Curb Appeal Tip: Improving The Appearance Of A Concrete Block Wall

July 15, 2009

If you’re preparing your home for sale or just want to beautify your yard, here’s a home staging tip on how to improve the appearance of a block or stucco wall.

One of the biggest eyesores affecting curb appeal is a big concrete block or stucco wall right outside French doors or the kitchen window.

While the block wall probably provides security, privacy and noise control, they are usually butt ugly! I discovered a brilliant, simple and inexpensive solution on the CaliBamboo web site. By attaching 2×4’s top and bottom to the face of the stucco or block wall using concrete screws or anchors, it enables you to attach bamboo fencing panels and give the wall a much more pleasing appearance.

This bamboo application could work well with many architectural/garden styles.

Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet and is considered a renewable resource. Bamboo is also amazingly strong, durable and insect resistant. Many Bamboo cultivars grow particularly well in Los Angeles gardens.

Click here for more extensive instruction on how to face a block or stucco wall with bamboo.

Photo by Annieo76

Posted by Michelle Minch | Filed Under Choosing A Home Stager, Gardens & Curb Appeal, Home Staging Information, Our Services, Staging & Design Tips and Sales | 1 Comment

Burkard Nursery Summer Sale

July 13, 2009

Burkard Nurseries, a Pasadena gardener’s paradise since 1937, is having a summer sale July 17-July 26, 2009.

Take 35% off all items!

Burkard is a fantastic nursery with a huge selection and very knowledgeable staff. If you have a shady dry corner of your yard, a sunny wet corner, or want to know which tomato plant produces the largest fruit, the Burkard staff will be able to point you in the right direction. And with a 35% discount, you’re in big box store pricing territory.

Some of the many things I have purchased for my Pasadena garden:

Blueberry plants
Strawberry plants
Tomato plants – Burkards is famous for their heirloom tomato selection
Roses – they have one of the best selections in Southern California
Fruit trees – Peach, Nava Nava Navel Oranges, and Satsuma
Landscaping plants – Kangaroo Paws, Gardenias, Camellias, succulents

Definitely worth a trip if you are getting your Pasadena home ready for sale and are working on your curb appeal or want to start that Freedom Garden.

For more information you can call Burkard Nurseries at (626)796-4355.

If you need assistance with curb appeal and preparing the outside of a home for sale, call Moving Mountains Design (626)441-8975. That is one of the many services we offer to help homeowners and real estate agents in Los Angeles and Pasadena prepare homes for sale.