Following: Colorful Cottage To create the house pop, designer John Gidding chooses bright yellow to your siding and bright turquoise to the front entrance. The winding staircase are straightened and widened to draw more attention into front entry that's shaded by a honeysuckle-coverered arbor. The homeowners are not big fans of mowing the grass so John removed the yard in favor of a wide stone path flanked by plants that were overburdened.
Before: Hidden Gem Overgrown vegetation, ramshackle wood siding and a treacherous looking front porch unite to give this rambling Texas ranch a haunted house appearance.
After: Ranch-Style Standout Fixer Upper's Processor and Joanna Gaines worked their magic to provide the previously rundown ranch a massive curb appeal boost. Thanks to a bit of selective trimming, front yard's ancient tree is currently an asset instead of an eyesore while the existing cedar siding was introduced to life with a fantastic sanding and cleaning to reveal new wood before resealing. A low stacked rock wall along with fresh landscaping soften up the faade.
Before: Faded Belle The homeowners are two of the French Quarter's most vibrant characters but their home's vanilla facade is definitely missing. A fall of weeds fill the beds that line the porch and the cement set-back, or little region which separates the house from the sidewalk, is broken and unlevel.
Following: Big Style from the Big Easy Jason Cameron arrives to this belle's rescue with kicky paint colours, a bluestone patio to replace the crumbling concrete and a cast-stone fountain. The weedy beds are extended a tropical makeover with dwarf pygmy date palms and striped stromanthe that tie in with the home's new color palette.
Before: A Architectural Mismatch Dubbed "the freight ship home" by Fixer Upper's Chip Gaines, this long, gray and dull exterior was certainly short on charm. The ranch-style brick portion was initially constructed in 1958 with the wood-clad second story tacked on as a later addition.
Following: An Artful Addition Wow, what a transformation! Chip and Joanna dramatically took this home from sad to stately using a porch bump-out which has post-and-beam construction, horizontal railing along with a flagstone porch and stairs. Woodsy green paint, new windows and black shutters further boost the home's curb appeal.
Before: Overgrown Adobe The black sheep of the street, this tiny Spanish Colonial Revival-style home built in the 1920s, is a rarity in suburban Atlanta. It has the potential to be a real gem in the area but with a bare yard, overgrown arbor and faded stucco, it only stands out for its rundown appearance.
Following: Spanish-Style Standout The the Curb Appeal group begin the makeover in the curb with this one, creating wide tile-accented measures that lead from the road to the brand new front porch that spans the whole length of the home's facade. The front lawn is replaced by a circular stone courtyard surrounded by rugged ferns, petunias and banana plants.
Before: Past Its Prime Built in 1959, this midcentury modern rancher isn't the typical candidate for a makeover in Fixer Upper Chip and Jo's signature farmhouse style but the home's location and size won over the homeowners.
Following: Mid-Mod, Made-Over A new coat of white paint brightens up the previously muddy brick whilst cedar mullions upgrade the home's signature midcentury modern architectural characteristic: the floor-to-ceiling corner window. A matching bamboo front door and window boxes tie into the window's new look. To further liven the home's exterior, Joanna swapped the brick at the reduced planters for grey piled stone. Low plantings of ferns, ornamental grasses, dwarf laurels and Indian hawthorn replace the Property's leggy, overgrown boxwoods.
Before: Hiding in Plain Sight Evergreens are great for year round color on your landscape but if you don't plan to consistently maintain them trimmed, they could grow too big to work as plants.
After: Can't-Miss Yellow Cousins Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri eliminate the overgrown evergreens, substituting them with oakleaf hydrangeas, hostas and bronze-leafed heuchera. Bright chartreuse false cypress really liven up the landscape and set beautifully with the house's sunny yellow front doorway.
Before: Dark and Forboding Recessed doorways are great because your entry is guarded from the weather but they are generally dark. Painting the doorway black doesn't help to brighten up things.
Following: Warm Welcome A couple of coats of fuchsia paint take this formerly ho-hum front door from drab to fab. The cheery pink theme is transported to strands flanking the doorway filled with bouganinvillea and candytuft. The terracotta tile measures and board-and-batten siding also get a makeover with fresh coats of warm, neutral paint.
Before: Well-Built but Bland With all-brick structure, big windows plus a circle drive, this house has good bones but its monochromatic color palette and uninspired landscaping could use a pick-me-up.
After: Classic Transformation Fixer Upper's Chip and Jo pulled off a large update for minimal effort with only a few swaps. They replaced the uninspired rows of boxwoods with ornamental grasses and other non farmers so that they do not compete with the home's original long windows. To give the entryway more existence, front door market was removed and Jo added a pair of beveled glass French doors surrounded by big glistening black planters and fitting gas light-style lanterns.
Before: Haunted House? The owners of this century-old San Francisco home are parents to five kids, including two sets of twins, therefore yardwork and house care has taken a back seat to raising their loved ones. This residence is also, not surprisingly, a hub of activity each Halloween when the owners place the Victorian forboding seems to good use as the neighborhood haunted home.
After: High-Style Victorian John learned that the home had been white since its structure (120 years ago!) So in keeping with true Victorian fashion, he picked not to longer than seven paint colors to truly make this painted woman the neighborhood showstopper. To complement the historic architecture, the Curb Appeal team replaced the front yard using a parterre -- a formal garden made up of symmetrical hedges and planting beds connected by paths.
Before: '60s Modernist The present owners were drawn to the home's Modern aesthetic and compact particulars but the ho-hum landscaping is definitely missing. Three generations of a single family live here and want to have the ability to use the hilly, uneven front lawn as more of a gathering and entertaining space.
