Christine Schwalm Design

I snapped this picture walking down a residential street in the Federal Hill section of Baltimore.  Actually, I took the picture the second time I passed this townhouse.  My friends watched me as I took a picture of what to them was some random house in a neighborhood I don't live in.  I tend to do this. 

Something about the scene was so appealing, or maybe it was a combination of everything: the brick, the ivy, the blue trim.  I love how the little garden is thoughtfully tended with all of the elements working so nicely together.  The red flowers pick up the brick tones, the blue pots repeat the trim and door color and the additional greenery adds interesting texture.  There is no one thing that stands out.  Instead, everything works together to create a lovely front entry.