Front Yard Ideas

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The front yard is the first thing you and your guests see when you pull up to your home. When it’s shoddy or unkept, it can make even the nicest home look bad. While keeping your yard green and well-maintained can improve its appearance greatly, there are additional options which can really make your yard stand out. Let’s talk about those front yard ideas here.

Pathway Lighting

The benefits of pathway lighting are many. Firstly, it offers added security for your home and safety for you and your family when arriving at night. But additionally, it elevates the beauty of your home and enables you to highlight the areas of your landscape and home you want, making specific design elements stand out at night. This way, you can create very expressive and aesthetic looks. Using LED lights to brighten your yard gives you strong lighting that’s not only energy efficient but low-cost, too. Our blog on LED Lighting will show you all the benefits of using these types of lights.

Stone Walkways

Ditching your drab, cement driveway for a paver or stone one can make a huge difference to your yard’s appearance. By utilizing the landscaping and integrating the stones into your existing space, the walkway can feel more like a stroll through a private garden than a walk to the front door. And if you want to get even more creative, you can make use of empty space and make the pathway a series of stepping stones.

Stone Walls

There are different kinds of stone walls which offer many benefits when designing a yard, both visually and practically. Retaining walls are used to confine soils when set on uneven slopes. For those who have homes on hills or slopes and wish to add landscaping to the front yard, this is a workable and attractive attractive solution. Seating walls are great front yard ideas that can be used in courtyards and places where people normally sit and relax, or simply to give an additional element of design to the space.

Water Features

Water features as well as ponds and streams, create a luxurious space that both looks incredible and also feels peaceful and safe. Installing a fountain can be a great way to start, and while you can design large, custom water features, there are easier and less expensive ones which will still give you a great front yard to enjoy. Surrounding the fountain with a garden bed of rocks and pebbles or laying down stone can transform the space entirely

To get in touch with one of our designers about your yard or for more front yard ideas and inspiration, fill out our instant estimate form or give us a call at: (818) 275-8271.

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