My advice is take your time and take it slow. When you talk to landscapers they immediately start thinking grass, plantings, shrubs, mulch, fertilizer etc. I believe the natural look is more appropriate both economically, socially and environmentally. A cabin by the lake has it's own beauty, do you need to dress it up with a line a shrubs along the house. That's just gilding the lily! Think pine trees, not Japanese Maples.
If you need to trim some branches in order to improve the view or remove dead wood then that is one thing. Anything more I would approach carefully and thoughtfully.
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