Curb Appeal Help Requested!
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Comments (9)Hey fellow Oregonian! I didn't forget about you, there was so many Photoshop requests today...Whew! Anyway, I was really picturing Sage Greens on your house. I would probably change the door to black and add lots of wrought iron accessories to your front porch. You can't see if very well in my virtual, but there's a wrought iron plant stand with the terra cotta pot. I also don't think you need a ton more landscaping. Just a few hydrangeas and some Spirea. I also added a Crepe Myrtle but not sure how well that would do in Bend? I have one but can't tell if it made it through the winter yet?? Here's just one idea of colors for you:...See MoreFront Yard Curb Appeal Help Request
Comments (4)Yardvaard, thanks so much for taking the time to do the rendering! - We were debating widening the front tree planting; I like your visual of it! - Addl questions/refinement (added another closer pic so you can hopefully see more detail): -- The red tree to the right you mention pulling back to a regular circle and doing plain groundcover as well. We have 2 protruding pipes towards the bottom (nearer the 3 bushes) and will need to keep it elongated to cover it. As it's a very large area, I would like to have some type of colorful interest there, with perhaps a groundcover in the middle, keeping the three red bushes if possible (they were a gift). Is there a design you would suggest? -- Your drawing shows groundcover for the overhang/window on the right, and a single bush for the one on the left. The area is large, about 11 feet from the rightmost post/porch edge to the brick wall, and almost double from the window to the edge of the walk. The bed to the left is even larger. Won't a single groundcover on one side and a single bush on the other make it seem to sparse? Also, how would you outline the bed on the left (include the birch tree or leave it on its own)?...See MoreNeed help with curb appeal on an older house
Comments (18)Plywood for a planter is not going to last but if you want to do as a temporal installment, fine. Honestly, I can't imagine that creating a solid wall type structure between the columns is going to be a plus for the overall look of the house. If we just want to do that in order to plant in that space, then I'd do the railing and get a planter box that fits over it like a saddle. In order to create formwork to fit steps, make a negative piece for the steps by placing 3/4" plywood at the end of steps. Trace the outline of the steps and cut the "halves" apart at the line. One piece represents the steps and is waste. The other piece will fit over the steps top edges (where the air is). Create a box that attaches to that piece and represents the outside form of the planter/cheekwall. If it's a planter, too, you'll need a "box" form for the inside of the planter. Figure out how to add bracing to the piece that sits on the steps in order to keep it stable during the pour. Of course, you'll calculate all the measurements first so you can make the planter height and size end up correctly. I will only get additional ideas for drawings if there are specific problems presented. In the last picture you added, Surge, it looks as if grade is running toward the house. In a prior picture taken from another angle, it doesn't. If grade is sloping down toward house, then it needs to be fixed before doing any planting....See MoreHelp - Need design ideas to add curb appeal to red brick home!
Comments (14)"This front is just a mess." That is your first impression. I suggest you live with it for a few months before doing anything. Surely you will change it, but you don't yet know what it's like to live with the existing garden. The experience of it may shift your understanding slightly. mad_gallica said "you have Sun Ra but you want Bach" -- maybe. But maybe you don't know what you have or what you want. Give it time to sink in. What's the rush. No film crew coming, is there? There are philosophies that result in what someone has carefully planned and built in what is now your front garden. It may not be your philosophy, and that's fine, but just "try it on" and spend some time in those "clothes." Then you will come to know not only what you don't want, but you will know WHY and you may even know what you DO want, and why. I don't see it as a maze, but someone in a big hurry undoubtedly sees it that way. In some gardens, indirect paths or spirals are made for meditation or for giving the inhabitant a few extra seconds in the day to smell the roses, or in other words, to appreciate the peaceful feeling a walk through greenery can bring. With combined families, whose garden is it, anyway? ;) Last comment -- when entering the house, you may find you never use the front door, but enter through the garage. If you entertain a lot, a meditation front garden may not be quite the thing. But don't be too hasty. Live with it for a time....See MoreSP McKenzie
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