This front needs some curb appeal. Can you help?
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start with building a small retainer wall, amend your soil with peat moss and composted manure, add some garden soil, once that is all finished, plant based on your hardiness zone. the house does not appear to have enough room for shutters or window boxes
Shutters would look wonderful on this kind of house. And you should plant some shrubs along that side to give some visual interest. Maybe a railing for the steps or a small deck that goes past the two smaller windows. Korean Lilac bushes get about 5/6 feet tall, and about the same around--they grow quickly and flower profusely in the spring attracting LOTS of butterflies. They do well in Minnesota winters.
Hello Irina :) You have quite bit of space under the windows that could be better used with a border garden , without blocking the basement window or venting pipe. My very first thought was to add a few Adam's needle yucca plants (one between the two smaller windows and one between the large and small window), but still still left a lot of space to fill in, so I am posting here a link for you to consider as far as border plants are concerned. I do wish you good luck with whatever plans you decide on, and I thank you for coming to Hometalk for suggestions :)
https://www.gardenia.net/garden/A-Very-Attractive-Border-Idea-for-Your-Garden
Irina, What style are you going for. I can see your house having a very European look with shutters, window boxes and evergreen shrubs .
Add window boxes with bright flowers and paint the door a pop of color
Shutters would be lovely and I would paint that glaringly white door a more harmonious color.
I would avoid planting too much against that stucco. Always leave a little room between what you plant and the wall. Put down some pine straw and then decide what to do.
Prepare the flower bed for planting by turning over some Miracle grow ground soil and a little sand into the area for better results.
Plants are the answer and I would put the money into one of those sculptured trees between the small and large windows. It will take a little attention from time to time to keep it in shape, but he effort will be worth it.
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Or you could use a very pretty trellis in the area between the small and large windows, then set a group of 3 Grecian containers in front of it. You can get these in resin for a reasonable price. I drill holes near the planter base so it can drain. Get some different colors of plants that are perennials. I used Ivy and Cora Bells. Even after days and nights of freezing weather and 2 bouts of snow, it is coming out nicely!!
Caladium are the best bang for your buck! Here are mine. They require not trimming, no deadheading, and not a lot of water. I buy mine by the hundred from Florida Boys Caladium in Florida. I get the mixed size and color...they make up the planting design! Plant close together.
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I would definitely play up the european look of this adorable house. Add some pretty black ironwork to the stairs and mimic the ironwork with door hardware, numbers and lighting. Your cottage is going to look divine!
If you were to put shutters on all the windows you would have a horizontal block all across the house so I think shutters on the 2 narrow window only to make the windows look wider and then also add a window box or boxes to make the windows look taller. Then you could plant a small tree on the left corner for balance and to soften the look, something like a redbud or dogwood if they are hardy in your zone. I'm not sure about putting anything tall in the middle between the windows. It seems to centered to me like it would divide the house right down the middle. And that top window, maybe a fake balcony railing?