Interesting couch!

Here's a couple of links: https://www.designerchandelier.com.au/ Owner Jon Warren - recently got a Linkedin message, might be a good one too https://www.chicchandeliers.com.au/ 

I hate painting or rendering brick . But those columns make me shudder ! So a relatively budget option would be to paint the columns , or render them , in an English Cream or even a white . NOT Gray . It is trendy , it is industrial , it doesn't suit the brown , in fact it doesn't suit the house . I'd follow through with the gutters in a white or sandstone too . The 'front' would look lighter , the columns are technically then a feature , it would have a slight bit of character . I'd get 2 or 3 big 1 metre by 1 metre black/charcoal tiles , and set into the stones , leading out from the terrace by the door . Add a couple of big , bright glazed pots , with a variety of plants . Tile the whole terrace in the same tone black/charcoal tiles , but 250 x 250 or 300 x 300 . The terrace tiling is 'optional' , or could be done later , but lighten the columns and gutters , and it will take some of the chocolate sameness away . Then , as everyone says -- landscape . Turn the carport into a bedroom ( personally , I wonder how you will insulate/do a ceiling/seal the walls to the roof/work walls around upright poles/remove bricks/add a door/add an ensuite plumbing/etc , but worth asking about ) .

check with local council but we found that a 2m tall double brick fence with solid gate has made the most improvement but the best results will be achieved if you think of noise like water and block anywhere that it can squeeze through around the edges and down the side boundaries past the house to create an enclosed courtyard ..depending on your front set back you may have to have the fence closer to the house (with tall shrubs on the outside) to be allowed to have the best fence height and we also added double glazed windows, solid core front and internal doors and check the inside of the house to see what gaps you can plug and i'ts also been suggested that wardrobes, tall bookshelves and furniture against the front walls can help deaden outside noise and the tall shrubs also help with the psychological feeling of privacy from a busy street