Curb appeal - no front yard
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Help with Curb Appeal - Small Front Yard
Comments (11)Like the changes already! How about moving the address to the R of the window? And the flag doesn't do anything for me--it says "soccer mom" rather than "French," no matter how tasteful the flag, though I totally understand why you felt you needed something to take up the space. :-) I'd put in a wrought iron trellis next to the "closed" shutters and grow an antique rose up it. ("New Dawn" would almost certainly be too much of a thug. Someone who knows more about roses than I could give you a better cultivar.) That's a house begging for lavender, too--and some small, well-kempt, carefully pruned (not usually a fan of shaping heavily, but the house calls for it, and with the lot size, it'll be very manageable to maintain) evergreens to ground it. Maybe dwarf boxwood? Topiaries by the door or leading up to it? Carefully shaped dwarf fruit trees? I'm thinking rosemary and irises, too. I like the window box, but it should be larger. Geraniums are popular for window boxes in that part of the world and look great, but you can make it more modern by adding something that spills, too. These are just a few thrown-out-there thoughts, not a design yet. :-) But here's some eye-candy for inspiration. Here is a link that might be useful: French Gardens...See MoreSuggestions please for my ugly ranch house
Comments (10)I have really been thinking about your house and what would give it more curb appeal, charm, or character. It is just a simple house and has lots of angles, squarish shapes but no curves, except for the wrought iron gate/door. The eye is drawn to the bay window and not to the door. So you would have to consider painting. You actually can paint the brick. And you might want to go with a light color. You can also paint the bay window. If you don't paint the brick, you can paint the bay window a darker color to compliment the brick. I would have a focal point outside the bay window and somewhere to draw the eye instead of the bay. I think all the plantings should be curvey. So maybe a bed coming out from the bottom of the driveway on the yard side and plants going up each side of the drive but flowing over the driveway a bit on each side. Also maybe a drake elm on the side of the house by the small window. That is a weeping tree, very nice form. I would try to save the evergreen, if possible. Maybe move it to other side of drive or nearer the street and to the side. You could have decorative pots or urns at either side of the top of the drive, maybe a curvey topiary form in each one. Or a small planter under each light fixture with a hanging vine planting, nothing angular. In the focal point out from the bay, nearer the street, could be a birdbath or bench or bird feeder. I thought about an iron fence along the drive and some iron planters or window boxes but I really think the place would look better a little bit lightened up and not heavy with iron. I would think about painting the iron door, or replacing with another (not sure the expense) that was lighter color (depending on if you paint brick or not) and maybe had a design in the center like a sun face or flower??? If you put a weeping or rounded form small tree on the side by the small window you could have a curvey, sweeping garden to incorporate the tree and come up to the house foundation planting. I hope this gives you some ideas. You could make a bunch of copies of your picture and draw in some of these ideas, copy it in black and white and try various color schemes....See MoreAdding curb appeal. Ideas for front yard landscape please!
Comments (6)You have a nice wide path to the door. My first reaction was to think of what not to do. I have often seen in gardens like this a barricade of plants hiding access to the stairs. Like below. I have a personal dislike for this type of landscaping. Do you like gardening and how much time do you want to spend maintaining it? I see shade from what I presume is a tree. Could you post a photo that shows the tree? What is the tree off the left corner? As to the house, it is very nice and does not need to change. If you want to try something different you could paint the door a color and paint the garage doors a khaki or beige to make them less prominent....See MoreHow do I improve entry way and curb appeal of the front yard?
Comments (10)In your introductory statement, you say that you're interested in changing "... the front deck into a more pleasant entry way." Let's compare the existing deck to two concepts. Presently, it seems sized such that it could accommodate 3 or 4 people entering. In my concept I haven't the size of the deck much. I've widened it just a little, mainly to allow for building wider steps ... maybe twice as wide as the current steps. It might accommodate an additional person or two. In your concept drawing, you've changed the deck from merely an entrance, to one sized for family gatherings -- lounging, dining, BBQs, etc. Is that how you intend to use the deck? If it is merely an entrance, it does not make sense to overwhelm the space with a lounging and entertaining deck sized for a family ... unless you are receiving visitors in groups numbering into the teens. First, figure out its purpose and base its size on that. Then work out its configuration. Whether its a wood deck or masonry porch structure doesn't matter to its function, as either can do the job. The materials will have more to do with durability, maintenance and the visual, artistic impression that you are trying to make. In general, I think people value masonry porches as the superior ones, b ut it isn't necessarily always that way....See Morekudzu9
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