front door to keep color, what do you think
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Comments (9)What a nice space for a garden. I like the rock wall. What kind of light does this area get? Dappled sun and shade all year like in the photo, or either more sun or more shade during the growing season? What is your soil like? I find it difficult to tell how large the area is, so a ballpark estimate would help to tell what there is space for. I'd start with removing any non-garden plants growing here and then mulch (cardboard with cut-outs for the hosta with an organic mulch like chopped leaves or wood chips on top) and weed a lot the first year so that when you add plants your weeding and maintenance will be minimal. Since this area will be visible as folks go in and out of the door, having plants with year-round interest and/or some ornament such as sculpture or a birdbath will be important in making this area appealing. I think I would try to plant mostly lower growing items in the front part of the garden, or at least airy plants so that the stone wall is a visible feature. If some of these are evergreen/gold/red, they will provide interest in the winter. In the upper part behind the stone wall, if there is room I'd add background plants with year round interest such as a colored foliage evergreen, and /or variegated red-twigged dogwood, ones that would stand out well against the light walls. With any woody plants, check the ultimate size and be sure you have room to paint or do maintenance behind it if it isn't a plant like the dogwoods which don't mind being cut to the ground. If there is enough light, a pretty trellis with a clematis that gets cut back in the winter (type 3 pruning) would feature the clematis in the growing season and the trellis in the winter. I would probably put a row of low-growing or easily pruned evergreens such as one of the smaller boxwood varieties under the window to provide winter interest and then plant the rest of the area with perennials to give you more interest in the growing season. Particularly in a smaller garden such as this that is in such a prominent place, thinking about varying the foliage color and texture (as you are doing in thinking about adding coral bells) will help add interest to the garden when there aren't many blooms. In addition to the library as a resource, Pennsylvania has public gardens that might give you inspiration, both for plants and for design. Here is a link that might be useful: Pennsylvania public gardens...See Moreyet ANOTHER... what would you do (front door color) ? (Picture!)
Comments (75)Thank you! Gail, the light is old, not original, but probably 20 years. During my light hunting, I did see many similar ones.. try searching for nautical lighting or coastal lighting. There was another company I had booked marks as well.. I'll see if I can find them!...See MoreWhat do you think of beds in front of a window?
Comments (10)Well, I went and did some measuring. One window wall is completely out, because in order for the closet door to open, the bed would have to be squished into the corner. I really don't like it when a bed has one long side against the wall, so that's out. The other wall has 49" of wall, then 41" of window (including the molding around the window), then another 58" of wall. The bed is a full-size bed, so it's 54 inches wide. The trouble is that I need to be able to use the window. There's no air conditioning in the house, so the cross ventilation at night is needed in the summer to cool things down. As for hanging drapes all across the wall, I'm having a hard time picturing that look in this room--that has always seemed to me to be a more modern treatment and this is an older house and I have a fairly traditional style. Also, there are concerns about hanging drapery hardware on slightly crumbly 100+ year old plaster walls. I hung a 20 pound mirror with special plaster wall hangers rated to 50 pounds and the hangers pulled out of the wall. I like the link Tuesday 2008 posted. They balanced the window on one side with the tall mirror on the other. I think I'm going to have to play around with things to see if I can create a look that is visually balanced, even if it is off center. Or as we say around here, half a bubble off plumb. I need to put my thinking cap on and consider all aspects of this. If anyone else has any ideas, please feel free to chime in....See MoreWhat do you think of the trim work around the door?
Comments (34)Sandra--Thanks for the response. I went with black only because the shutters and shutter dogs were all black and I thought it would match and look good. My wife would prefer another color but we couldn't agree on one. Do you see a color that would jump out to you? We had trouble blending it with the red brick, black shutters, etc.. Thanks!...See Moreflopsycat1
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