No. 36 Front Yards & Driveways · Colonial
Tiered Stone Steps and Retaining Walls
Stacked stone retaining walls terrace the front slope, guiding a bluestone walkway and tiered stone steps through lush evergreen and flowering planting toward a red brick house.
Design notes
Colonial design is symmetry and restraint. Look for a central axis from the back door, matched beds and hedges either side, bluestone or brick terraces with tight joints, and white or black picket and post-and-rail fences. Planting is disciplined — boxwood, hydrangea, holly, dogwood and shade trees — and furniture is classic: teak benches, Windsor chairs, a market umbrella. Georgian brick, clapboard and shingle houses all suit it.
What to look for
- The sequence from where the car stops to the front door
- Walkway width and the landing at the door
- Planting kept below the windows with a tree for scale
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