I pretty much suck at making my buildings aesthetically pleasing. I was an engineer before I retired not an architect (so they are extremely functional rather than pretty). My solution is to find a nice spot to build and then thumb through some images of nice looking buildings/houses and try to build a close approximation with the tools available (at least on the outside) with maybe a bit of my own personal flair placed here and there.

That has satisfied my desire for aesthetics enough to go forward with. Perhaps it can work for you.