OIC. It instinctively looks like a patio because of the patio table and two chairs, and, no offense, the junk. Bricks? A rake or broom, a raised bed, a garden hose left out.
What you do to make it look like an entry is to get rid of the patio furniture, and to add a couple of formal urns or large deck planters or half-barrels, with flowers in them, like petunias, geraniums, etc. You put one of each on the front corner of the porch slab, the corners nearest the street. And you put a different set of two urns or tubs, planted with something taller, like zinnias, or those spiky deck plant things, flanking the front door.
These four urns or planters shouldn't be exactly matching, because then you give off a "We didn't put much thought into this, we just went down to Home Depot and bought four" vibe. But they should be harmonizing in color and texture. Pick ones you like.
Your classic foundation shrubs will also help to delineate this as a formal front entry. These should be yew, short, and kept trimmed in a squarish shape, no higher than the bottom of the windows. There should be a taller juniper at the corner of the house, also kept trimmed to fit into the space.
By the side door, I'd put a vine or climbing rose on a trellis. Clematis, whatever.
You can't put anything that covers your gas meter, more's the pity, and there's no room in front of the basement window to plant something that would go up a trellis, which is what the space cries out for. The basement window is where the rose or whatever and the support for the trellis would normally go. Sometimes architects just have brain farts.