give a modern farmhouse look with light paint on the board and batten wood with removing the brick everywhere but the front gables remove the vents at the top of the gables add sconce lighting to each side of the windows of the gables have only two columns in the front instead of four the color of the trim the fascia trim to be a darker color in contrast to the wood paint color the awnings to be done in a dark metal material and the roof a dark composition material the front doors to be a modern metal and glass look architecture