As you are only looking for ideas perhaps a starting point would be a modern, square style of entrance that you could get ideas from. I couldn't find what I wanted exactly for a photo, but I think if you took points from this photo and adjust to your budget it might suit?? Eg. I think if you can get a nice wide door with a bit of glass on either side, it would really present well. Raising the height of the concrete at the front door with decking tiles or stone tiles depending on your style could really enhance. Concrete pavers you could even make yourself! They can be smaller or larger and if scaled right to the proportions of the house can make it a little more formal. As you have the driveway on the side, I would put a screen on the left and emphasise the left column making a feature of it as in the picture. The column on the right does not align with the entrance, I would not emphasise that column? But perhaps hard to gauge from one photo. If you went for wood this might be an idea.

With bifold doors you can have what is called a service door ( a standard hinged door) for when you don't want to use the bifold section. On a previous house we used cedar sliding doors, they were very attractive but the wood needs maintenance and our cat liked to scratch the wood! Our current home has stacking aluminium doors and fly screens and we are very happy with the the look, less wear and tear and little maintenance. I find the aluminium less bulky visually too.

Hi Julie - thanks so much for your suggestions. The water features look gorgeous and trust my luck to fancy the more bespoke labour intensive options! That said, I think your last post about the screens are a winner! I actually think this is what i will go for against the fence. I had originally considered this about two years ago and was keen to get a fabulous custom screen done (with foliage of Western australian flowers), however it just got all too hard and I didn't know how to source the right custom supplier. I'm going to investigate this option in the first instance. I can also probably back light it as well as I have some outside lights in the garden that i haven't positioned very well previously that I can probably run behind this to give a different effect at night. Thank you for reminding me and sourcing these gorgeous pictures. They look perfect. The rusted look gives colour and texture that I think will look great against green foliage, and if I can back light it - I hope it will look awesome. Have a great weekend.

Yeah I reckon be super careful with this one....be conscious of making changes that will impact the character and balance to the facade.......when it comes to this era and style, scaling of the fenestration is really important......below is a project that we developed a new home, but the client wanted to reference the homestead type of building of similar era to yours.....that entry door with the highlight window is an important thing to keep IMO, possibly you may need to get some further architectural assistance to ensure you don't make changes that are incongruent to your beautiful property