Ready to re-do our front and backyard. Where do we start?

I had also been thinking about re-doing my yard. My plan was to walk around the neighborhood to see whose yard I liked, and ask them who they had do it. However, in all my walking around and looking at yards, I realized I could probably do it myself. I just redid by small, 250 sq ft, front yard completely myself in one weekend of really hard work (55 year old woman) and several trips to home depot. Keep in mind that affordable would be no less than the cost of supplies + $50 per hour per person. So it adds up quite fast. I spent $120 on supplies so far (a lot of mulch, edging, ground covering, some other odd and ends; no irrigation system needed because the space is so small), and I haven't even gotten any plants yet. Good luck!

I highly recommend Justine Schwartz -1justineschwartz [at] gmail.com - she redid our front yard recently and it is absolutely beautiful. She's very reasonable and delightful to work with.