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Coastal Tablescape
Finished Outdoor Patio
America's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: After 2
Dining Alfresco Patio
Ready to Party Patio
Stunning Twilight Patio
Inviting Stone Patio With Fireplace
New Retaining Wall and Driveway
Pin-Worthy Outdoor Patio
Rocky Start
America's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: Front Walkway After
Meet the Winning Homeowners
America's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: After
Major Curb Appeal
American's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: Driveway View
After: America's Most Desperate Landscape 2016
Is That Our Satellite?
The Ultimate Yard for Entertaining

Coastal Tablescape

AMDL's outdoor dining table pops with sea glass blue drinkware and flatware.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

Finished Outdoor Patio

The new patio flows from an outdoor dining area to a bar and grill station to a seating area by the new outdoor fireplace.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

America's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: After 2

Thirty tons of boulders were used in the landscape makeover, including for the two-tiered retaining wall and planting area where a weed-infested hillside once was. A row of 20 densely planted boxwoods creates a green fence.

Dining Alfresco Patio

The new patio at AMDL is ready for summer parties with a dining area and bar and grill. Both areas use metal furniture in various styles that tie the areas together.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

Ready to Party Patio

The winning homeowners and their family and friends celebrated a long two days of renovation with a block party cookout at twilight.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

Stunning Twilight Patio

The new patio pops at sunset with new bistro lights and a roaring fire in the outdoor fireplace.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

Inviting Stone Patio With Fireplace

America’s Most Desperate Landscape 2016 features a new entertaining area with cozy fire and tons of seating.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

New Retaining Wall and Driveway

DIY Network’s Jason Cameron reveals new retaining wall of newly redone slate stone driveway to homeowners Randi and Tim Riefenberg, winners of America’s Most Desperate Landscape 2016.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

Pin-Worthy Outdoor Patio

The new patio is ready for outdoor entertaining with a dining area and bar with grill station.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

Rocky Start

In addition to other eye sores in the front yard, huge rock boulders block views from the front door.

America's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: Front Walkway After

The Stochmal's house, built some 50 years earlier by Cas Stochmal's father, gets reinvigorated with a well-deserved upgrade. As a tribute to the home's history and the care that went into the structure years before, a section at the top and center of the new walkway is fashioned from bricks that were part of the home's original hand-laid brick walk. Cas' cherished stone lions were also preserved and incorporated into the newly designed front entrance.

Meet the Winning Homeowners

Randi and Tim Riefenberg, from Roswell, Ga, are the owners of this year's winning yard for DIY Network's America's Most Desperate Landscape 2016.

America's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: After

More than 250 new plantings, a new turf lawn, and a reworked walkway and front facade help soften the street view and transform the Stochmal's residence into one of the neighborhood's more visually appealing homes.

Major Curb Appeal

The new front stoop features furniture, rug and plants that make the walkway more inviting. The new blue door pops against the white house.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

American's Most Desperate Landscape 2012: Driveway View

The transformation includes a completed and newly paved driveway, specially designed stairs with extra-wide 14-inch tread and a completely reconfigured walk-up to the home's front door.

After: America's Most Desperate Landscape 2016

DIY Network’s Jason Cameron reveals the new frontyard to homeowners Randi and Tim Riefenberg, winners of America’s Most Desperate Landscape 2016.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

Is That Our Satellite?

The roof features multiple satellite dishes, but only one is in use.

The Ultimate Yard for Entertaining

DIY Network’s Jason Cameron reveals the new frontyard to homeowners Randi and Tim Riefenberg, winners of America’s Most Desperate Landscape 2016.

Photo By: Emilee Ramsier

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