How to Modernize Your Home Exterior
We recently used Yardzen to design our home exterior and I’m sharing the before and after photos. We are starting to implement some of these designs and I plan to share the results along the way. We wanted a modern home exterior and landscaping ideas and Yardzen provided the design details to transform our home! Keep reading to see my Yardzen Online Landscape Design Review!
In case you’re in a hurry…
How can I transform my backyard cheaply?
Choose home projects that you can DIY easily and cheaply to save money on transforming your backyard. DIY a paver walkway or DIY a patio. You can plant flowers and plants yourself and create hardscaping areas in your yard. You can even DIY backyard furniture!
If you are not the DIY type, you can check resale websites like Facebook marketplace or thrift stores for outdoor furniture and landscaping materials.
How do I turn my backyard into an oasis on a budget?
I turned to Yardzen to help us turn our backyard into an oasis on a budget. They mapped out the entire design with a list of everything needed to create our dream backyard!
How Does Yardzen Work?
Yardzen is an online platform that offers virtual landscaping services to help users transform their outdoor spaces. To use Yardzen, you simply need to take photos of your existing yard and upload them to the platform. From there, you can work with a team of professional designers to create a custom landscaping plan that fits your budget and preferences. Once you’ve approved the design, you can then hire local contractors to bring your vision to life. With Yardzen, you can easily makeover your home exterior and yard without ever leaving your house!
Learn more here: How Does Yardzen Work
Home Exterior Makeover with YardZen
Yardzen is an online landscape design service that can help you modernize your home exterior. Here are some steps you can take to get started:
- Submit photos and videos of your property to Yardzen.
- Work with a Yardzen designer to create a customized landscape design plan.
- Receive a detailed layout and planting plan for your yard.
- Implement the design plan yourself, or hire a contractor for the installation.
- Enjoy your modernized home exterior!
Yardzen Average Cost
If you’re curious about the Yardzen Cost, you can find all the details and cost for Yardzen packages.
Curb Appeal Ideas on a Budget
Yardzen provided us with ideas to create curb appeal which included the details for the plants, house exterior updates, and furniture. I took that information and used it to DIY our front yard ourselves or shop for similar items at a lower cost. This allowed us to stay under budget for most items. However, Yardzen provides you with contractors and you can use your own contractor to keep your project under budget.
I love that the designer left many items as-is and I don’t feel overwhelmed to redo our entire property. We’ve DIYed much of our outdoor space already and I don’t want to redo it all. The new design includes many existing items such as pathways, patios, and gardens. The best part about the designs is you choose to implement what you want.
Yardzen Front Yard
We did a lot of work on our front yard and home exterior over the past 5 years including:
- Patio replacement
- Window box addition
- Tree removal
- Landscaping Removal
- Painting
- Lighting additions
- Planting various flowers, trees, and plants
- Mulching areas
- Adding gutters
- Garage door replacement
However, I felt like our house was missing some character and curb appeal. It looked good but I felt it could look better.
Yardzen provided an initial design and I had the chance to provide feedback and ask for changes. The front door was one of those items. The below image is the second design concept with a different front door. I love the design and the curb appeal is amazing! I plan to start implementing as much as I can WITHOUT a contractor. Obviously, I can’t install a roof or driveway myself but the plants, furniture, and minor landscaping are tasks that I feel comfortable DIYing myself.
Backyard Landscaping Design on a Budget
We’ve completed a lot of upgrades to our backyard over the last 5 years including:
- Leveling the yard
- Pool pavers
- Patio Addition
- Patio roof addition
- Outdoor kitchen addition
- Outdoor kitchen roof addition
- Adding a Pergola
- Adding a Shed
- Planting various flowers, trees, and plants
- Mulching areas
- Adding gutters
Phew! That was a lot we’d already had completed so I was curious what Yardzen would come up with and if they would change anything with our current design.
The Yardzen design has an improved outdoor kitchen area, functional/modern furniture, a wood accent on the house, and a traditional seating area. I love everything about this design and plan to start implementing it as much as I can WITHOUT a contractor.
What’s Included in the YardZen Packages?
What’s included in YOUR Yardzen package depends on which package you choose. See Yardzen Packages here.
Here are some services that can be included in a Yardzen package:
- Fully custom landscaping and hardscaping design for your yard with hand-selected plants, trees, and materials.
- Custom exterior paint and trim color selection.
- Siding, stucco, shingles, or resurfacing of your exterior walls.
- New shutter selection
- New windows and exterior door selection
- New roof selection
- New garage door selection
- Exterior lighting design
- New mailbox and house numbers selection
- Reimagined approach to your home
Wrap Up About Yardzen Design and Landscaping Ideas
If you are looking to update your home exterior or yard, I highly recommend using Yardzen. The entire Yardzen process was online and I felt like I was their number 1 client. Their communication and design process is well-managed. I felt like I was on an HGTV show getting ready for the Big Reveal when I received my designs. It was exciting and I loved seeing the possibilities for our home exterior. I can’t wait to share the results and what we plan to implement!
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