Name: Michelle
Location: Keller, Texas
We chose this home in retreat to the suburbs after leaving a townhouse in the heart on Dallas. I miss the city but this vast yard, at least to us, is in part worth the effort.
We kept a large patch of grass in the middle for kicking a ball, setting up tents, and impromptu picnics. The perimeter is filled with green plants and trees that will tolerate the Texas heat. When our neighbors come to visit, after sniffing around for a while one will remark, "Oh, yes I see...very urban." They are much too polite to tell us that they do not like it. I see it as a compliment to my aesthetic sensibilities and the lack of desire to spend thousands to dollars on overstuffed, over-styled backyard furniture and built-in everythings.... however, I might change my mind, of course, if I had thousands of dollars to spend.
Thanks, Michelle!
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"the lack of desire to spend thousands to dollars on overstuffed, over-styled backyard furniture and built-in everythings"
Hear hear! Agree completely. (Yet another reason why I don't live in the suburbs, but agree that after townhouses that lawn would look tempting :) )
I'm apparently missing the point of this post???
Someone please enlighten me...
I'm afraid I must agree with Discerning....I'm sure her garden is lovely, but I didn't see that part from the photos.
It's very difficult to get a sense of what this space looks like, since pictures are so zoomed in. I'm not really clear on what makes it urban, either. That's not snark... I have no idea what urban means in roomy Texas, but here it generally means maximizing small spaces, an emphasis on container gardening, and selecting a few pieces with big impact. None of that is really happening here, so what makes it urban to the owner?
The close-ups (and they're almost all close-ups) suggest a trip to the nursery followed by popping immature plants into holes in the dirt. Which I don't get. Even less do I get how friends disliking the space can confirm the space's owner's aesthetic. I'm just confused by the post.
It seems the headline here is "Otherwise-Average Suburban Yard Lacks Big Lawn Furniture"
If there is indeed something of note here, it's really fallen victim to Vignette Syndrome. I don't have a sense of the space at all outside of a few plants fresh out of the nursery and some cute rainboots.
I'm confused too. It looks like a nice, spacious backyard that has been nicely landscaped. What makes it urban? Or why don't people like it?
On a side note, be proud of your suburb!
confused as well. it is a nice yard, although ordinary and ubiquitous. not sure what the readers were suppose to gain from this. m