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We have a large 2 story Craftsman style home with a red brick foundation and front porch foundation (pillars are also red brick). Our lot is only as wide as the house plus the “model-T sized driveway” that butts almost against the house and extends almost the entire depth of the property with tiny garage (12 x 20 that we turned into a outdoor room/guest house with french doors opening into the backyard) at the end. We have a dogwood tree in the center of the front yard and would like to extend the concrete of the driveway all the way toward the house to meet the foundation. We took out 2 bushes (one was a spiria and the other I’m not sure but it was yellow before it turned green) that sat at either end of the front porch. Our house has a porch the entire width and a set of 4 window above it in the master bedroom. My question is should we put any other shrubs back such as tall skinny cedars at each end? The dogwood is staying! We are planning to lay new sod down. There will be concrete up against the driveway side of the stoop so it would have to be a container shrub as well. We just are trying to proportion our home better on the tiny lot. It is the biggest home on our block and we just painted it Bamboo Shoot (spring green color – SW) with white trim. Also would you paint the red brick? We are also thinking of a black roof.
I am putting block around the base of a tree. There is tree root exposed and in the way.. Can I notch it out without hurting the tree.