Showing posts with label curb appeal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label curb appeal. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2016

Colonial Home Front Yard Landscape Project

A friend of mine asked me to help her with the curb appeal of her home. She had just bought a Colonial-style home that desperately needed landscaping. I love this type of work so I asked her to take some photographs of the front of her home and send them to me.

Once I saw the home I knew immediately what would improve the appearance and what would make it warm and welcoming, But before I got to work I asked her what her vision was. I noted her requests and then got to work on creating a digital landscape rendering,


Here is a photograph of the colonial split-level house. It desperately needs to be re-landscaped with perennial flowers, evergreen shrubs, and rock with a stepping stone walkway that has a bend.


It took me seven hours to create a landscape rendering for this home.  I raised both sides of the lawn area in the front to create feature gardens. In the garden by the porch 9 x 10 garden was added that featured evergreen shrubs, lilyturf, ornamental grass, and perennial flowers. The garden plants were spaced according to allow for growth. Then mulch was used and a few rocks for interest.
A rock border was used to create a stone walkway to the driveway, This walkway was outlined with perennial lilyturf.
To create a welcoming entrance an urn planter was added by the door and a 3-piece bistro-style outdoor table along with hanging flower and fern planters.
The gardens used in this landscape set to feature 4- seasons of plants, for every season the garden would be interesting and a focal point of beauty, 

Here are the two landscape designs that I created.  In comparison to the first photo, the updates really make this home look appealing.  It now has tremendous curb appeal. 



You can add curb appeal by updating the entrance of your home.  Here is a video that will show you how to










Sunday, October 30, 2011

Home and Garden Curb Appeal Ideas

Is the entrance of your home welcoming to guests?   Is the landscape manicured or is the lawn overgrown with crabgrass?   Or does your home and garden need some curb appeal? 

Here are a few of my yard and garden photographs








Curb appeal says a lot about your house and if your front entrance is eye-appealing then your home will be a valuable asset to the neighborhood and if you intend on selling your home, buyers will be more attracted to a home.





Why you should improve your curb appeal: 


Improve your home's curb appeal especially if you intend on selling your home. A home that features a color scheme along with a manicured lawn, gardens, and welcoming home entrance is a home that will hold its real estate value. A simple remodeling will enhance the beauty of your home. 

Choosing the right curb appeal theme for your home:


Before you begin any curb appeal project take a picture of your home.  Then list from the pictures the areas that need to be improved.  To get some ideas for ways to make your home entrance look better is to buy home improvement magazines or garden and landscape books. Another way to get some ideas is to drive around your neighborhood and look at what your neighbors are doing.

How to add curb appeal to your home:

Make your home more inviting to guests by installing a window box.  Grow flowers or herbs in the boxes.  Plant ivy close to the rim of the box and it will cascade down the outside of the window box.  This attractive window box will improve your home and your neighbors will compliment you on your curb appeal. 
 




Another way to make your home more inviting by improving your curb appeal is to install a natural stone or gravel path.  Design a meandering path that is attractive and inviting to guests.

Plan gardens that will outline the path, and also add solar lighting. The path should connect your front entrance to the sidewalk or driveway.

Another way to improve the appeal of your home is to paint your front door and then hang a seasonal wreath or flank your entrance with fragrant herb container gardens.  If you have porches why not add an inviting seating area with cushions that coordinate with your color scheme.  A free-standing fountain is tucked in the corner of your porch. 

More Curb Appeal Ideas

Consider painting your entire house with a new color scheme. A trendy color scheme that complements the style of your home will add warmth to your home entrance. A simple way to determine a color that would be suitable for the exterior of your home is to look at the colors in your roof shingles or stone facing.  Select the prominent color in the roof shingle, or stone facing your home, this color would be your primary color then select two complimentary colors for trim and accent colors.