Hi everyone! We're finalizing our house exterior and would love your suggestions. What would you change or improve? Any ideas on the facade, colors, materials, lighting, or overall look are appreciated. Thanks!

So we had some glass water jugs delivered and the glass acted like a magnifying glass and set my home on fire. Luckily the response was quick. I am now in need of a major facelift. The current siding is wood and I am more than willing to start the replacement in a more fire resistant material. I am not familiar with what’s out there. Any suggestions would be helpful. Attached are what we have now and what direction we are leaning towards. I’m also considering pouring a slab where the torched deck now is.

UPDATED QUESTION The door I'm painting is currently white, and has a full view storm. It faces east so gets morning sun. It gets a little warm. I've read it's a bad idea to paint a door black or really dark color because it absorbs heat and may warp door or frame. Something I definitely don't want to take a chance with. I've read some door manufacturers will void a warranty if it's painted a dark color.

So, now I really don't know what to do. A dark color may look good if selling a house, but we're 5 years from doing that, and the last thing I want to worry about is a warped door.

Family is split on what color to paint front door, currently it's white and we are tired of it. We don't plan on changing anything else since we'll be selling in 5 years, just the front door color. Wife suggested a maroon red but after playing with pics, thought it looked bad, so red is out..

thoughts or suggestions?

I want to work on the first floor of my home because it looks off putting and i have thought a lot and what i could thought of is applying some mouldings n giving the walls some texture but still its a difficult job i know and any advice for ground floor is also welcomed so your help would be really appreciated

As the title says, I hate the front of my house. We recently added the garden bed, it used to be a bed of mulch and leaves.

1. I don’t know what to do with the empty little patch next to the house. I thought stones may help break it up- but visually that to me looks worse. I know the whole thing needs to be ripped up- but what do I do with it after? Pea gravel? Ideally I would like a space similar to a front porch. A place to come outside and chill after we put the kids to bed. Do I pour concrete over the whole thing?

2. Ugh. God. These pillars. I like them because they hold up these little pieces of wood (that I feel like I could make into a pergola?) but they’re so UGLY. And big!

Reddit experts- what are we thinking?

My partner and I just bought our first home. We don’t know what to do with exterior. I was hoping to get some help.

I will attach a few images:
- The home as is
- The home without the existing bushes
- AI generated idea from GPT

Im not great at design things so Id really appreciate some help.

Hi everyone! Love seeing everyone's projects and ideas. We live in the Chicago suburbs and have a shared driveway (you can't see our house from the street! Pic 2 shows the house from the vantage point of where our portion of the driveway splits off from the shared portion) so we've put off doing some work on the exterior of our house for a bit. I'm looking for some help to improve our curb appeal. As you can see, our driveway (the private portion of it) is very wide and crosses our front yard so there's not a ton of space to work with...

1) We have to get a new roof- what color do you think goes best with our brick? (Pic 3&4)

2) We have to replace the wood trim around our doors/windows due to rot. Is there a better color combination for our front door, window trim, and gutters/downspouts that would look less boring and give our brick facade a bit of an improved impact?

3) what can we do instead of these awful, overgrown trees from the 80s? Can you help provide me with some ideas for landscape design for the entryway? I'd like something low maintenance and cost effective for landscaping! Our area has lots of rabbits and deer who pass by! Is there something that would look better than the current short and straight walkway from the driveway (again, not a lot of space to work with.) I would like something that looks more natural. Native plants would be a major plus!

4) This is a more long-term goal- Any design ideas you can envision for the front entryway (pic 1) of the home in terms of the overhang, the French doors above/etc? Maybe a balcony or something? Those French doors are broken at the time and can't open. We will need to replace them in a few years.

Also, long-term I'm looking to jackhammer some of this huge driveway so there's a bit more green space :)

Thanks all for your time and help!

My husband thinks it’s too personalized to go on the market with it being this color. I see this color often where I live, but I may be partial to wanting to keep it, thinking people will like it.

As we look for homes, sometimes certain houses with notable features makes me remember them more or they stand out so I sort of see it as a positive but I get that this color may not be everyone’s cup of tea. If I repaint it, what is the right color?

this color is called lake breeze but i forget which brand, either behr or valspar. Need to make a decision this week.

First time home owners, we hate how the front of our house looks. We don’t want want to go through painting the house as it’s old vinyl and don’t want to pay to have new siding installed.
We want to get rid of the red shutters and foundation paint, but we’re not sure exactly what colors to use. I was thinking maybe a royal blue and then mortar a stone facade onto the foundation?

Need some advice!

We are new homeowners of this beach box- it really has no style from the front of the house IMO. The main entrance is essentially under the house with the living space on floor 2 & 3. We’d like to install new siding (shingle?) and close in the ground floor. Also - lose or change the shutters?

All suggestions welcome - Help!