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Need suggestions to improve the curb appeal of our 1920 mission prairie style home
Comments (51)I get to start off the new year for your fine list of helping hands. To list a few: rinqreation showed truly wonderful sites, but it just made you weep, right? libradesigneye was on target with the little cube comment, suggesting large clusters. Perhaps, if you found another home for the light green thingies, and filled in between the darker green cubes with the identical species, you would have a neat hedge, which you could then ignore so that it attains its natural beauty and height. Enprov's fences are what would suit you well, out by the street, paralleling your property line. My turn: I love the poor unused terrace to the right of the front door. I would not use it either, until I removed it from the neighborhood. A nice low-branched tree between you and the side street and the neighbor's carport, and then, perhaps a row of hicks or hatfield yews across the front, separating you from the mailman and Jehovah's Witnesses. (Sorry ladies, postal carrier, not mailman.) cascio.offsite@gmail.com...See MoreNeed help - how can we improve the look of our house?
Comments (1)I like all of the trim and the garage door, in the color of the grout: off white with a gray undertone....See MoreImprove the exterior of our home
Comments (16)I think the house needs balance, the garages are the most prominent feature rather than the front entrance. I would add an open porch (without a top on it) from the front door over to the left. That will extend the front out more so it does not feel as far back. It is not an expensive addition and would accomplish a lot. I knew you mentioned getting new garage doors. I would suggest either having the garage doors be painted so they do not contrast as much with the house or have them be attractive wood style doors....See MoreHelp! How do I improve the curb appeal of our split level house?
Comments (10)It would be great to move the entry way to the middle if that's affordable then plan the landscaping around that. Get a designer for creating a new porch and a landscaping designer for the yard. If you're not ready to spring for porch expansion/relocation, here are some interim more affordable steps. --Your house is red brick with some brownish bricks and a gray roof. To tie it altogether, paint all the white trim and foundation in a light brownish gray. (The white has too much contrast with all that brick and foundation.) Add a light brownish gray window box entirely across the lower window. Make sure you have a window treatment there that looks great from the outside. Add a colorful door that blends well with the new trim. A painted pergola in the trim paint below the second-story windows is something that might soften your front. Get some beautiful tall plants to place in your bay window. It's part of the landscaping, too! --Go to a local garden center that has planning services and have them come up with a design for your front yard. At the very least, ditch the fences, the water feature (what were they thinking?). Some taller, well-spaced shrubs of different types arranged along the current walkway with great plantings in front of the taller shrubs would soften and frame your frontage quite a bit....See MoreRelated Professionals
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