The purpose of front yard landscaping tends to be presentational because it is the public-facing side of your house. It’s about appearances, making a good impression on visitors or passersby. The landscape leading up to and bordering your home is designed to show a beautiful setting that frames your house in a pretty picture that […]
How to Make the Walkway to Your Front Door More Functional
Problems with front door entries and front walkways result from a lack of sound functional design. This type of front yard landscape problem occurs commonly in developer built homes because builders understandably focus on maximizing the beauty and spaciousness of the house. The fine details of front yard landscaping including walkways, entry doors, and driveways […]
How to Make Your Driveway Design More Functional
As we mentioned in a previous blog post, when front yard landscaping falls short of expectations, driveways and front walkways are often the culprits. That is because the experience of getting from point A to point B is an essential part of the “arrival experience” that welcomes you home. If the approach to the house […]
Make Unsightly Utility Equipment Vanish in Your Front Yard Landscape Design
Our modern homes all have service and utility equipment that takes up space outdoors. That includes housings for electrical power, cable service boxes, air conditioning units, backup generators, pool equipment, and trash and recycling containers. Most of us are somewhat aware of these utility items when we are outdoors–but we don’t really “see” them because […]
Enjoy a Front Yard Landscape that Welcomes You Home
Let’s face it. When your home comes into view–whether you are turning into the driveway with a carload of kids and groceries or you’ve just slowed down to a well-earned jog after a hard three-miler around the neighborhood–you want to feel something. Proud. Pleased. How about welcomed? Here is the problem: Your front yard is […]
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