A distinguished garden gate can dress up any fence and provide a design focal point for your yard. Fran Donegan is a longtime DIY author and has written several books, including Paint Your Home.

Whether you use natural garden features, like plants, or man-made structures like arbours or art, well placed focal points give gardens a real designer touch. Credits Sophie Thomson, Presenter ...

Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) Why its choice: Mountain hemlock is an elegant, graceful, evergreen tree with an irregular shape that can create a beautiful focal point in the garden. While ...

In the first you control the entire setting, so you get to determine where and what your focal point is. Hopefully it will be fairly far back in the garden, so you’ll be able to take advantage ...

Plants can create a real focal point in the garden and opting for a colourful and unusual variety will give your outside space the added edge. Here gardening expert Chris Bonnett from ...

Garden walls make an excellent way to create a backdrop to set your patio against. Whether it's stone, ... You can also try using your patio's natural features to create a focal point.

Just about every memorable garden, including small private gardens, share at least one focal point. Focal points serve one primary purpose: to draw the eye towards that object. Usually this is for ...

To find a room’s focal point, empty a room of everything. That way you can look at the room’s bones and best features. If you’re starting with your family or living room, a fireplace, a ...

Finding a focal point in a room or garden can be an easy part of decorating and design. Pick something you love, and let it steal the show. Focal points invite a visitor to pause and look. It can ...