By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer
If you re-landscape your garden without taking into effect how it will look against the backdrop of your house, you've wasted your money. Tuesday's post, showing what a difference changing paint colors made in a San Diego garden renovation project designed by Kendra Berger, was an example.
It occurred to me this morning that the Steve Siegrist garden I wrote about in last Wednesday's post also applies.
Here's the before of the front yard, which I didn't show in that post:
And here's the after.
Before the home's stone wainscotting looked sort of tacked on against
that stark white paint. But against cocoa--a deeper version of some of
the tones found in the stone--suddenly that texture is interesting.
Especially in conjunction with the new pea gravel hardscape. That cool
old door looks more at home, too. Brown seems like the color it should have been all along.
