Before & After

Before & After: Stella’s Front Yard Fix

The morning holds a dull and rainy sky here in south central Wisconsin. But I’m okay with it….mid June and I haven’t had to water a single time this year! The gardens are looking pretty spectacular so far and while I could pull on my rain jacket and go move a few plants I think [...]

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Before & After: Ditching the Grass When it Refuses to Grow

  I’m currently taking a break from a landscaping project that isn’t going as planned [surprise!] so I thought maybe I’d find a little encouragement by looking through some Before &  After photos. Seems to work like a charm every time, especially when the makeover is as great as this one is! The homeowner who [...]

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Before & After: A Beautiful Front Yard Makeover

My favorite part about writing a weekly Before & After post is that I find some really fantastic blogs, and this week I came across one that had my attention the minute I saw that the house is situated on a 5 acres of beautiful mature trees. The homeowners Ben and Amanda of 12 Oaks [...]

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Before & After: Shannon’s Charming Backyard Retreat

  I came across Shannon’s blog 8FOOT6 while I was out perusing blogs during my weekly Before & After hunt. Her house is incredibly charming and as soon as I saw this before shot I knew the after was going to look like a million bucks.

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Before & After: Heather’s Front Yard Makeover

I spent a pretty good heap of time out in the yard today and I’m actually feeling quite good about how far I got [not the usual case...]. While I was removing a never ending sea of river rocks I remembered that today is Before and After day on Studio ‘g’ and I started to [...]

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Before & After: Humphry Repton

I love sharing before and after shots.  They are so effective at capturing the sum total of a whole lot of work and subsequently are great inspiration.   I never really considered whether or not the whole concept and tool was being used before photography.  If I thought about it, I would have guessed not.  But British landscape designer [...]

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Before & After: A Charming Side Yard Makeover

  This next transformation is probably one of my all-time favorites, partly because I love side yards but mostly because it’s just so gorgeous. Landscape Designer Shirley Bovshow came up with amazing side yard makeover a few years ago for a client living in Los Angeles. What used to be a narrow tunnel that wasn’t [...]

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