This past weekend in Omaha felt like Spring is fast approaching and with it, the promise of blooming flowers and green lawns. Thoughts turn to neighborhood strolls with sunshine on your face. You visualize the homes in your neighborhood that always have the best showing: visually interesting features, colorful flowers, and an inviting walk up to the door. Make sure your home is one of them!
Your front yard is your first impression. It should showcase and compliment all of the other features of your home. Lush landscaping takes advantage of your space and elevates your curb appeal. It carries you through the seasons. HGTV.com has 80 Lush Landscaping Ideas for Your Front Yard to get you headed in the right direction.
If that was not reason enough, consider the three amazing benefits below!
- You Increase Your Property Value
Landscaping the front of your home can increase your property value by 15 to 20 percent. Realtors consistently share that a home with high curb appeal will get more looks, traffic, and offers than a home without it. A buyer assumes that a homeowner who is not interested in the outside of their home is not maintaining the inside of it either.
Even if you are not thinking about selling, your neighbors will appreciate your contribution to the overall value and appeal of the neighborhood. Adjacent lawns also impact the value of a home and the willingness of a potential buyer to look at a home for sale. No one wants to live next to a home that they feel may be owned by neighbors who do not value the neighborhood.
- You Define Your Home and Personality
You have taken the time to make sure your interior design reflects your lifestyle and personality. You want family and friends to feel welcome in your home. You have curated pieces of art and accents that make you happy. Your front yard should be an extension of it.
Landscaping should enhance the style of your home. A modern home with clean lines may call for trees and lush greenery that line a long walkway with a direct view to your front door. A cottage style home will be set off with a riot of classic cottage garden flowers. A home with an elevated and sloping front yard can become an opportunity to add the architectural feature of terraced planting beds.
Landscaping should also fit with your lifestyle. Be honest with yourself. If yardwork is the last thing you want to do, consider a low-maintenance landscape or figure in the cost of paying someone for continued maintenance. If you are an avid gardener, include landscaping features that fulfill the enjoyment you find when working in your yard.
- You Gain Separation from Close Neighbors
We naturally create privacy in our backyards but it can be challenging to do the same thing with the front yard. A yard that distinguishes itself will get more use and be more appealing. There is a balance needed that ensures you still look inviting rather than closed off. Never fear, it can be accomplished.
Thespruce.com has great examples of Living Privacy Fences. A landscape screen does not always have to be a hard fence and hard fences are often prohibited in front yards. Shrubs and strategically placed border plants are perfect alternatives to a hard fence. You can also consider combinations of hard fencing and living fencing options. A trellis with a complimentary vining plant would be an example.
Patera Landscaping experts have the proven track record and experience that you need to create the perfect first impression for your home. Contact Patera Landscaping today to begin your landscaping design project!