Garage Exterior Tour: HGTV Green Home 2009

Detached from the main house yet connected by a convenient breezeway, HGTV Green Home’s two-car garage blends seamlessly into its environment.

Smart use of exterior features – including muted wall colors and terra-cotta metal roofing to match the main house – lend a sense of livability to the hard-working space. Outdoor light fixtures in an iron oxide finish are a final softening touch.

Cement or asphalt is replaced by eco-friendly permeable pavers, set in an attractive cobblestone pattern down the driveway. Flowering beds, blanketed in pine-needle mulch, include native and drought-tolerant plants such as edible Cocoplum, Japanese blueberry, Dune sunflower, Wax jasmine and Mexican bush sage.