How to Get Started with Improving Your Home’s Curb Appeal
1) Get your gardening gloves on
The first step to improving your home’s curb appeal is to take a good look at your landscaping. Are your flower beds full of weeds? Is your lawn patchy and full of dead spots? If so, then it’s time to get to work! Spend a day or two pulling weeds, trimming hedges, and generally sprucing up your yard. This will make a huge difference in the overall appearance of your home.
2) Give your house a fresh coat of paint
If your house is looking a little worse for wear, one of the best things you can do is give it a fresh coat of paint. This will immediately make it look brighter and more inviting. When choosing paint colors, stick to light and neutral colors. These will help to reflect light and make your home look bigger and more open.
3) Fix up the exterior of your house
Another great way to improve your home’s curb appeal is to take a look at the exterior of your house. Are there any cracks in the foundation? Is the paint peeling? Get to sorting these issues bit by bit to make the whole façade look better! Consider the utility and structural features too, if your gutters are clogged, cracked or looking tired consider getting experts to fit new gutters for your Boise property (or indeed wherever you live) so that they can work as intended. Turn your attention to the roof after this, making sure it’s structurally sound and doesn’t have any damage which could cause problems is key. Once these issues are handled, consider the appearance of your property beyond simple maintenance jobs. Adding faux stone siding can give your home a beautiful new look without breaking the bank. Not only will this make your house look better, but it will also help to protect it from further damage.
4) Replace the windows
If your windows are old and drafty, then they could be costing you money in energy bills. Replacing them with new, energy-efficient hurricane windows will not only help to improve your home’s curb appeal, but it will also save you money on your energy bills. Additionally, new windows will also help to improve the security of your home.
Also, if your house has old and outdated siding, then it’s time to get new siding. This is one of the best ways to improve your home’s curb appeal because new siding can completely transform the look of your home. When choosing new siding, stick to neutral colors that will complement the rest of your home’s exterior.
5) Add some lighting
One of the quickest and easiest ways to improve your home’s curb appeal is to add some lighting. For example, path lights along your walkway or solar lights in your flower beds will make your home look more inviting and welcoming.
By following these tips, you can quickly and easily improve your home’s curb appeal. Just remember to take things one step at a time so that you don’t get overwhelmed. And before you know it, your home will be the envy of the neighborhood!
6 Comments
Shannon Victoria Holmes
These are all great tips, thanks for sharing with us.
Tamra Phelps
I live in an apartment, so I don’t get to do much for curb appeal, but I think I’m going to try planting a container garden on my porch in the Spring. I’m thinking tomatoes, green beans, stuff I find hard to find of any quality in stores.
Tamra Phelps
I’d love to live somewhere with enough outdoor space to have curb appeal, lol. I’ve always wanted to plant trees that would have yellow apples (my favorite and the most difficukt to find these days) and maybe pecans and peaches,.
Tamra Phelps
Fixing the windows would also help with heating/cooling bills, so I’d start there. It seems everywhere I’ve ever lived the windows needed replacing, lol.
heather
Great tips and some I had not thought of before. I am all about outdoor lighting that is so important for so many reasons.