koolbeanzzzz Oh, I really don't know. I would guess about 12-15 feet across, extending 10 feet or so out from the front of the house. You have to get the concrete curbing installed first and back fill with good soil. Depth, I don't really know that either. It's really personal preference to how high you like your landscape beds. My beds are little too low, IMO. When you fill them higher, they look much better and much more professional. I am not a professional. This is a weekend hobby for me. I just put a lot of thought into it though and my landscaping has lasted for several years. I don't have to do much except change the little ground covers that get ratty looking sometimes :)

Thank you and good luck!

koolbeanzzzz One more thing ... I highly recommend weed blocker and rinsing the rocks before they go into the bed. It's a tremendous amount of work initially but pays off big time because you don't get weeds.

Karin MarinPsy. D. Is there an app for Houzz

koolbeanzzzz Snap some pics, upload them to your computer. Go to this link on Houzz: http://www.houzz.com/discussions

That link is on the home page of Houzz. Scroll down and you will see it: Ask the Community .

Since I gave you the link above you can just click on it and you will see were you can post your design dilemma or question. I will start to follow on house so when you do this, I will be notified and can come and comment. But, I am not a designer and don't have any degree in design or architecture. I just love to landscape and decorate my own house. I like to call myself an artist because I LOVE to paint my own artwork for my home too. We are a house full of artists. Both my daughter's paint and my oldest has a minor from the University of Miami in Art. She was also doing sculpture while she attended and some of her work was featured in the UM museum. It was exciting. Anyhow, there will be other people, much more qualified than me, that will probably offer you great advise and suggestions.

Good luck!

mandalaybay Thx so much for your advice. This is exactly the info. I was looking for. I live in Tampa, Fl and recently bought a home that sits on a corner with a huge front & side yard. In the front there is a huge Oak tree that sits atop a slope. The slope area is nowhere near as large as the picture, but I love the design which I will customize to meet the smaller size of my slope. Thx again!!!

koolbeanzzzz You're welcome.

koolbeanzzzz This is concrete curbing. Check this link or google "concrete curbing" and you should be able to find a professional in your area:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=concrete+curbing&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Good luck.

koolbeanzzzz The color is called "Classic Carmel". It was either a Benjamin Moore paint color or Sherwin Williams. I don't remember which one as it's been a few years now. Thanks.

lefty47 HI -- Benjamin Moore - Classic Caramel # 1118 It's from the old color deck.

koolbeanzzzz The skinny palms are called King Alexanders.

Thanks.

koolbeanzzzz I am not a landscape or design architect, but for me the gutters should be the same color as the trim with exception to the downspouts. I had the painter paint the downspouts the same color as my home so they blended in and are not noticeable. Downspouts don't add any curb appeal (unless they are the beautiful copper gutters that are very expensive), so I tried to disguise by painting them the same color as the wall or the trim. Recently, I started to change them over to rain chains though. Becky did a feature on rain chains a while back and I got inspired by it. Below is a picture of my home with the rain chains that I added. For me, they are like adding jewelry to your home :) and you will notice mine are copper tulips with a verde gris finish.

Landscape

Rain chain to the right of the picture; garage side:
Outside

Added rain chain all around my home. This is the back yard by the pergola:
SOUTH FLORIDA

Good luck!