There are many ways in which you can give the exterior design of your home a remarkable improvement. By ensuring that your home has an appealing design, this will essentially enhance your house’s aesthetic value. Here is a look at the various ways in which you can give your home a much better look and forget about the old style.  For starters, you can start by planting some flowers, trees, vegetables and possibly fruits in your yard. To achieve a colorful and attractive view, you can even mix some different plantations. For homeowners who are fond of flower beds, choosing a simple way of maintaining the flower beds is something that you should consider. Failure to take good care of your flower beds will only make them die and will compromise the look of your home’s exterior.

An easier option that you should consider is ferns and ivy plantation and you can be sure that this will certainly give your home a remarkable look. The good thing about them is that they are grown easily and little attention is required and there are no difficulties as such that you will face as you grow these plants. Make sure that you attend to your plants well by pulling the weed out and perform regular maintenance to give your garden a great look.  Make sure that you clean your sidewalks regularly and remove all the leaves, debris and dirt. This will help a lot in keeping your house looking neat and awesomely clean. It is possible even to create such a unique exterior design for your home in a rather way by simply adding bricks, stones and even rocks on the sidewalks. Spraying weed control sprayer regularly to the weed will help ensure that weed doesn’t grow between the cracks that are present on the walkways.

Also, it is important that you have your home windows beautifully designed. For instance, using window frame can greatly enhance the look of your windows. The best thing about the window frame is that it is easy to get, very cheap and can be applied easily not to mention that it is available in a wide range of designs. Applying the window frame is a much better idea for homeowners who don’t like having window curtains. However, if having window curtain is something that you really want, opt for one that comes with a very nice design. You don’t have to part with a fortune so that you can have a beautiful curtain and this is something that you definitely shouldn’t be worried about.

If your client is throwing a party, then hanging lights will come in handy not only in lighting the garden, but also in creating a party mood in the garden. A soft glow in the patio goes a long way to entertain the guests and encourage them to party on all night. For instance, if your client does not have a stable power source, you can hang lanterns around strategic points in the garden. 

Garden Lighting Ideas

Before embarking on the task of lighting up your client’s garden, consult with him or her and understand what kind of a mood or ambience that he/she wants in the garden. Because string lights for the garden are the most inexpensive and easiest way to cast illumination in the garden, these few tips will guide you in creating an ideal lighting in the outdoors:

Gardens are an important outdoor feature and every landscape designer should know this. Therefore, a lot of effort should be put into designing this space to make sure it is just right for your client; as well as for all the other people anticipated to use that space.

1. Pick plants according to the climate of that particular region

As a qualified designer, you ought to know that it is not all about how beautiful a certain flower is or how well other plant flowers. When it comes to designing a garden, you ought to take the climate of that area into consideration. This is because there are plants meant for colder areas and there are those meant for the warmer regions. If you do not consider this, you just might end up planting flowers that will never bloom due to the location of the garden. 

Whether it is a leisurely Sunday BBQ, a dinner party or that friendly cricket game, some of the most awesome gatherings of friends and families today are usually held outdoor and more particularly in the verandah or backyard. Whether you have a backyard that is filled with some luscious greenery or just a humble balcony, you can make your outdoor spaces places to die for. The summer season is usually characterized by the days being much longer and this is an awesome time that you can enjoy the outdoors. There is nothing better and more fulfilling than to bask at the outdoors as this can give make you feeling at the top of the world while still at the comfort of your own home.

Nowadays, basking in the outdoors has been give a completely new meaning and has even redefined how most homeowners approach the decoration and design of their homes’ exterior. The current trend is one of the reconfiguring outdoor spaces in a way that it appears like an extension of interior. Ideally speaking, the main objective of making your outdoor space a perfect place is ensuring that it is durable, functional, comfortable and able to seamlessly align itself to the surrounding environment. Regardless of how often that your outdoor space at home is utilized, it is very important that you have an outdoor space that is well designed and which supplements and complements your home’s interior design scheme. This will really go a long way towards enhancing your home’s value and even improve your everyday living.

Long gone are those days when wooden deck chairs and plastic furniture was used for sufficing outdoor settings. Now, most homeowners seek to greatly enjoy their outdoors with similar style and comfort just as they do to their home’s interior. For you to succeed in unifying your exterior and interior spaces harmoniously and creating a perfect environment for relaxing and entertaining there are some few considerations which you must make. To enhance your outdoor space’s functionality, consider having a good overhead cover like sails, roofing or awnings which can either be retractable or fixed. This way, you will be able to ensure that you are able to enjoy the space all year round whether it rains shines or there is hail. For those homeowners who boast of having a beautiful verandah or balcony, they can consider using bi-fold, French, stacking or sliding doors and thus can merge their living areas with the outside while at the same time expanding the available space. Including such wide openings plays a very crucial role in making your outdoor space very functional especially on the aspect of entertainment. In addition, this also makes your outdoor space visually appealing and allows uninterrupted views and natural light of your outdoors to keep flooding the home.

Falling right between the two extreme seasons - summer and winter, landscaping during fall poses a challenge to many landscape designers. So what are some of the things you could consider paying attention to when landscaping in the fall? How do you ensure that the plants can withstand the harsh winter and regain their health and appearance in spring?

1. Mulch

Fall mulching happens to be more effective than mulching in the spring. This is because when you mulch in the fall, you are doing so in preparation for the cold winter that is set to come. You would be ensuring that you are protecting your plants’ roots from the frost; and you would also be preserving the soil moisture; set for the dry cold winter that may be lying ahead.