The first time homebuyers fell in love with this particular house's possible but, bogged down from inside projects, they don't have time to attack the front lawn or porch in which siding-clad supports create a dark, claustrophobic sense and are not original to the home's Craftsman style.

Before: Plain Jane With overgrown landscaping and a disappear-into-the-background white paint shade, this California bungalow was usually considered one of the least attractive houses on the block. Narrow, winding stairs along with an overgrown trumpet vine and small tree that obstruct the front door add to the home's uncared-for appearance.

After: Colorful Cottage To create the house pop, designer John Gidding chooses sunny yellow for the siding and bright turquoise to the front door. The winding staircase have been straightened and widened to draw more attention into front entrance which is shaded by a honeysuckle-coverered arbor. The homeowners are not big fans of mowing the grass so John removed the lawn in favour of a broad stone route flanked by plants that were overburdened.

Before: Hidden Gem Overgrown vegetation, ramshackle wood siding and a dangerous front porch unite to give this rambling Texas ranch a haunted home look.

Following: Ranch-Style Standout Fixer Upper's Chip and Joanna Gaines worked their magic to give the formerly rundown ranch a huge curb appeal increase. Because of a little selective trimming, front yard's ancient tree is currently an asset instead of an eyesore while the existing cedar siding was brought back to life with a good cleaning and sanding to show new wood prior to resealing. A low stacked rock wall and new landscaping soften up the faade.

Before: Faded Belle The homeowners are a couple of the French Quarter's most vibrant characters but their residence's vanilla facade is definitely missing. A fall of weeds fill the beds which line the porch and the cement set-back tv fitting service . or small region that separates the house from the sidewalk, is broken and unlevel.

Following: Big Style from the Big Easy Jason Cameron arrives to this belle's rescue with kicky paint colours, a bluestone terrace to replace the crumbling concrete and a cast-stone fountain. The weedy beds are extended a tropical makeover with dwarf pygmy date palms and striped stromanthe that tie in with the home's new colour palette.

Before: A Architectural Mismatch Dubbed "the cargo ship house" by Fixer Upper's Chip Gaines, this long, gray and dull exterior was certainly short on charm. The ranch-style brick portion was initially constructed in 1958 using the wood-clad second narrative tacked on as a later addition.

Following: An Artful Addition Wow, what a transformation! Chip and Joanna dramatically took this home from gloomy to stately using a porch bump-out that features post-and-beam building, horizontal railing along with a flagstone porch and staircase. Woodsy green paint, new windows and black shutters further enhance the home's curb appeal.

Before: Overgrown Adobe The black sheep of this street, this small Spanish Colonial Revival-style home built in the 1920s, is a rarity in suburban Atlanta. It has the capability to be a real gem in the neighborhood but with a barren yard, overgrown arbor and faded stucco, it only stands out because of its rundown appearance.

Following: Spanish-Style Standout The that the Curb Appeal team begin the makeover in the curb with this one, creating wide tile-accented measures which lead from the street to the new front porch that spans the entire length of the home's facade. The front lawn is replaced by a circular stone courtyard surrounded by hardy ferns, petunias and banana plants.

Before: Past Its Prime Constructed in 1959, this midcentury modern rancher isn't the normal candidate for a makeover in Fixer Upper Chip and Jo's trademark farmhouse design but the property's size and location won over the homeowners.

After: Mid-Mod, Made-Over A fresh coat of white paint brightens up the previously muddy brick whilst cedar mullions upgrade the house's signature midcentury modern architectural feature: the floor-to-ceiling corner window. A fitting bamboo front door and window boxes tie into the window's new appearance. To further lighten up the home's outside, Joanna swapped the brick at the reduced planters for grey stacked stone. Low plantings of ferns, ornamental grasses, dwarf laurels and Indian hawthorn replace the Property's leggy, overgrown boxwoods.

Ahead: Hiding in Plain Sight Evergreens are fantastic for year round color in your landscape but unless you plan to always keep them trimmed, then they could grow too large to work as foundation plants.

