What to do?

You have probably guessed that the picture above is of my house. It was taken several years ago – long before I had even heard of the word “blog.” Today, my house looks like this:

Not really too much different at first glance. Take a closer look, however, and you will see the cone shaped bushes on either side of the door have grown taller and have become rather thin and brown around the bottom. Not pretty! The damage is not very noticeable from the street, but close up is another story. It seems they did not brave the winter well this year – victims of some hungry voles I have been told.

Being the type of person who would rather have “nothing” than live with something I don’t like, I decided they needed to go.

Fortunately, Mr. RDH didn’t need much convincing. So out came the shovels and down went the bushes.

It definitely is a much cleaner and simpler look – which I like. The problem is this – what should I replace them with?

A few ideas have come to mind – same type of bush as before, another boxwood, a bed of flowers, a different kind of bush (suggestions welcome), two urns, etc.

So what would you do? I am open to all suggestions and look forward to hearing your opinion. Thanks for your help.