Good Monday morning!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I'm excited to be participating in a curb appeal post with a few blogging friends today!  If you are new to these parts, welcome!  While I'm no expert at curb appeal, I'm happy to share what I "feel" like has worked for our home and homes that I'm always drawn to.

I've always said that homes don't have to be big & fancy - actually, sometimes less is more.  The key (at least for me) is to keep it simple.  We chose to stick with a green and white color combo in our front yard.  We met with a landscape designer who helped us come up with a plan and installed most of it ourselves.

I really love how our designer recommended creating a special "feature" garden in front of our sunroom window.  In it, we included dwarf English boxwood, hellebores, and Annabelle hydrangeas.  It's always a good idea to combine evergreen and deciduous plants in your landscape so that there is always something green any time of the year.
I've always been a sucker for window boxes!  I just love charm they add and they can be changed out with the seasons.  Sometimes I stuff mine with magnolia branches in the winter.

Front porch planters are a great place to add a splash of color, but keep in mind the color of your door.  Red doors and pink flowers may send a strong Valentines day vibe :).  This year I opted for pink geraniums and that's...