Rossetti really wants to landscape the yard and put in some new details to surprise her mom while she’s on vacation. Kimberly Rosenberg and Tiphani Palmer help her realize her ideas for a vibrant curb front.

Here's how they accomplish it:

• Painted the window and doors an eggplant color and the shingles and trim in tan.
  
• Pulled out the old plants and put in new fragrant, colorful ones.
  
• Installed a new slate patio at the end of the walkway, and spruced up the old porch, staining it a darker color.
  
• Built a stone retaining wall around the plants to give them clean lines make the plants look more colorful.
  
• Installed a less modern porch light fitting the design of the house.
  
• Reworked the porch with new tile on the threshold, old-fashioned house numbers, new urns and refinished the name plate with green patina paint.
  
• Gave the patio some details with small, decorative tiles placed in between the slate pieces, and installed a salvage yard bench that's been dressed up a little.
  
• Installed inexpensive solar lights to the walkway that were given a faux finish paint treatment on top of a primer that’s designed for plastic. These products are available at your local hardware store.

Rossetti really wants to landscape the yard and put in some new details to surprise her mom while she’s on vacation. Kimberly Rosenberg and Tiphani Palmer help her realize her ideas for a vibrant curb front.

Here's how they accomplish it:

• Painted the window and doors an eggplant color and the shingles and trim in tan.
  
• Pulled out the old plants and put in new fragrant, colorful ones.
  
• Installed a new slate patio at the end of the walkway, and spruced up the old porch, staining it a darker color.
  
• Built a stone retaining wall around the plants to give them clean lines make the plants look more colorful.
  
• Installed a less modern porch light fitting the design of the house.
  
• Reworked the porch with new tile on the threshold, old-fashioned house numbers, new urns and refinished the name plate with green patina paint.
  
• Gave the patio some details with small, decorative tiles placed in between the slate pieces, and installed a salvage yard bench that's been dressed up a little.
  
• Installed inexpensive solar lights to the walkway that were given a faux finish paint treatment on top of a primer that’s designed for plastic. These products are available at your local hardware store.

• Removed landscaping
  
• Built trellice over garage door
  
• Extended porch area with new concrete steps
  
• Built gable over front door and columns
  
• nstalled new door, light fixture, mailbox and house numbers
  
• Painted body color gray, the trim in white
  
• Added cultured stone wall to replace brick.
  
• Added slate tile to the landing
  
• Put a flagstone walkway with ground cover between the stones
  
• Planted fresh landscaping--sod, plants and vines

Kimberly and Patrick Barr have a space with lots of potential that they want to use for relaxing and entertaining with their young family. Designer Kimberly Rosenberg has a penchant for turning average houses into Mediterranean show places. Her ideas include transforming the weedy lawn with natural landscaping, and using earthtones and Old World charm to create rustic character and make the house more inviting.

Here's how they accomplish it:

• Remove the old lawn and concrete
  
• Put a new walkway through the yard that leads to a new patio
  
• Painted the whole house a new color with a terra cotta limewash. Visit www.porterspaints.com to learn how to do this technique.
  
• Created a courtyard area to open up the entry space
  
• Placed terra cotta pots to accent the Mediterranean theme
  
• Installed a copper fountain near the entry
  
• Installed new light fixtures
  
• Placed handmade mosaic pavers in the garden
  
• Added lots of new plants & grasses to bring texture and color to the design

Homeowner Phyllis Mears has lived in her bungalow style home for 25 years and is ready to make some changes to beautify it. Designer Kimberly Rosenberg helps to bring color to the home with warm, earthy tones, and creates a well-manicured garden with low-maintenance features.

Here's how they accomplish it:

• Painted the house a warm tan-pumpkin tone (Benjamin Moore/Greenfield Pumpkin HC-40) with dark blue trim color (Benjamin Moore/Witching Hour 2319). Painted the front door red (Benjamin Moore/Brandywine Vin de Cognac 2014)
  
• Tore out the concrete path and installed new stepping stones
  
• Removed the old vine-covered arbor and replaced it with a black iron one that frames the side garden
  
• Removed the wood fence to open up the house and yard
  
• Resurfaced and stained the driveway
  
• Tore out the old lawn and put in new sod and a colorful garden terraced with railroad ties
  
• Placed new copper planters in the garden that have an aged patina finish
  
• Relocated the fountain to the side garden area
  
• Placed new ceramic pots, a seating area, and copper house numbers

Homeowners Mark Anderson and Christian Oberhauser can't wait to modernize their boxy '50s tract home, and hope to bring their love for modern design into the project. Designer Kimberly Rider helps them incorporate contemporary shapes, styles, and accents to help bring the home up to date, while landscape designer Brad Frazier uses a variety of complimentary plants and stone to dress up the yard.

Here's how they accomplish it:

• Replaced the old 50’s style diamond windows with new clean modern ones
  
• Redesigned the roof with new asphalt shingles
  
• Painted the house a warm gray, with white trim
  
• Installed a new wooden front door
  
• Designated new paths made of modern square paving stones
  
• Placed modern pavers at the entryway
  
• Built out the porch posts with more wood, and gave them a low-cost finish that resembles stucco
  
• Gave the concrete on the porch & steps a salt finish
  
• Laid down fragrant cocoa mulch in landscape beds
  
• Planted new plants: grass palms, laurel petalum, purple princess flower and photenia
  
• Placed boulders near the entry area

Designer Kimberly Rider wants to take it from cheap motel to a charming home by building out the front porch, adding new stone stairs, custom doors and swapping out the windows for ones that are more updated and attractive. The house will go from cream to dark brown (super dramatic!) and the landscape will have over 30 specimens throughout thanks to landscape designer Brad Frazier and Anya Aron of Anya Aron creative for the Twig Sculpture.

Here's how she will do it:

• Design new pathway
  
• Landscape
  
• Lighting
  
• Paint
  
• Install a new fence (homeowner builds it)
  
• Keep the budget down with low cost projects
  
• Incorporate decorative elements (mailbox, house numbers
  
• Build out porch
  
• Install a new railing
  
• Make the steps out of stone
  
• Install new front doors
  
• Install new windows
  
• Install new trim