Advice about spruicing up the front entrance of our house?

Benskimo

Hey Workshop gang - I'd really like some tips and wisdom, if anyone has any, on how to spruice up the front entrance of our place. It's a pretty basic 1969 house that has had some 80s modifications, like the neo-colonial awning and baby blue paintjob you see in the photos below. I'm thinking of rendering just the brick wall that comes out from the facade of the house (see my photoshop mockup effort below!) but I'm still at a bit of a loss as to what a replacement new simple midcentury modern style awning could be...

Existing:

Mockup of what it could look like:

Any advice, or experience anyone has had in something similar? Thanks a million.

Kermit

Hi @Benskimo,

Could you pop a wider shot of the house up? It might be helpful to get a better idea of the place.

I would consider painting the brick rather than rendering. I like the texture of painted brick and its obviously cheaper than rendering and there's no problems with cracking down the track. Again, it would be good to see the whole front of your house but you might want to consider painting all the brick rather than just the entrance wall. 

I'd probably just consider removing the awning - not sure its necessary to have anything. 

I love the orange door but doing something about the tiles would probably give a big lift too. This stuff says its durable enough for floors but I haven't tried it. As its not a big space you might contemplate removing the tiles instead. If its concrete underneath you could use paving paint - perhaps in a strong constrasting colour?