Congratulations on the new house, ontheairship. I know nothing about gardening in your climate, so I won't try to suggest plants. However, since it will help other members to know your hardiness zone (there are five in Florida), please tell us (generally) where you live, or look up your zone here: http://www.garden.org/zipzone/index.php It will also help to know which direction the house faces, how much sun the beds get (on both sides of the front yard), and whether the lawn includes any of the invasive types of grass like Bermuda. The palm is directly in front of your front door. You want people to be able to see your front door (which is already difficult, because it's set at the corner of the house, and in a narrow recess to boot), so remove the palm. Remove it now, because it will only get larger. [The shrub closest to the front door is also trying to hide the door.] Most on this forum dislike that type of edger and consider them out-of-date. The white color makes them stand out from the landscaping, but the narrow white lines aren't to scale with your house. They don't lend themselves to curves, so you're either stuck with right angles (not necessarily a bad thing, but limiting) or awkward shapes (like the attempt to "curve" the front bed). Consider also the two beds in the foreground of the final photo: a rectangle and a tiny circle, just inches apart. If it weren't for those edgers, the beds could be combined. Obviously you already own the current edgers, and replacing them with another type of edger will involve an expense. Along the front walk, the edgers seem too close and too busy. For that and other reasons, I would eliminate the narrow bed alongside the garage. The front walk is already narrow, so replace the bed with cement (of course, the older and newer cement likely won't match). If you can afford it, replace the entire walkway: widen it to at least the outer edge of the doorway recess; round the outer corner where the walkway turns around the corner of the garage. The white rock collects weeds and doesn't stay white. Decide how you feel about that. Consider asking the Florida Gardening forum whether a clean rock bed is possible, and if so, the best way to go about it. If you decide to get rid of the edgers and rock, Craigslist is a possibility.

Any competitor like Sherwin Williams and PPG can do a color match and the price of the paint will be cheaper without forfeiting the quality of the paint. I don't believe this, lol. ;-) My builder used Sherwin Williams in my house, and it's terrible. My husband and I tried to obtain sample pots from SW, to give them a second (and third) chance, and they refused, saying, "I can't sell you anything less than a gallon." Our second and third requests were at different stores, with different employees, with at least a year's worth of time between. The mom-and-pop shop that sold us our Ben Moore sample pots was fantastic. The paint stays on the wall, unlike the SW junk. Maybe the painters watered the SW down too much, maybe it was the cheapest line SW offered, maybe this-that-or-the-other, but BM won us over with good customer service and nice paint. I won't be doing Aura, but the Regal Select is still very, very nice. Oh, and a tip that might help others out there... Sometimes the prices online aren't the prices you'll pay in person. BM's website says sample pots are $10 each. I paid a little over half of that at a local paint place. Part of that might be my geographic location, or maybe the guy behind the counter thought I was cute, or perhaps I saved some coin because they weren't shipped to my house; I have no idea. lol

Let me try to explain a little further: we have a midnight blue sectional with a chaise. It’s a small sectional that fits 3 people and the recliner is that same color. Both are in good condition only about 3 years old. We also have a dark gray shag rug that goes underneath the couch. I really like the farmhouse/rustic decor look And was hoping to go with that look in the new house. I was thinking that this furniture could go in our living room (first picture above) since it could go along with the palette wall. The living room is an open floor plan with the kitchen. We have A black/brown marble kitchen table with a brown/beige area rug. The living room is where we were planning on getting new couches but I wanted to hold off until we figured out the wall colors. i was thinking maybe brown or black color couches but I’m not sure? Like i Said, this will be our first home and we want to eventually paint and make upgrades once we get settled in. We are both young and new to the whole interior design concept so that’s why I posted to get feedback on what would look good. I appreciate the criticism and comments along the way.

If they're in regular use you can dedicate a tack room where it would be convenient. Maybe close to the stalls you have in a normal garage area. Horses can be great pets. If the stalls aren't attached to the house, saddles will get heavy lugging them back and forth.