New Orleans Style Makeover

Before

Homeowners Brian and La Preal Moore want to bring their Southern heritage to the curb, with a design by Kem Thelig that incorporates the French fleur-de-lis. Landscape designer Daniel Owens contributes traditional southern plants and flowers for the new garden. The project is tied together with the use of vivid paint color and a combination of custom-made and pre-fabricated steelwork.

After

Here's how they accomplish it:

• remove old lawn and a strip of concrete in the driveway where new grass will go
  
• porch gets rebuilt for a more open feel
  
• warm beige paint for the body of the house, black trim and shutters, and a red door
  
• Install new carriage style garage door
  
• concrete walk and steps get resurfaced with the look of cobblestone
  
• cast iron fence, gate, and balcony with fleur de lis design goes up
  
• a wooden fence get installed to block off a private side-yard
  
• new lawn and plants, including a persimmon, magnolia, and smoke tree as well as low growing rose bushes for color and fragrance
  
• gray basalt bricks line the planting beds and create edging
  
• the final touches: a garden bench, classical urns for flowers, hand-stenciled house numbers, and reproduction houselights of old French fixtures