I love the front of my house. We live in a new estate, where everyone has gone for drought tolerant plants, all spiky and pretty, but I've gone more your trees and shrubs, lots of flowers and soft leaves with grass (I KNOW right!? Grass!!). I take an enormous amount of pride in it. You can pretty up any place as much or as little as you like. Little shrubs are cheap at Bunnings and some grow really quickly. Some brightly coloured flowering plants might pull your attention away from the bits that you don't like