A custom address sign is lit from behind with a LED light tile and compliments the more contemporary landscape design for the front entry. The concrete pier is designed as a planter.

Late Summer Blooms make a cheerful wrap around the house. From the front porch, the owners can overlook all the front gardens. Credit: Tad Anderson. All rights exclusively reserved.

Front Gardens are colorful and tidy. Existing large oaks are integrated into the gardens. A meandering paver walk welcomes visitors to the front farm porch and front entry. Credit: Tad Anderson. All rights exclusively reserved.

Wildflowers abound on either side of the driveway leading up to the Craftsman style home tucked back in the trees.
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Bighorn palm desert modern resort style home. Photo by William MacCollum.
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Elfin Thyme is a perfect ground cover between pavers. This California, Spanish-style bungalow gets a fresh new landscape and garden design that replaces the tired lawn with a creeping thyme ground cover and other low-water plantings. The new flagstone pathway, and a small patio echo the terra-cotta tones of the house and are softened by Elfin Thyme planted between the pavers. Colorful pottery and a Fermob Sixties Low Armchair complete the remodel. Design and Photos: © Eileen Kelly, Dig Your Garden Landscape Design

Entrance walk edged with pineleaf penstemon and daylily. Spears Horn Architects
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The flag-shaped lot allowed for a long driveway leading up to the house, offering a nice long driveway with a view of the home’s entry from the street.

Bighorn Palm Desert modern architectural home with luxury landscaping. Photo by William MacCollum.
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Bighorn Palm Desert luxury modern indoor outdoor home. Photo by William MacCollum.
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Bighorn Palm Desert luxury modern home walkway over water. Photo by William MacCollum.
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Bighorn Palm Desert luxury home modern entrance landscape design. Photo by William MacCollum.
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Bighorn Palm Desert luxury home with modern design. Photo by William MacCollum.
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Bighorn Palm Desert luxury modern home entry landscape design. Photo by William MacCollum.
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Design Consultant Jeff Doubét is the author of Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs – Insights. The 240 page “Design Consultation in a Book” is now available. Please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com for more info. Jeff Doubét specializes in Santa Barbara style home and landscape designs. To learn more info about the variety of custom design services I offer, please visit SantaBarbaraHomeDesigner.com Jeff Doubét is the Founder of Santa Barbara Home Design - a design studio based in Santa Barbara, California USA.

This modern wood fence was constructed to provide curb appeal to a traditional block wall in front of an ranch style home in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. Anchored directly onto the cement block this fence was the perfect simple facelift for this home.

Bighorn Palm Desert modern design home entry pond feature. Photo by William MacCollum.
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