Egger begins her transformation of the Traverso's home at its facade. Here's how she does it:
- Applies a warmer color palate with paint, changing the cool gray to an inviting tan and white trim.
- Adds shutters painted dark green, providing a contrasting color.
- Installs a new garage door in crisp almond, warming the facade.
- Plants drought tolerant flowers and bushes around flagstone paths that lead to the front door and through the garden.
- Repairs the cracked, gray concrete driveway and brightens its appearance with a rough stone stamping and warm, earthen color stain.
- Installs new nickel finished fixtures and bold topiaries at the front entry--inviting the visitor up to the front door.
The Virtual Makeover
Egger uses a computer software program to take this makeover to the next level, a virtual design for the house that the owner might want to incorporate at a later date. Here's what she envisions:
- Installing a pergola over the front entry to tie the discordant areas together at the roofline.
- Installing an overhanging trellis with bougainvilla over the new garage.
- Replacing the flagstone pateh with the same concrete finish as the driveway.
- Placing a circular bench around the olive tree and a mosaic birdbath to make the front yard a place to sit or play for the final dose of curb appeal.
Resources shutters - Rafael Lumber
Rafael Lumber
930 Andersen Dr.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: 415-453-3043
light fixtures, door knocker - Home Depot
The Home Depot U.S.A. Inc.
Website:
www.homedepot.commailbox, doorbell - Restoration Hardware
Restoration Hardware
Website:
www.restorationhardware.com
Guests Fernando Ballarena
Landscape Installer
Phone: 415-472-6476
Cynthia Egger
Landscape Designer
Cynthia Egger Landscape Design
San Rafael, CA
Phone: 415-460-0858
E-mail:
cynthia@eggerlandscape.com
Website:
www.eggerlandscape.com
Marc DiZinno
Contractor, Super-Krete
1300 N. Johnson #105
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619-401-8282
Kyle Rasmusen
Painter, Kyle Rasmusen Painting
1123 Morningside Dr.
Napa, CA 94558
Phone: 707-258-1911
Email:
RazPaints@aol.com
Tim Rice
Contractor
Rice Construction
Novato, CA
Phone: 415-892-4884
Allan Berger
Garage door installer, Martin Garage Doors
PO Box 27437
Salt Lake City, UT 84127-0437
Toll Free Phone: 800-388-9310
Fax: 800-688-8182
URL:
www.martindoor.com
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