Need help with ugly wall under stairs
sushifiend
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Help - need ideas to disguise neighbor's ugly wall
Comments (3)How about growing something on it? You could make or buy a trellis (or several) and grow clematis or roses on it. If you're in a zone with cold winters, you can choose something evergreen like ivy (this doesn't even need a trellis). I can't really tell from your description how much sun this wall would get, but you'd have to choose your plants carefully depending on the light. http://img4-3.sunset.timeinc.net/i/how-to-books/00/wall-panels--l.jpg?400:400 How to make a cheap, functional trellis: http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/how-to-make-a-cucumber-trellis/index.html...See MoreNeed help to remedy ugly edge of hardwood under baseboard heater
Comments (2)If it's baseboard heat you should be able to remove the fasteners and lower it....See MoreIs my “ugly” house just ugly landscaping? Help needed!
Comments (10)Do you know the name of the shrub that's between the windows? What is behind the brick raised bed with the hedge? I like the suggestion to remove those bushes. What you do next depends on what is on the other side, next to the house. If you have a porch the same elevation as the front entry then I would buy some easy care annuals each spring, such as pansies, petunias, french marigolds. Creeping thyme will help control weeds. If the other side is more lawn or wanna-be lawn, then I'd put something in there that will get about a foot taller than the planter bed. Maybe an ornamental grass. To replace the shrubs I'd put something that will trail over the edge such as creeping thyme, moneywort, trailing petunias. As for the space between the windows I think you've made a good start with the shrub or small tree you have. It needs friends, something that is a bit shorter, one on each side. Maybe nandina, or camelia, depending on your climate zone. Neither needs much care and rare pruning. There are some roses, particularly floribundas that need very little care. When I lived in Bakersfield, California and in the Sierra foothills I cut them back to about a foot high each winter and that was it. I didn't fertilize, spray, nothing. They grew and bloomed just fine. The yellow and peach colored ones were the toughest and most reliable. Floribundas are generally smallish, about 3'-4' tall and have many small rose blooms....See MoreUGLY 1980's stairs and half wall dilemma
Comments (4)I would close ALL the spindle parts of that nook. Then put the piano under the picture that is hanging above the spindle opening, lowering the picture to be 5" above the piano. Paint the remaining stairs using black for the handrail and white for the rest of the parts....See Morelittlebug zone 5 Missouri
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