Read the sequence from the top before cutting, painting, or moving pieces.
Do your own front yard landscaping without hiring a pro! These 5 Handmade landscaping options are straightforward for any skill level and will increase your curb appeal and create a striking front yard.
Be sure to also read 25+ Ways to Increase Curb Appeal and striking Colors to Paint Your Front Door.
5 straightforward Front Yard Landscaping options
Landscaping is hard. It takes knowledge, sweat, and a lot of muscle to add landscaping to your front yard.
However, there are some landscaping Handmade projects that are entirely feasible for you to do yourself, with a bit of help from your partner or a friend.
Each of these 5 front yard landscaping options are well fitted for beginners and can be done in a weekend.
1. Build a retaining wall flower bed planter.
A retaining stone or brick wall in your front yard will help your home look more polished.
See our walkthrough here for installing a retaining wall flower bed; the process is similar to building a stone block block fire pit. This walkthrough shows you how to Handmade a retaining wall around a tree with step-by-step pictures.
Plant flowers around your tree for even more curb appeal.
2. Define and streamline your walkway.
Do you have a walkway that is often obscured by overgrown grass and weeds?
Re-define your walkway and make it easier to maintain by digging out the grass and adding lava rock! Use an edger regularly to maintain the clean lines.
If you don’t have a walkway in the first place, you can grab concrete stepping stone squares from your nearest home improvement store and easily create a similar walkway to the one shown.
3. Create a long flower bed along the sides of your house.
When improving your curb appeal, don’t forget about the sides of your home. These areas are often shaded and are breeding places for weeds and can be hard to trim down using a lawnmower.
Put flower beds with edging along the sides of your home and you’ll be amazed at the difference it makes.
4. Build a planter box for the front of your home.
A wooden planter box filled with flowers and plants along the front of your home, near your front door, can look modern and striking. You could even plant herbs in it to make it a mini-garden of sorts.
The inspiration image here could be modified from this straightforward to build tall wooden planter, or see more planter box Handmade options here.
5. Give your mailbox (and the area around it) a makeover.
A dinky, old mailbox doesn’t do very much for your curb appeal. Get inspired by these 10 Handmade mailbox options and give your mailbox an upgrade.
Go ahead, go outside this weekend and get dirty! Your house (and your neighbors) will thank you for it.
More Handmade landscaping options:
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- striking Garden Arbors to Build or Buy
- How to Create a Relaxing Backyard
- 9 Ways to Make Over a Concrete Patio
First Published 25 May 2015 // Last Updated 26 Feb 2021
