Add architectural elements to the landscape. Accentuate plantings with large raised beds and a matching mailbox post. Notice how the three brick structures create a triangle and balance the pathway; all three elements working together to draw your eye to the front door.

Marry the house to its landscape. The architects and designers we talked with are almost unanimous — landscaping is what makes the biggest difference in exterior appeal. Whether you're aiming for a quick freshening up or a complete front yard overhaul, take the time to come up with a basic plan for your landscape. Aim for a good balance of lawn and plants. "Avoid just putting sod down and calling it a day," says Kyle Sheffield of LDA Architecture & Interiors. "Create a transition from the house to the grade by using species that descend in height from the house. This will give the appearance that the house is married to the landscape rather than plopped on a lot."Look for the sight lines in your yard. Get a visual from the curb or drive by the space you want to update. "Identify the 'where,'" says Kim Thibodeau of Paradise Restored Landscaping. "The viewpoint that will pull you and your guest outside." If you don't have time or a budget to plant anything new, do a big cleanup. Detail trees and shrubs, and edge flower beds. Add topsoil and mulch to even out the grade, and weed and get rid of dead plantings.

Front.

love this front

i like the front facelift

Front

ENTRY

Exterior

Garden box

Front of a house

Planters

bump out with tree

Upgraded front entrance.

landscaping

raised planters

Mailbox

beautiful landscape

i like the way the steps progress into this yard and the short walls with lighted trees.

like the landscaping

Very welcoming

Entry

low walls and trees with lights

Entrance from the road

pavers

steps

black door

windows

Stonesthrow

The labdscaping

possible front yard

Front door

Extend deck out

entry way

special

Conceptually, we should attempt to do this with boulders, rock stackings

like numbers on the front

love the curb appeal

Very low rise on steps

nice steps

brickwork

front door

landscaping. . . the trees r similar 2 tree n corner of our front rght crnr of house. . . & bricks w/flwrs could work 4 this area

Wish we could have flowers like these in front of our house. Great color idea for sitting room pillows...

Michelle

love it

exterior walkway to entry

big masion planters around trees

Landscape/hardsce

The stone sidewalk

Love the painted brick for exterior update!

Walkway

like the walkup

front wall/flower/trees

joli parterre de fleurs : impatiens ? et sauge bleue à l'arrière ?

steps and gardentwall

Pavement

Nice entrance

beautifl

Stone work

Concept for front Bay Area

color of stone; pattern of walls

exterior

arizona sandstone as hardscaping in concrete

Raised beds as courtyard borders, entry enhancing

Could do a tree like this in the tiered garden at front

Front entrance

Love this!

Trees

nice walls

entrance

simple door

curb appeal.

Side walk

Planters

entrance walk and planters

Love the landscaping and entryway!

Pretty

Like entry way

front yard

add height with raised bed. We could do raised bed at bottom of front stairs with lights on small columns. :)

acer palmatum tree

Front

Entry to front

entrance

Front Entry

front of house

Steps

landscaping

plantings in front of stone planters

Flowers in front

front entrance brick work

i love this

front yard

planters

front yard palo verde

like mailbox pillar & raised bed & stepped path

Curb appeal

Stonework entry

front yard example

like the brick planters

short walls

Remove front bushes to add street entry and drams. Reduce visibility of Driveway.

stone pathway

Front flower bed

Tree in elevated planter

Flower bed

Front

Has a 4' & 4.5' window with trim

Front yard

kudal sang kahoy

Nice poch and walk

It's like mine

garden

Mureta na frente pode servir de lixeira

outside

2

trees

Stone raised beds

Border

sandstone pAvers and bixes fir japanese maples

Updated exterior.

curbappeal

raised stone bed with japanese maple

Garden

Front

Wow....front entrance stone elevations.

entrance

Raised tree-beds.

Style of Wall

Pavers fron yard

BEAUTIFUL

front lawn

low planter walls

Curb apeal

.

Trees

Patio

Steps

trees Japanese Maple

Love it

..

Front walk

Very nice color palette!

box around tree

Planters

front door

stone planters and pathway

planters

Great curb appeal. Inviting. Like the planters

Garden

mix of stone and what could be brick

Post

Architectural landscape

Idea

Staggered steps

Tree

if we had garage in front--away to emphasize entrance

Outdoor ideas

beautiful entrance and inviting

Like steps (the height & material)

exterior color

stone mailbox-- add light post

graduated squares

Raised garden areas

ranch front patio

level change

windows on either side of door

stone planters to set off trees, wide stone walkway

wide walkway and beautiful trees

Landscape

Attractive, welcoming entrance.

dark door

flowers

Front entrance

Boxed trees

Stone

design and plants

walkway

I like having two steps - long and low and lit underneath - between driveway and front porch

Front

Stacy flowers around water spigot

Mailbox

Wide staggered pads more inviting than straight pathway to entry

entry pavers, trees

Like the raised beds

Simply beautiful.

sandstone for foundation

Front by steps

exterior

Curb appeal

Stairs, walkway, walls

some day i would like to have the stone planters and elegant homey entry what is the siding on this

Porch

Beautiful entranceway

landscaping

חומה

Lanscaping + trees

landscaping is beautiful with wall

Front yard hard scraping