Matching your landscape to your home style can be a tricky process, but it can also be a lot of fun! Here are some simple tips to match your landscape to your home style.
Now that spring is approaching and warmer days are on the horizon, you are probably dreaming of the landscaping projects you want to tackle. Matching your landscape to your home style can be a tricky process, but it can also be a lot of fun! Here are some simple tips to match your landscape to your home style for a cohesive and complementary look.
Cape Cod
Cape Cod homes are classically American. They typically have a large fireplace in the center of the home and dormer windows upstairs. Since they have a classic look, cottage plants and traditional landscaping works best. Try roses and hydrangeas around your home for a beautiful look. To match the beautiful flowers, add a white picket fence, a brick paver walkway or path, and wooden planters that coordinate with your home’s shutters.
Contemporary
Contemporary home styles are known for using natural materials, emphasizing sustainability, and design that blurs the line between the interior and exterior of the home. Contemporary landscape design is very flexible. You can use a more sleek modern approach and have clipped shrubs in various geometric designs, or take a minimalist approach with natural plants and native grasses.
Federal
Federal style homes are exactly what they sound like-formal, typically boxy, and focused on symmetry and effortless ornamentation. Most federal home styles have a brick or masonry exterior with thin and tall porch columns. To match the formality and structure of your home, landscaping should involve clipped and straight lines. Evergreens are a great option to complement this home. If you want to have a floral element, try adding small neat planters of flowers or topiaries.
Mediterranean
If your home feels like it would be at home in the Old World, you have many different landscaping options to work with your home style. If you love trees, try adding clusters of palm trees around your home and adding in water elements. Use natural paving materials made in earthy colors and accent your hardscaping with terra-cotta planters full of greenery.
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