Exterior Decorating - Creating Curb Appeal

Everyone wants their home to make a really good first impression from the moment someone lays eyes on your property.  This is where knowing that the value of curb appeal is so important when considering selling your home.

Here are some of the basic yet very important exterior design steps with proven success to make your home sell faster!

#1 Clean Up

Cleaning up your entryway and refreshing your total landscape around the perimeter of your yard is always a good place to start improving your curb appeal potential with cost effective improvements such as removing dead limbs.  This will allure that potential buyer to remember your home.

 

Take a new look at your home!  Everything gets dirty, so clean windows, sills, railings and porches and decks.  Use a power washer to clean your home, walkways, shutters, and driveway. 

Clean and power wash gutters.

  

#2 Weeding and Pruning

Next, take a look at your garden.  Manicuring your current landscape and cutting back, attending to bare patches and ultimately adding seasonal plantings no matter what time of year, will give your home additional pop!

#3  Fresh Paint

Update your home by simply painting your front door, shutters, and mailbox, and use the same color paint as your overall home paint color for the garage doors vs a contrast.   Consider repainting your house numbers or just buy new ones.  Look for anything that might be faded and give it a fresh coat of paint to make it warm and inviting.

#4 Lighting

Exterior light fixtures can date a home, so replace any old or broken light fixtures front and back.

#5 Inviting Front Porch

Place an inviting new welcome mat at your front door and consider potted plants if appropriate for the space.

Making these changes will define your home and ultimately give your home the extra sense of integrity that everyone can appreciate.