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A New Front Porch and Remodeled Entry Garden Welcomes Family and Visitors.

This article is about how garden design effects the “feel” of your home. An entry garden can make a home feel more or less formal. It can make an imposing home feel less or more imposing and it can make a modest home feel more or less modest.

I’m sitting in another home just a few blocks away. It was built in 1917 and I’ve been here just about a year. And I’m frustrated beyond belief that I don’t yet have the money to build the addition in the back that will connect me to the out of doors! My response is to spend most of my spare time working on the landscape

The most striking feature of this sun room is one that couldn’t be planned — the exposed hickory rafters. And, in fact, one of the best parts of remodeling old homes is taking advantage of
unexpected surprises.