A shot toward the driveway. As part of phase 2 of this project, the house will get a new roof and new paint that will enhance the new front garden.
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This was the inspiration for the exterior color palette - cool, soothing, natural tones.
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A decorative steel screen adds privacy as well as a safeguard, preventing the grill from blowing over the edge.
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We ended up with two different plant palettes which were artfully blended as we went from sun to shade.
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A strip of Astroturf was removed, and a berm of swordferns installed to soften the black fence.
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Sometimes the results of plant trials in part shade can be quite satisfying.
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I jokingly call this the 'Duck Garden'. The Japanese maple is the Mother Duck, with the little Thuja ducklings in tow. The rounded form of the maple inspired this planting. The Thujas are underplanted with Saxifraga 'Maroon Beauty' which will send up frothy waves of white blooms in spring.

The barely visible red brick entrance set the color scheme for these front plantings, echoed with red maples, barberry and more. In winter, the deciduous, variegated red twig dogwood alters its cool persona, and provides a cheerful color echo against the conifers.

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We sealed a 1980's closet in the bedroom and opened it up from the bathroom instead. An original mahogany door from another bedroom was repurposed.
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