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Front yard makeover with paving

Our house was the ugly little duckling in a lovely location low set brick house with orange tiled roof and minimal garden with grass that had turned to weeds. My job was to give our home street appeal from rendering the front of the house, straightening the brick column so I could stone render, make an area to sit to enjoy the garden, build something that I could grow a vine over to provide shade. I know a lot of people don’t like synthetic grass, but as I am getting older I needed a low maintenance option and to be honest I hate mowing the lawn. To break up the side fence I painted it monument and made a raised garden bed along the fence and rendered it white the contrast against the fence and the green of the plants worked well. At the front of the yard this is where I made the garden using the corten steel edging bending it to give a natural curved look. In the garden bed I used the 3 round corten steel planters for a feature. Our driveway was narrow and a pain when you get out of the car so I wanted a path to lead to the house. Obviously concrete was way too expensive so I laid the pavers, this was a game changer for getting in and out of the car and for hubby who has a disability scooter to get in and out.

Before Before

Finished viewConstruction of planter boxesLaying out stone made it so much easierCompleted planter boxesGetting the post inBeam set at correct height for beamsRafters cut and installedFinished pergola supports acrossView from the streetView from pergola areaTiled over existing tiles used the grinder to level any uneven ones and used a paint designed to give rough finish to assist with laying tile on tileColumn finished so loving itColumn was straightened by a builder construction of stone cladding Pathway PathwayPreparation for pathway roadbase followed by paver sandLevelling and laying pavers roadbaseCorten steel edging and round planters