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It's Not Too Early to Have Your Own Villa Landscape

Mon, 03/29/2010 - 09:52 — design

There still might be a nip in the air, but it's not too early to talk with a landscape designer from Villa Landscapes about a back yard or front entry makeover this spring. 

Let a Villa Landscapes fire pit light up your life!

Enjoy the warmth of outdoor gatherings with a new circular patio and fire ring.

Get cozy around a new outdoor fireplace

Or get cozy around one of the handsome new outdoor fireplaces that we can install for you.

Transform your yard with a landscape patio

Paving the way to curb appeal

Tue, 08/25/2009 - 00:00 — design

Paving way to curb appeal

These Villa Landscapes clients wanted to add some curb appeal to their White Bear Lake home. Their backyard already had plenty of appeal with a deck facing picturesque Birch Lake. So Villa Landscape Designer Tom Zakoski designed a fresh look for their front entryway.

 

Anatomy of a front-entry makeover

Wed, 05/27/2009 - 00:00 — design

 

When these homeowners came to Villa Landscapes, they wanted a low- to no-maintenance front yard-and to be able to find their front door without walking through a jungle.

   
The old concrete walkway was cracked and decrepit. The asphalt driveway had sunk several inches below the garage threshold. The drab concrete stoop could hardly be seen behind the overgrown grass and weeds, and you had to push aside the shrubs just to get to the door.