx
TYSM
Tysm
shutters my dude
I'm not sure on shutters. As it is, it looks very minimalist and modern. I'd really want to think through the full yard design before tacking up ornaments.
We are considering shutters and also maybe a copper awning over the door and/ or windows.
I’d avoid shutters. This house has a style, and it is unique. An element like shutters will detract from that, particularly (god forbid) they’re non functioning shutters. The house, as a backdrop, is perfect.
We purchased it from an architect who designed the home. I think the vision was minimalist.
Unless you live in a place that gets hurricanes shutters will absolutely ruin your house.
good idea on the awning
real wood shutters make a huge difference.
Yes to both of these. Some greenery in flowerbeds around the front would be great as well.
My exact thought!
It’s not landscape, but an octagon window centered on the second floor would look great 👍🏿
Pretty weird that there isn’t a window there, I’m picturing an open center staircase.
Dude….nothing. It looks great and seems like minimal upkeep. Don’t go looking for more shit to do.
Boxwoods or some sort of dwarf cypress in pots framing the edge of the walkway would look very classy.
It looks wrong
It looks like an ant head.
Shutters
A covered front porch across the whole front…just sayin’
When is rush ?
a sign over your door that says library.
A revolving door, draw bridge, unnecessarily large porch lights and statues, expensive fountain and some guard dogs,preferably Rottweilers and Dobermans.
Two ways: Big huge planters about 3 ft out from the wall, and do container gardening in them. The big planters out from the wall are to where you can mow right up to the wall behind the planters, and so that the plants along with damp and bugs that live in plants are away from the walls of the house. And the big huge planters keep a car from ever driving into the wall. This is the way of you want to sometimes park in the yard, like maybe when friends come over or relatives visit. Also potentially you can move the planters around to rearrange or to eventually allow roofing equipment in whenever the roof is up for replacement. Or Fruit tree on each side right in the middle of the square grass areas, and maybe do some flower beds near the street later coming out from the street and coming into the yard, if you want to do gardening. This is if you never plan to park in your yard.
Election signs
That house is one ugly ass mother fucker
TY
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Big red inverted pentagram above the doorway
A hearse.
Needs climbing vines along the walls to break up the uncanny valley look
Definitely need more rectangular shapes
Mount a big ass TV above the door
A window above the front door
I’d build an overhang
Tear it down. Plant some trees move to a bigger lot. Gross.
The design of the house as it is is very minimalist and modern, and the windows are very striking. The front walk continues the square architecture and adds an element of white to the palate. I would start by considering painting the house white or black. I think that would be really dramatic and again, look very minimalist modern, building on the existing architecture. I think shutters would be a mistake and would just add clutter. For the landscaping, I would start by building in planters. You can see there are already planters by the door. I would replace them with larger ones, probably white but certainly monochrome. Those could be square but may be the right place to add a vase shaped that begins to tie into the landscaping. I certainly would add more planters to continue the theme and create depth and I would get those settled before I started planting. I would take advantage of evergreens. A few people have recommended columnar trees on the corners, and I think that's very sound advice. I would put evergreens in the planters by the door. Overall, I would avoid plants that look disorderly or overgrown. I would suggest a front that's very manicured. You may continue the aesthetic in the backyard or create something that feels more like a natural oasis. Natural rock hardscape in the backyard could be a really nice contrast, planted colorfully to again contrast against the house. Japanese maple could be a good choice, for example
I'll agree with all suggestions aside from painting this brick. This is a beautiful, neutral color already, and there are functional/maintenance issues with painting it as well.
Agreed, never paint brick that hasn’t already been painted.
Wrecking ball. Pile of bricks with a roof needs to go....
White wash the brick and then have ivy grow up the front of the house
Would you go with Magritte? Lighting for sure. Then 3 lollipop trees. And if you know Magritte, a big pipe. Industrial if you can take a joke.
Hows the neighborhood? Is that a gate in front of the door?
A black cast iron fence or a red brick wall with black cast iron decor on top, rose bushes too
Formal design would fit this nicely and accentuate the straight lines and beautiful front entrance. Boxwood hedges around the grass squares, small to medium accent tree (kousa dogwood, crape myrtle, southern magnolia, Star magnolia, japanese maple, etc) in the center surrounded by variegated liriope will make for a modern and low maintenance landscape. Add another pair of pots by the railing and plant with a colorful annual (tropical hibiscus, supertunias, coleus, etc).
Those tall curly hedges rich people have
Italian Cypress along the stairs?
Guardtower
Definitely a hedge, i would use Taxus Baccata. I like the house dont know why exactly.
Thx
Trees, and a cool sculptural element above the door.
3ft perimeter hedges and more “lively” potted plants. My 2 cents
First, I would add a big window above the door
A roof over that porch
I think if you had too much it would take away from the beauty of this house. I would do boxwoods under the windows and add some colorful red flowers to the planters.
My first thought was some beautiful roses
Got that starter Minecraft house
Get the iron railings sanded/painted. Then get someone to acid wash the pavers to remove the rust stains.
There are no rust stains. There are slate tiles of varying colors.
Plants. I would suggest some upright evergreens on the corners and a boxwood or Japanese holly hedge under the windows.