Following: Can't-Miss Yellow Cousins Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri remove the overgrown evergreens, substituting them with oakleaf hydrangeas, hostas and bronze-leafed heuchera. Bright chartreuse false cypress really liven up the landscape and pair beautifully with the house's sunny yellow front door.

Before: Dark and Forboding Recessed doors are excellent because your entry is protected from the weather -- but they are generally dark. Painting the doorway black doesn't help to brighten up things.

Following: Warm Welcome A couple of coats of fuchsia paint take this previously ho-hum front door from drab to fab. The cheery pink motif is carried to strands flanking the doorway full of bouganinvillea and candytuft. The terracotta tile steps and board-and-batten siding also get a makeover with fresh coats of warm, neutral paint.

Before: Well-Built but Bland With all-brick construction, large windows plus a circle driveway, this house has good bones but its monochromatic colour palette and uninspired landscaping may use a pick-me-up.

After: Classic Transformation Fixer Upper's Processor and Jo pulled off a large  update for minimal effort with only a few swaps. They replaced the uninspired rows of boxwoods with ornamental grasses and other low growers so they don't compete with the home's first long windows. To provide the entryway more existence, the front door market was eliminated and Jo added a set of beveled glass French doors surrounded by big glistening black planters and matching gas light-style lanterns.

Before: Haunted House? The owners of the century-old San Francisco home are parents to five children, including two sets of twins, therefore yardwork and house care has taken a back seat to increasing their loved ones. This home is also, unsurprisingly, a hub of activity each Halloween if the owners place the Victorian forboding looks to good use as the neighborhood haunted house.

After: High-Style Victorian John learned that the house was white since its structure (120 years ago!) So in keeping with authentic Victorian style, he chose no less than seven paint colours to truly make this painted woman the neighborhood showstopper. To match the historical architecture, the Curb Appeal group replaced the front lawn using a parterre -- a formal garden made up of symmetrical hedges and planting beds joined by paths.

Before: '60s Modernist The present owners were drawn to the home's Modern aesthetic and streamlined particulars but the ho-hum landscaping is definitely lacking. Three generations of one family live here and wish to be able to use the hilly, uneven front yard as much more of a gathering and enjoyable space.

Following: A Nod to Midcentury Mod Designer John Gidding made a decision to conserve the existing mature trees, creating a massive deck to surround them. The uneven front yard is elimated with a concrete retaining wall which brings the deck up front door height. Concrete planters at road level are filled with boulders, agave and desert grasses while rosemary tumbles across the wall in the deck.

Before: '70s Mish-Mash NYC techies, tired of cramped quarters, made a decision to relocate to Texas where everything is bigger. Browsing homes on the internet, they discovered this split level whose newly remodeled inside had everything they were looking for and they immediately decided to purchase it -- without visiting the house in person. Once they proceeded, they discovered that the property's exterior was urgently in need of a remodel also.

After: Neutral Natural Contractor Jason Cameron along with the Desperate Landscapes crew come to their rescue with a new neutral colour palette that better blends the home's siding with the piled stone facade. Boulders and layers of drought-tolerant, native plants, like the flowering Texas redbud, ensure that this fully landscaped front yard will be simple for the homeowners to keep.

Before: The Neighborhood Eyesore Built in 1927, this massive house sat vacant and uninhabitable for many years prior to a courageous couple bought it from the city of Waco to get a mere $24,000. They then worked with Fixer Upper's Processor and Jo to turn the derelict home into a gracious home.

Following: The Neighborhood All-Star Can you think this beauty was hiding behind the overgrowth? Processor and Jo removed the land around the home so they could start fresh with new sod and plantings. The home's existing porches were dangerous so that they were rebuilt but the almost century-old windows have been salvaged with fresh leading and a new coat of crisp, white paint. A new wide concrete pathway, lined with variegated fighter marijuana, beckons visitors to wander up onto the front porch.

