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Need Help: Add Curb Appeal, Refresh the Front Yard
Comments (42)Remove the existing front porch and brick wall. Either extend it out about 12 ft with wood or masonary finish at same level and keep to the left of the front door. Build a pergola over the new porch and also add a small pergola over the garage door to make it more pleasing to look at. ON the left side by the window I would plant a small tree, some flowering plants so they can be enjoyed from the inside as well. This way it will balance out the large tree to the right. If you have a window like that use it for a great view, but don't block it with tree. Place tree to right side and find something that will eventually just allow the lower branches to fall softly into the window view from inside. Remove the hand rail on stairway if possible. If you need one I would go for wood and paint it white. Great front yard with all those stones for succulents and decorative grasses! Low maintenance and water needs. One note on stairway, I would take it out and create a path that move down in a curve through rocks so guests can come up slowly and enjoy the plantings! It won't stand out like a stairway. Plant decorative grasses sporadically along the path. Choose ones that stay under 3 ft in height and are not very wide. If you prefer wider ones keep them to the side of the property. Some of the plants like already in the rocks can stay, but just need to be cleaned up by removing dead foliage. I would remove the plants to the left of the house entirely and focus on some plants to surround the raised porch. Plants like stonecrop sedum crows beautiful over rocks, as does ice plants that have flowers for some color. Add some gravel amongst the rocks and install some hen & chicks, or other colorful low growing succulents. I love lavender and if you like it is available in white as well. I attached a beautiful xeriscape yard for you. Check this link: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=beautiful+desert+rock+gardens&start=106&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=667&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=vigQoocaAlkqyM:&imgrefurl=http://www.bbg.org/discover/gardens/rock_garden&docid=xbJtKq3mf6l71M&imgurl=http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2747/4445338417_5ea6ca69ec_z.jpg&w=640&h=541&ei=hLxTUIjWAYPo9ATno4G4DQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=548&vpy=43&dur=1753&hovh=206&hovw=244&tx=148&ty=145&sig=101625327105867153332&page=7&tbnh=137&tbnw=183&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:106,i:74...See MoreHelp with updating small, city front yard; curb appeal; garage area!
Comments (64)A brass kickstop (plate) at the bottom of the door dresses it up while you wait for weather to change. Could buy numbers in brass or paint your house numbers with spray....respirator mask {=) Your home is terrific. Such character and presence. If you plan on the long term, spend on stairs when time is right. Widening them to encompass the front would make it more inviting from the street but not sure your future use. We hired a carpenter to build a porch and railing for a home and what a difference. It was a small project (only two steps) but porch railing about 4 x 8 and something out of our league. Definitely safer at the front door and going to the sidewalk....See MoreYard suggestions Please!
Comments (85)Hey Galleria, are you still there? Relax about the flooding, that is Mother Nature telling you that all is well and the lake is being regenerated for another year. Your trouble is that you are surrounded by too much beauty - you are spoiled - face it. My serious suggestion is to limit your view of the lake and make it more interesting when it is not wide open. Envision this. At each corner of your property and inward for a ways, you build two raised beds say 4-5' high. They are built to look just like seawalls. You know, vertical railroad tie-like 8x8s with a horizontal 2x12 just below the top, all a bleached gray - you know the look. One bed at each side but not symmetrical or equal. The same height and construction, but one at one side with one large tree and a small tree in it and one at the other side with two or three trees in it, deep-rooted trees, that will thrive in the raised bed. You then view the ground-level activity at the lake from the house, only through the gap in between, and the trees add a filter to all the activity on the lake and beyond. Much more interesting. Adds a little more interest or mystery to the view that is otherwise wide open. Too much beauty. control the view. cascio.offsite@gmail.com...See MoreWhat type of outdoor furnishing looks best in a 11x12 front yard patio
Comments (4)Can i just say that it just looks like home! It is beautiful. So, I think that your Webber grill, especially if in black, won't look intrusive - it'll go beautifully with the panels. I imagine two backless sofas (and they don't have to be super long) upholstered with a fabric that you love and a few comfortable single seaters (maybe find something with a simple base - wrought iron, maybe? This is kind of the sofa I was thinking, except maybe with a black frame? I also thought, maybe you want a little more privacy - in which case, you could find a way to elongate the panels and have them go up and out over the space but without so much detail. That way, maybe you could use chiffon fabric as a canopy when you want that extra privacy? You can also just remove it when you don't. It'll also be a great way to have hanging potted plants on hooks that are easy to maintain. I say, keep the potted plants going throughout the garden area, so don't push your backless couch against it (you wouldnt want to anyway...spiderwebs and all)...See Moresoftmentor
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