'The Arch' as we affectionately call it has finally began. We have a wide block and the sunroom on the front of the house makes the front look a bit boxy...the only entry is through the driveway which doesn't help with its design appeal. Being a landscape designer I have been busting to design up a new look for the front of the house - and open it up - via chainsawing a large hole in the front fence and adding a garden trellis and front gate, with garden path to follow.
Instead of the standard 1 metre trellis I went for a generous 2 metre wide trellis & 1 metre wide gate. This width better fits the scale of the block & house. The trellis takes the eye away from the boxy look of the front of the house...and the change in energy in opening up the front is amazing, it was as though it was blocked.
Instead of new timber, we used recycled hardwood - great to be re-using wood and not chopping down more trees & its great quality old timber. We are still to complete it but I am really happy with how its shaping up. I will post a piccie of the completed arch and gate when we finish it. Thanks so much for my wonderfully talented hubbie and F.I.L for doing the hard yakka.
I love working between making pretty little girls skirts & tackling house / fence painting / landscape construction... It puts life into a wonderful perspective for me and why be limited in what we can achieve : - ) I love the practical hands on work. It has also been really nice for me to get back to some landscape design, which I love but haven't done for some time.
Imagination In Flight
