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Looking for front curb appeal help

2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago



We purchased our house a couple years ago, we have replaced the roof, windows, and doors. Next on our list is the curb appeal/landscaping. We are putting in a new fence this summer and figured it was time to start planning any landscape changes prior to the fence or with the fence. Problem is I have no ideas what so ever, my way of landscaping is spending stupid amount on grass seed for my dogs to ruin the grass, and picking out pretty flowers in the spring and planting them. I would love to change out the wrought iron supports on the porch and put in something else, we are going to be redoing the siding this summer also. We have 4 big dogs who are out in the yard with us pretty frequently. I plan to remove the old light post, but it is gas powered and I need someone to come and cap the line to our main. The spot towards the center of the yard in the second picture used to be a tree we have been told by the neighbors, we would love to have another tree since we don't have any trees in our yard but not sure if that is the best place to put one. Also we are in zone 7 I believe (st. louis area).











Comments (12)

  • 2 years ago

    Those are some great ideas. The house looks great!
    I think you know what you gotta do. Here’s some inspiration

  • 2 years ago

    What’s wrong with the siding ?

  • 2 years ago

    The siding is mostly asbestos and vinyl on the garage, there is hail damage on the vinyl and we replaced a sliding glass door in the back with windows so where the windows are framed out there is no way to match the asbestos siding.

  • 2 years ago

    This looks great! Thank you, now to figure out what plants you have where 🤣.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    I would go with some porch and landscape



    ak122907 thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
  • 2 years ago

    what style fence and where?

  • 2 years ago

    We are replacing our current fence on the left side of the house, and adding on from the garage on the right side to enlarge our back yard. We have a nice corner lot, but all our land is out front and on the side for the most part.

  • 2 years ago

    Are you replacing with chain link? Please no white vinyl,

  • 2 years ago

    No vinyl not a fan of it personally, I think cedar is what we are going with.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    You might want to check on your local nurseries what plants they have for your zone.

  • 2 years ago

    @HU-802224546, the "plants" I used are just shapes, pieces from elsewhere in the original photo. I would use a mix of different evergreens (for winter structure) and perennials (where you need to pile snow), with maybe some deciduous flowering shrubs mixed in on the left. Shasta daisies, black-eyed susans, and orange asiatic lilies are some perennials that would look much like the picture, if that area gets sun. The small trees shown on the left are native fringe trees, but any flowering trees would be fine there to screen your side/back yard. I showed shade trees (maples? oaks? other?) on the right; if you're planning to fence that area, they could be inside or outside the fence. (I assume you've checked local regulations to see how high the fence can be and how far it needs to be from the road.)

    The main visual changes are the generous walkway pulled away from the house and the deeper planted area fronting it that forms a long, sweeping curve, meeting the driveway where the paving changes color. On the house itself, I removed the overhang supports entirely for a cleaner, more modern look. (If the garage and house front walls are in the same plane and the overhang is unsupported over the garage, it should not need supports over the house either, but have someone make sure that would work structurally.) I painted the infill panel below the large window black (assuming the window frames are black as they appear in the photo) and showed sidelights beside the door. (The opening width looks like that was the original intent.) If you just replaced the door and don't want to do sidelights, I would paint those infill panels black too. (I see lights mounted on those panels, so if you did do sidelights, you would need that lighting moved elsewhere.)

    Enjoy your project--and post a picture when you're done!

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