Top Garden Design Ideas to Complement Your Home
At Regional Home Builders, we specialise in custom-built homes to suit your perfect country lifestyle. This extends from open floor plans to extra bedrooms, bigger blocks, and more room to live your life the way you always pictured it.
Considering this skill set, we’ll happily concede that breathtaking gardens and complex landscaping feats aren’t our specialties. Of course, if that’s what you need we will happily find the right person for the job.
It’s not that we only believe in “it’s what’s on the inside that counts” — we offer a range of attractive facades to give your home more of a kerbside appeal. Instead, we prefer to think of your garden as being fully within your control.
So, this blog offers some handy tips to put your garden on the map and improve that kerbside appeal on top of an impressive facade.
If you need any more advice, get in touch and we’ll put you in touch with a trusted expert.
Highlight the Garden Path
If your front yard is deep enough for a sizeable garden path, it’s a good idea to make this a focal point as it directs your gaze up towards the true main character — the home.
Line the path with low-maintenance flowers or shrubs that won’t overgrow and cover the path, affording a clean-cut look to your new home.
If your path is made up of individual steppingstones, consider surrounding them with pebbles as this will deter weeds, grass and invasive plant species from spoiling the view.
Consider Your Colour Palette
At RHB, our homes come with facades made from a range of materials. These include bluestone, dark and light timber, and renders of various shades.
This means your home could show off a range of colours and your garden should complement the feeling of this design.
A facade dominated by timber may look better with a range of native shrubs and grasses for an earthy feel, while stone-front facades could do with a splash of colour from a variety of flowering plants.
Accentuate Your Features
Depending on your preferences, your facade may appear longer or taller than the average home. Whichever the case, your garden should highlight this to give the home a grander impact on the kerbside.
This trick is simple: for a taller home, plant a couple of taller trees in line with the home’s high points; for a wider home, plant rows of flowers or shrubs in short patterns along the front.
Not only will accentuating these features give your home a more impressive kerbside appeal, but it will affect the way you perceive your own home, making it feel bigger as you enter every time.
Contact Regional Home Builders
We may not specialise in garden design, but we sure know a thing or two about making the most of a new home design. If you’re considering designing a new home and have concerns about your garden, get in touch and we’ll put your mind at ease.
We’ll consult with you on all your home design preferences and if we’re not confident in delivering on your vision, we’ll always ask someone who can.
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