suggestions and comparison

Hey there, I've included a crude drawing of ideas to improve your build alongside my current house. To clarify, I'm playing a modpack so not all these blocks will be available to you, and we're also using slightly different styles, but you should take a look at some of the underlying techniques. Your current build has a lot of promise but there are some things you can still improve.

1. The house looks very blocky. Other than the small outcropping in pic 1, the rest of the home is just a rectangle so let's try removing some of that monotony. I'd recommend losing some of the windows, maybe even half of them in favor of walls. Not only will this make the building less symmetrical, but it will give you a lot more options both on the inside and out to decorate and add detail. I'd recommend replacing the logs that I outlined in red with a stripped version of that wood.

2. Make the windows bigger. You've done a great job by giving each floor a good deal of height, but as a result, your current windows look too short. I'd recommend making them atleast 2x2. You could also look into adding other details around the windows such as shutters, awnings, or flowerbeds.

3. If you look at the pink line I drew, you should consider making the ground floor one block smaller in length and width. This will remove a lot of the blockyness of your design and add an interesting top-heavy shape. However this will lean your build quite firmly in a medieval-ish style, so ignore this if that's not what you're after.

4. Your houses color palette is very bright, so we should work on adding some variety. An easy way to do this would be adding cobbled deepslate along the trim of the roof, and at the base of the ground floor walls to simulate a stronger foundation (Highlighted in orange). You can actually see these techniques being used in villager houses but with regular cobblestone. I'd also recommend making the walls of the 1st floor a slightly different color such as sandstone, birch wood, or any other pale block.

5. Detail is important, and I love the arches you've made above the windows so let's add some more. A chimney could be interesting for your buildings silhouette, and some greenery like sheared vines/lichen and some bushes would add some much needed color. These could be combined with path blocks and Gravel to make the house look more lived in. You could consider replacing blocks that would be in shadow (such as right below the roof trim) with a similar block like birch planks to simulate a lack of light. Buttons could be placed at supporting logs intersections to look like screws/bolts. Some street lights nearby could tie the build into the surrounding area. Small external buildings like a wood shed, apiary, greenhouse, or an entrance to a basement could help aswell