HOW TO DESIGN A COURTYARD. Here are a host of helpful tips for creating a front entry courtyard from landscape architect Sam Williamson. Establish a clear hierarchy.

A front porch is a staple architectural feature that frames the entrance to the home and gives an owner a place to sit and admire their neighborhood. Whether your home is more traditional or you are ...

Front-yard courtyards can be casual (benches and gravel walkways) or formal (statues, fancy lighting and fountains). The key, Wilson said, is selecting a look that matches the house’s architecture.

The front of your house is the first impression that gets made when your guests come to visit. That's why it's extremely important to make your front entryway POP! Below are 5 Great Ideas to ...

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Front-porch entertaining is making a comeback in America's neighborhoods, thanks to homeowners' renewed interest in beautifying the front entries of their homes. The days of uninspired concrete fro ...

The Orange Board of Education has approved a contract with ThenDesign Architecture to provide designs for a new, secure front entryway at Orange High School at a cost of $79,450.

Courtyard designs have evolved to increase the usable square footage of a home and to also incorporate the great outdoors. A courtyard can come in many shapes, sizes and purposes.

“The front entry was pretty horrible,” she says of the area that now is a paved and comfortably furnished courtyard. A Chinese Empress tree ( Paulownia tomentosa ) of elephantine girth ...

Retaining walls and pavers add curb appeal to your front entry (ARA) - Front-porch entertaining is making a comeback in America's neighborhoods, thanks to homeowners' renewed interest in beautifyin… ...

The 1920s brick house with a false-front mansard roof that Lisa Joss and James Cabral acquired three years ago was built a decade before the Golden Gate Bridge. It's typical of Cow Hollow, which ...