Copy the Curb Appeal: Minneapolis, MN

Homeowners Britt and Christopher Dougall bought their 1902 home in 1993, and since then they’ve repainted the exterior and rebuilt the porch. “Now they’re two of our favorite things about it,” they say.

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Terra-cotta pots are filled with, clockwise from top left, sweet potato vine, merlot coleus, and electric lime coleus. Merlot coleus grows in the flowerbeds, too.

To give their flower beds some color, the Dougalls planted pink and red New Guinea impatiens.