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Flower Gardenings for Small/Wide Space Houses
A schedule of regular maintenance is essential to protect the exterior of any building. But if work has to be done why not take the opportunity to improve what is already there - or simply have a refreshing change? before you order the same old paint consider the effect you can create simply by changing, say, the color of the window and door surrounds; if the front of the house looks dull what would it be like with window boxes spilling red and pink GERANIUMS? Build any such changes into your plan of work defining the order in which jobs will be done. Damage to the roof, walls, and windows should have first priority for repair in any good maintenance plan. After those areas have been cleaned down and if appropriate, painted, gutters and downpipes should be next on the list for repair and refinishing. Following that, window and door frames and then the door themselves. unless you have a list of what is to be done and in what order, you will probably give up and do nothing rather than simply move on to a job that can be done in the time and with the materials available. it does not matter if things get done out of your ideal order so long as you come back to the most urgent work as soon as you can. CONTRASTING MOULDINGS with a little extra effort and imagination, a routine maintenance job can transform any part of the house from the ordinary to something as attractive as what it will be.
GRACEFUL ENTRANCE this otherwise ordinary front door has been turned into a graceful entrance by picking out the wide surrounds in brilliant white high gloss enamel paint.
CLIMBING PLANTS white-painted brick walls make an effective backdrop for climbers such as ivy. But because climbers can also damage brickwork, annual inspections are essential.
PASTEL RENDERING a smooth-rendered wall, painted in a pastel shade, can give the exterior of a house elegance and lightness. The fine mouldings around windows and doorways are featured by being picked out in white.
HANGING GARDEN window boxes overflowing with ivy-leaved geraniums make up for the lack of a front garden in a Victorian terraced house. However, window boxes can cause rot in window frames. they should be inspected regularly.
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