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Comments (15)I also think the house is adorable. Other than the tree needing pruning and the massively tall shrub on the right side (up against the house) needing to be removed (or pruned aggressively), I don't think the landscaping looks bad as a starting point. I agree with kiminpl that as newbies you should focus on taking good care of what's there and making small steps to improve it as time and money allows vs. trying anything too aggressive and ending up with something worse. If the neighbors live in massive homes, nothing you do is likely to make them happy. If that walkway really isn't being used (as it sounds like it's not), removing it could part of a phased plan. I personally don't think the right side needs another tree. Good luck!...See MoreCurb Appeal Help Needed
Comments (6)For the front landscape bed, I'd do a single groundcover for a simple, tidy look. Since you're in Florida, perennial peanut would make a cheery, easy-to-care-for bed. (It looks like you have enough light for it.) For the blank wall, I'm showing a couple different ways to handle it, depending on if you also want to screen some of the roof, or not. Long, thin wedges of landscape bed are not only impossible to maintain, but they are not practical for actually growing plants. They don't look good either. Therefore, I'd eliminate the skinny wedge that the walk is creating as it approaches the house, It would be much better to reconfigure the right edge of the walk to meet the house at 90* and fill in the wedge with concrete, thereby creating a little more approach space to the entrance. (It could certainly use that since the entrance is tightly wedged into a corner. See the plan scheme for clarification....See MoreNeed Help w/ Curb Appeal for Boring House!!
Comments (7)If you change any of your lights, change all of them to be the same. In lieu of changing the lights, you might just add to the size of them by adding a pair of contrasting vertical panels to the exterior wall -- one on each side of the front entry door -- and hanging the lights on the vertical panels -- choose your favorite dark bold color, a color you can continue with your front patio furnishings. In front of the wall is a plant that is uniform in height; is that plant liriope? Like it, keep it, but consider moving any shrubs that are different from the area just behind and in front of them. -- and plant the same plant in front of both parts of the wall. You could use the other taller plants/shrubs beside the house to create a partial green of the house and then focus on keeping the lawn healthy and trimmed....See MoreCurb appeal needed: shutters? window boxes? Help!
Comments (10)I, for one, have always been a fan of keeping the architecture as simple as possible. But if flower boxes are your bliss, go for it. Me, personally, I'd give them a pass. They're small, need frequent watering, and can be a bit tough during summer (due to being small and needing frequent watering...) Certainly feel free to changing the door colors. Even the garage doors, perhaps? Some tone in the stone on the side, I should think. If you want to break the harmony, go ahead, no problems there. Burgundy? Slate Blue? Something tasteful and not too far out of range for that house. ETA: I rethought that blue on second glance; it's too close to the siding. Grays are out too, obviously. Bad artist, bad artist. :-) Burgundy would clash as well. With those blue-gray tones, you'd either want to match (which I wouldn't care for), pull from the stone colors, or stay white, really. /ETA I might avoid most vines because...vines. If you do, please choose ones that aren't invasive, like clematis, which won't eat the house (I don't see your locale, which would help us out greatly; for some users, it might show, for me, it does not). Clematis would also blossom beautifully. I would not recommend some blooming vines like wisteria because, again, edible house. They'll try to take over and require a flamethrower to remove if your environment is compatible. It's hard to tell from just one shot, but it looks like a flower garden (perennials for minimal care if you like) to the right side of the driveway as you come up to the door would give you attractive flowers in summer and possibly winter interest if you choose some evergreens as well. That will break the colder lines of the concrete and brick (although really, again, I don't find them objectionable). If you're up for more care, an annual garden instead, or a core annual garden with perennials and evergreens, will give you even more color during spring, summer, and fall while still lending some winter interest. A taller accent like a fringe tree (locale dependent) might look great there as a shape that would really break the lines, too. Again, so many individual choices depend very much on where you are. But...congrats on your new home! It's lovely as it is!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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