Contemporary Front Garden Designs

One of the current trending designs in landscaping is the use of chequered patterns in your garden. It is not only stylish but a modern way of giving your garden that wow factor that most gardens lack. Interestingly, the checkerboard design can be achieved When Toronto interior designer Jeffrey Douglas is getting to know a new client, he asks the homeowner to pick three evocative words or ideas to describe his or her dream space. If the client’s reply were something along the lines of tailored and modern This front garden was designed to reflect the clients' taste in modern design and had to incorporate parking for two cars. The design was based around squares using steel edging and resin bound gravel to give the clean lines required for this functional The brothers, who were more concerned with providing outreach to immigrants than architectural design, completely institutionalized the structure over the 65 years they lived there. In 1947, its stately columned front porch was removed to make way for a Visitors will see some of this historic neighborhood's most interesting homes, some with their original design and one with a modern garden. Purchase tickets online at www.sjdn.org. Buy tickets on the day of the tour at 1475 Newport Ave., or in front Four centuries ago, a French landscape architect designed an exquisite garden for a château called topped beam that flashes across the front of the house, creating a three-dimensional triangle. “The whole design is based on triangles and I believe .

KATONAH Katonah Museum of Art Build-a-Village Design Challenge 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Front Street Gallery, 21 Front Street. frontstreetgallery.org; 917-880-5307. PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Love: The First of the 7 Virtues and behind their front doors are 20th- and 21st-century interiors. Tim and Jenny Regan are two residents who have opted for modern decor, taking a minimalist approach to design in which indoor style is secondary to the views beyond their sliding glass doors. Even the existing beaverboard-and-batten ceiling flows smoothly, and the big wavy panes of one-over-one windows, well, they line the exterior walls recalling the architectural prominence of the Meadows neighborhood's bungalow designs from the early 1900s. Plan your garden for a flat or gently sloping part of the yard that receives a minimum of 6 hours of sun each day, but preferably 8 to 10 hours. A south-facing area of the yard is ideal. If possible, plan the garden within eyeshot of the front or back door .