Before: Blank Slate The homeowners bought this home two years ago but with three young boys -- two with specific needs -- all of their power and finances go toward the children, leaving nothing for fixing up the front yard.

After: Craftsman Cutie The homeowners want to be able to relax in backyard while keeping an eye on their parents and chatting with neighbors. Designer John Gidding delivered by expanding their too-small front porch and incorporating new steps that lead down to a broad walkway flanked by a long curving bench. A low gated wall divides the front yard from the sidewalk and really leaves the front lawn feel more like an outdoor area.

Before: Tattered Belle The youthful couple inherited this huge house from an elderly relative. Years of deferred maintenance -- peeling paint and a overgrown juniper bush -- have made this home the neighborhood eyesore.

Following: Grand Dame To return this elegant home to its refined roots, that the Curb Appeal group beefs up the moldings enclosing the entryway and chimney. Look-at-me colours and a two-tone palette make the house feel even bigger. An usable low place to the rear of the entry is transformed to a sunken deck surrounded by planters full of cheery annuals that tie in with the property's magenta front door and tall cypress trees to get height.

Before: Overgrown Bachelor Pad Fifteen years as home base to a mentor with no time or interest in lawn care has resulted in a front yard so overgrown that a family of bull after transferred in and took up residence. Currently married, the young California couple who have this home are ready to clean up their act but don't know where to start.

After: Manicured Zen Garden Mixed in with all the weeds were a lot of boulders and stones so designer John Gidding chose to work them in the plan. Ornamental grasses, pieris Japonica, loropetalum and other low-maintenace plants fit with the backyard's Zen feel while still being simple to look after so that the homeowners can maintain the backyard's good looks.

Before: Forgotten Front Yard Located in a desired Atlanta suburb, this Cape Cod-style home ought to be among the highlights around the street but rather the overgrown, weedy yard, broken weapon and peeling paint make it an eyesore.

After: Open and Inviting The that the Curb Appeal team start by demoing the metallic fence to open the property up into the road in which a stone path contributes to the house that's been freshly painted in cool blue with a pop of cheery yellow on the front doorway. The homeowners weren't big fans of mowing the grass so John eliminated it in favor of mulch and decorative grasses.

Before: Reno Gone Wrong Selected out of hundreds of entrances as America's most distressed landscape, this home outside San Diego is an embarassment not just for the homeowners but for the entire neighborhood. The yard is unlevel, filled with weeds and littered with the remains of home improvement projects gone bad.

After: California Cool Contractor Jason Cameron and the Desperate Landscapes crew start by taking away the construction debris, after which the improvements begin with a new travertine terrace shaded with a streamlined wood slat pergola. The existing boulders are moved into the lot's corner in which they are joined by heaps more stone for a sculptural accent. The landscaping extends from lacking to verdant with mature indigenous trees and shrubs and also the siding and garage door receive a fresh coat of paint.

Before: Failing Fixer-Upper The first time homebuyers fell in love with this particular house's possible but, bogged down from inside projects, they don't have time to attack the front lawn or porch in which siding-clad supports create a dark, claustrophobic sense and are not original to the home's Craftsman style.

After: Charming Craftsman John replaces the siding-clad columns for Craftsman-style tapered wood columns which are more in keeping with the house's unique character. The couple just used the front yard for a route in the driveway so John swapped out the little lawn for a new, broad walkway surrounded by heuchera, pentas, succulents and low-maintenance grasses.

Before: Bland and Boring Having a tiny front lawn and style-less facade, this clapboard house in Atlanta, Georgia does not have much going for it.

Following: Folk Victorian With such a small lot, landscaping takes a back seat to improving the property's architecture. John and staff extract all the stops with the addition of layers of gingerbread-style trim that is reminiscent of true Victorian design. So the house's most important color does not detract from the trimming details, the group paints it a warm neutral tan rescue the cool purples and blues to the trimming. To complete the fairytale appearance, a picket fence lines the front and a brick path leads to the front door.