How to Make Your Front Yard Attractive

Spruce up all structures that lead into or out of your front yard. For example, paint your house, garage and fence if they are within view.

Define the edging between the walkways, around tree beds and along your driveway by using brick or metal edging. This keeps grass from growing into your driveway and walks, making the border attractive.

Plant flowers sparingly in your front yard. Although you may want many flowers, when they dominate your front yard, they become distracting to the eye as the flowers draw attention away from your front door, the place you want the most attention. Keep it simple and use flowers as ornaments. Choose two or three matching or contrasting colors to add some color to your front yard.

Choose a paving material for your driveway and walkway to increase the attractiveness of your front yard. Try to match the paving material to the materials in your home to create unity. For instance, if you have a stone, brick or a wood house, place one of these materials along your walkway. Wood can create a modern or a rustic look and you can stain or paint the wood to match your house. Brick adds warmth and visual interest to your landscaping. Although brick looks attractive for all paving, do not use stone or wood to pave your driveway, since these can deteriorate.

Enlarge the landing at your front door if possible, so two or three people can stand on it. Many times, this greeting area only has enough room for one person to stand on and open the screen door at the same time.

Group shrubs together rather than plant single shrubs all over your lawn; this design strategy allows your landscape to flow. Plant shrubs in odd numbers like three or five also. Odd numbers create a balanced, unifying effect, while even numbers split the visual impact. As the shrubs grow, they will appear as a single shrub.