DoorstepsThe area between private and public spaces in houses where there is no real front garden can be a lost space. It has utilitarian requirements, such as safe access to the front door for deliveries and keeping free of cover for security. But we can claim this space and use it far more constructively than just keeping it tidy with a tired, stuck-in-a-rut look. These concrete steps and walls could overpower and dominate the entrance, but a clever use of planting not only softens the hardscape, but also creates a garden in its own right, with its own style and atmosphere.

gardens

Landscape

Angles add such visual interest.

Like cement stairs/planters

Cold and looks old and dirty

Simple concrete work, terracing and built in planters

conrete work for planter boxes

Aménagement avant Mélanie et steve

Front door

Formwork

good color

flowers

Great

Jardines de cemento

Blues

Garden

love the plant to the right of the door with the big plum leaves...cant remember the name...want this one

too much cement

flowers

Blue/green/purple star leaf plant

Plants

Colors, plants, mix of lines of terraced steps w/ soft, flowing plants

different textures

Beton

Steps

Steps

מדרגות בטון

Colores locochones .

Front yard

Interesting way to use concrete as a canvas for painting with acid or ???

love the entrance to this house with the ciment stairway and flowers

ideas

Front plants

Tiered

Steps

Landscaping

Outside steps

Concrete

The plants

Raised beds along stairs

color y vegetacion

Meandering stairs

Color, texture and contrast

love the mix of plantings and color of plantings Makes an interesting mix!

planters

love

Bartholet

Awesome plants, great colors

plantscape

love ths "STAR" plant

Stair color

Orange flowers

Concrete forms for large planting boxes in front?

Love this look but would be much nicer with stone (don't like the cement)

retaining walls plus steep steps makes railings part of the design

Entrance door

I do not like this concrete

plantings

cement and planting

Love the slate blue

COmbination planting

Blue and rust

Love the blue

Mix of clean lines with colors and texture

Like

Stairs

stair offsets

Steps

Offset stairs

like our entry

Garden

entry steps

Levels, planting combo

entry

Plants...

terracotta and blue

garden steps

concrete stairs/planters

no real front garden so create with levels and planters

shifting steps

Entrance to OA L new shop

On the left, nice hanging plant with regular plant

Back yard?

double flight

Stairs

Step geometry and path

Front steps

Doorstep gardening

Offset

Front stairs

stairs with retaining wall?

Wall

Concrete planter

Andie

Planting

hebe, banana, zauschneria, origanum, ricinus, modern

ogrod

Wonderful warm & cool contrasts

Gradas asimétricas

So creative

planters

Nice outside steps

Garden walk way

great entrance with concrete, color and plants balance the concrete

Color, texture, materials

plants

steps?

offset conc steps

It might be possible with front steps to have cement or other "contained" landscaping and make the front entry more exciting looking somehow?

Plant combinations

Front steps made awesome

really like this entry way, Plants are nice a hint of tropical to me which I love !

concrete steps

door

cute nook for outside on a hill or something.

Cell for P!

Is this an elevator?

step config

The path

Gate, conc. planters

Steps

frontyard

Escaleras

Stairs from carport. With new deck on the right??

staggered entry steps

Steps and tiers

Gate

chunky cement

cement stairs nice simple inexpensive

wow great design

front step entrance

All

Stairs

Nice entrance

Love the concrete planters

interestng use of space

Outside terasse backyard

off center steps

colors

Soft plants hard edges

The concret

Stairs in the garden

consider this for indoor stairs leaving space for sculpture on left of stairs

Approach

Entrée

Love the color and serenity of this

Concrete steps

blue surrounding steel door

ugly concrete

Planters

These concrete steps and walls could overpower and dominate the entrance, but a clever use of planting not only softens the hardscape, but also creates a garden in its own right, with its own style and atmosphere.

Wall finish

garden steps

Cement, planters, and plants.

bela entrada

Front entrance multi levels idea for pool area

My designs

Front entry

Gate

entrance

Creativity!

Love it

Cool front entrance treatment, with stairs askew

clever use of plantings to soften hard concrete space

Front dr way

Volumenes de jardineras

steps

Like the plantings

Plants up to front door

front steps

stairs

Love the cement work and plsnters

front steps

Multi level planters for driveway side deck

Yard

paviment

Levels

Simple but very nice

No porch railings!

Beds along stairs and droop down

could be adapted to front door when we remodel.

softening concrete

Staggered steps n planters

steps

Garden

Pennisetum Grueso Color púrpura Textura mediana

planting along steps down to entry?

Create a garden where ever you can

lilyvilla gardens

Steps

Concrete

side of the house

gorgeous entry

plantings

garden boxes on stairs

plants