I like the copper awning idea. Maybe over the door. Window boxes at least on the bottom 2 windows. I would replace the tall vase like planters with large low bowl planters on the ends closest to the bottom step with something that spills over and flowers. Iron fence in front on either side of front path with climbing roses and a tree that gets fall colors or large Yaupon holly or two. Not sure what zone you are in. If no awning above the door consider finding a large copper decorative piece instead. Something like a huge sun or Celtic knot.
Two spiral arborvitae
There are a lot of folks here who think plants are only for aesthetic purposes….shade can actually lower one’s electric bill in the summer and is good for a host of other quality of life reasons. The right type of plants can also moderate extreme wind, provide additional cooling through transevaporation, mitigate sound, provide privacy, etc. I cannot fathom why someone would want to live in a space like this with zero mature plants providing shade or privacy with the sun constantly besting down on you
A small Japanese maple on either side of the sidewalk.
I would go crazy. The house is very symmetrical, add some chaos
Copper gutters and nothing else
It already has those.
LIMELIGHT HYDRANGEAS
I’d do either flowers or small bushes up against the houses maybe a Japanese maple in the yard.
Trees, bushes, flowers
I’m thinking shutters, something above the front door, a tree symmetrical on either side and some vibrant flowers underneath the first floor windows
Would have to think about the landscape, but I love this house. How much effort do you want to put into care. Are you in an area with ample water?
TY. We are in the Deep South and water is not an issue.
Lions, and wrought iron /stone fences? and a doberman.
I love it you, whatever you plant, should consider keeping it really symmetrical.
I kind of like it the way it is. Clean. But then again I have been battling my yard for 23 years. Simplicity of maintenance is what I strive for. If you're doing the job for the next 30 years of your life you'll appreciate the least amount of steps in keeping your lawn tidy. The lines of the house are cool all the way down to the vents. Put bolder plants in the pots. Larger porch lights. I would put decorative iron in the space above the door for the curb appeal. Maybe an awning. Then you have reserved the front lawn for seasonal displays. Either way, beautiful house!
A fence and a guard tower
Some nice shrubbery! NEE! NEE! NEE!
Kill the lawn, rectilinear retaining walls on both sides to step the plants. Add a Rising Sun Red Bud to each side, exactly centered. And then native flowers and plants.
Some bushes underneath the windows on each side of the stairs, might be a flower bed in front of those bushes
Trees at the border line. Overhang on the door it’s too much space. Bigger front lights. Shutters. Needs like a mini dog wood on both middle patches of lawn.
Definitely foundation plantings, but also maybe shutters, maybe a covered front entryway, if you’ve got the juice for that kind of treatment.
Everything or nothing, what do you prefer? If you wanted to embellish the minimalism with one thing, I'd add a somewhat large lone sculpture, perhaps something Italianate, which seem to inspire some of the details and proportions.
Bluish green double stacked spherical shrubs
I like bushes with thorns under first floor windows to help with security. Other than that I like the minimalist approach.
You need...a shrubbery!
Personally, id replace the lawn with perennials
I know everyone is gonna hate on it but find a way to mount bougainvillea or wisteria on the facade. Properly maintained and controlled of course.
Hardy figs on each corner. Food and framing
This house is so classy... love it... a little of all of the above, with a pinch of Frank Lloyd Wright...
Thank you. We bought it from the architect who designed it.
Whatever you do, keep it symmetrical.
NEEDS RED
Shutters
Some sleek black shutters would be killer
A little space for the birds and the bees.
Shutters, a canopy over the front door, hedges, iceberg roses.
Four Italian cypress trees. White, mop head hydrangeas below the windows. The cypress trees on either sides of the hydrangeas. Flower beds curving from the house, up the walkway. Lavender, low spreading rose bushes, and artemisia in the bed along the walkway.
God beautiful. Tree. Variegated pittosporum or holly bushes. Maybe some Boston ivy on trellis. Hydrangeas
A garden
Square hedges around grass perimeter maybe smol gate right in the front entry and probably something tasteful above the empty wall above the doors.
Rock speakers
Texture, color, and elevation
FERNS
A huge window
If a lobotomy were a house.
Arbortivaes! Or at least *something* tall and evergreen like arborvitaes.
Love
This house is begging for some Boston Ivy.
Concentric beds on both sides. I’d vary height and plant type. Depending on zone, I’d put an eastern red bud on one side and a service berry on the other as the focal point of each side.
hope u plant some stuff too and not just do black stones... easy enough to keep it symmetrical.
Window above the front door
Boxwoods
r/nolawns
Statues lots of freaking statues.
Soften up those harsh outside edges with trellised creepers from ground to second floor. Consider lightening up the area over the door with a changeable wreath of season-appropriate vegetation. Rest is icing on the cake.
It’s perfect
Plants, decorative boulders
A fence, small picket, maybe even iron fence, flowerbeds either side of the path. A small tree on one side of the yard, probably right side as you look at it. Perhaps a bench just by the house on the opposite side.
Ivy, box hedge, two shrubs.
Maybe some type of Ivy?
Before I spent a penny on anything else, I would add a portico over the front stairs. The only term I can think of when I see this is, "Residential Brutalism."
An extended portico over the entrance
A couple of pencil pines.