| I used to laugh when I saw my old neighbor out | | | | Add a Trellis. A trellis with climbing, blossoming |
| sweeping and power washing her driveway. I | | | | vines such as roses or clematis provides a |
| could not comprehend spending that much time | | | | stunning focal point. |
| on a piece of pavement used to park your car. | | | | Create a Brick or Stone Driveway. Although |
| After going through the agony of selling my | | | | costly, a brick driveway has a clean, elegant look |
| home, I have a better appreciation of what she | | | | that makes a definite statement about the owner. |
| was up to. | | | | Instead of replacing the whole driveway, try |
| A driveway is one of the first things people see | | | | creating a brick border or inlay small decorative |
| when they drive by your home. It makes a silent | | | | sections into the driveway as accents. |
| statement about the home and its owners, and a | | | | Plant a Fence. If you have a shared driveway |
| driveway full of clutter, over ridden with weeds | | | | with your neighbor, plant a privacy wall of flowers |
| or in general disrepair, makes a very loud, | | | | or shrubs to separate the two entrances. |
| negative statement. | | | | Lighten Up! Install landscape lighting along the |
| Here are some tips for perking up your laneway | | | | border of your driveway. This could be in the |
| and ensuring it's sending the write kind of | | | | form of runway lighting or staggered lamps along |
| message. | | | | the edge. Install a large street lamp as an accent. |
| Clean-Up. Do a general tidying of your driveway, | | | | Build a Wall. A retaining wall along the side of a |
| toys, garden tools and any clutter. Pressure wash | | | | laneway gives it a nice finished look. They look |
| and get rid of the weeds. | | | | great as built in planters with flowers spilling over. |
| Frame It. Your laneway needs some kind of | | | | Get Rocky. Give your gravel driveway a facelift |
| border to frame it out. This could be as simple as | | | | by topping up the gravel. To really spruce it up, |
| edging the sidewalk, or as costly as adding | | | | add white or red stones with a complementary |
| concrete curbs or brick - let your budget be the | | | | border. |
| judge. | | | | Shape it. Who says driveways have to be long |
| Think Greenery. Adding shrubs and trees on | | | | and skinny? Add a curve or create a circular |
| either side of your driveway add color and | | | | version with a prominent centerpiece such as a |
| interest to help create curb appeal. It shows the | | | | fountain or a statue. |
| owners take pride in their yard and home. | | | | |