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My wife suggests some type of porch on the front. The first would be to minimize the shrubs. The porch at that door could be of any sort that would be covered and have columns at the two outside corners. One style would be to have a porch only at the front door (sides and top). Another would be to have that same footprint porch extend to the roof line and encompass the second floor window. The corner columns reaching to the ceiling of the porch and have a nice centered hanging porch lamp fixture. A third suggestion (notice how these are getting more pricey?!!) a porch across the front with the porch roof dividing the the first and second floor, but with the center portion at the door to, again, go to the roofline with the corner columns. The porch floor could be maybe a couple feet larger than the floor area along the building walls. It could be done in stages, too. The center structure one year and each side a successive year. Doing the shutters in a lighter shade would help, too. Smaller shrubs and lots of flowers along that porch would be quite striking. That's a beautiful place. Lots of possibilties. Flower boxes at the windows would be good immediate fix. Since you have such a great photo of that place, make some extra copies and start sketching stuff and fill in with colored pencils......
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