After: A Nod to Midcentury Mod Designer John Gidding decided to save the present mature trees, building a huge deck to encircle them. The front yard is elimated by a concrete retaining wall which brings the deck up front door elevation. Concrete planters at road level are filled with boulders, agave and desert grasses while rosemary tumbles over the wall from the deck.
Before: '70s Mish-Mash NYC techies, tired of cramped quarters, made a decision to relocate to Texas where everything is bigger. Browsing homes on the internet, they found this split whose newly remodeled inside had what they were looking for and they quickly decided to buy it without seeing the house in person. Once they proceeded, they found that the property's exterior was urgently in need of a remodel too.
Following: Neutral Organic Contractor Jason Cameron and the Desperate Landscapes crew come to their rescue with a fresh neutral color palette which better blends the home's siding with the stacked stone facade. Boulders and layers of drought-tolerant, native plants, like the blooming Texas redbud, make sure this fully landscaped front yard will be simple for the homeowners to maintain.
Ahead: The Neighborhood Eyesore Built in 1927, this massive house sat vacant and uninhabitable for several years before a brave couple purchased it from the city of Waco for a mere $24,000. They then worked with Fixer Upper's Processor and Jo to turn the derelict home into a gracious home.
After: The Neighborhood All-Star Would you think this beauty was hiding behind the overgrowth? Processor and Jo removed the land around the house so they could start fresh with new sod and plantings. The house's existing porches were dangerous so that they were rebuilt but the nearly century-old windows have been salvaged with new leading and a new coat of crisp, white paint. A new broad concrete pathway, lined with variegated monkey grass, beckons visitors to wander up onto the welcoming front porch.
Before: Blank Slate The homeowners bought this house two years back but with three young boys -- two with special requirements -- all of their energy and finances proceed toward the kids, leaving nothing for fixing the front lawn.
After: Craftsman Cutie The homeowners want to have the ability to relax in front yard while keeping an eye on their young boys and chatting with neighbors. Designer John Gidding delivered by enlarging their too-small front porch and incorporating new measures that lead down to some broad walkway flanked by a long curving bench. A low gated wall separates the front yard from the sidewalk and really makes the front lawn feel more like an outdoor area.
Before: Tattered Belle The young couple inherited this massive home from an older relative. Years of deferred maintenance -- peeling paint and an overgrown juniper bush -- have made this home the neighborhood eyesore.
After: Grand Dame To return this tasteful home to its elegant roots, the Curb Appeal group beefs up the moldings enclosing the entryway and chimney. Look-at-me colours and a two-tone palette make the home feel much larger. An usable low place to the rear of this entrance is transformed into a sunken deck surrounded by planters full of cheery annuals that tie in with the property's magenta front door and tall cypress trees for elevation.
Before: Overgrown Bachelor Pad Fifteen years as home base to a bachelor with no time or interest in lawn maintenance has resulted in a front lawn so overgrown that a family of bull once moved in and took up residence. Currently married, the young California couple who own this home are all set to clean up their act but don't know where to begin.
After: Manicured Zen Garden Mixed in with the weeds were lots of boulders and rocks so designer John Gidding chose to work them into the plan. Ornamental grasses, pieris Japonica, loropetalum along with other low-maintenace plants fit with the backyard's Zen feel while being easy to care for so the homeowners can keep the garden's good looks.
Before: Forgotten Front Yard Located in a desired Atlanta suburb, this Cape Cod-style home should be among the highlights around the road but rather the overgrown, weedy lawn, broken weapon and peeling paint make it an eyesore.
After: Open and Inviting The the Curb Appeal group begin by demoing the metal fence to open up the property to the street in which a stone path contributes to the home that has been freshly painted in cool blue using a pop of cheery yellow on the front doorway. The homeowners were not big fans of mowing the grass so John eliminated it in favour of mulch and ornamental grasses.
Before: Reno Gone Wrong Selected from hundreds of submissions as America's most distressed landscape, this residence outside San Diego is an embarassment not just for the homeowners but for the whole neighborhood. The yard is unlevel, full of weeds and littered with the remains of home improvement jobs gone bad.
Following: California Cool Contractor Jason Cameron and the Desperate Landscapes crew start by taking away the construction debris, after which the improvements begin with a brand new travertine patio shaded by a streamlined wood slat pergola. The existing boulders are transferred into the lot's corner in which they are joined by tons more stone to get a royal accent. The landscaping goes from needing to lush with mature native trees and shrubs as well as also the siding and garage door get a fresh coat of paint.
Before: Failing Fixer-Upper The first time homebuyers fell in love with this century-old house's possible but, bogged down from interior projects, they don't have time to attack the front yard or porch where siding-clad supports create a dark, claustrophobic sense and aren't original to the home's Craftsman style.
Following: Charming Craftsman John replaces the siding-clad columns for Craftsman-style tapered timber columns which are more in keeping with the house's original character. The couple just used the front lawn for a route from the driveway so John swapped out that the little lawn for a brand new, wide walkway surrounded by heuchera, pentas, succulents and low-maintenance grasses.
Before: Bland and Boring Having a very small front yard and style-less facade, this clapboard house in Atlanta, Georgia does not have much going for this.
Following: Folk Victorian With such a small lot, landscaping takes a back seat to improving the property's architecture. John and team extract all the stops with the addition of layers of gingerbread-style trim that is reminiscent of true Victorian design. So the home's most important color does not detract from the trimming details, the group paints it a hot neutral tan saving the cool purples and blues to the trim. To finish the fairytale look, a picket fence lines front and a brick path contributes to the front doorway.
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