Copy the Curb Appeal: San Antonio, Tx.

Jamie and John Bloodsworth bought this 1929 home in 1991. It’s 2,300 square feet. “We expanded the back of the house but kept the facade and chimney the same, since the cottage charm is what drew us here in the first place.”

The stepped chimney—made of hand-laid, locally quarried Texas limestone—looks like it’s right out of a storybook.Bordered by Blanco River rocks, small colorful beds of salvia ‘Henry Duelberg,’ rudbekia ‘Indian Summer,’ purple coneflowers, and zinnias add zip to the landscaping.

The long, gently curving fieldstone path helps highlight how far back the house sits from the street. Midway down the path on the right, a Mexican honeysuckle bush grows clusters of tubular orange flowers all summer.

The Bloodsworths have painted the original-to-the-house door four colors since moving in. Their most recent pick is golden orange. G167 red oak entry door, $1,595, vintagedoors.com; Paint: Saffron Thread by Sherwin-Williams