Ready to break out your active wear and get busy ramping up the curb appeal of your home? Late winter and early spring is a great time to take stock of your home. Take a pad and pencil and walk across the street from your home. What do you see? Is it appealing? You can jazz up the front of your home and garden without spending a fortune. Good planning, lots of elbow grease and the desire for a home ‘face lift’ is all you need.
Follow these steps to showcase your home this spring. The biggest impact is your landscaping. Trim shrubbery away from windows and sidewalks. Your home is the star here, not the shrubbery. Cut lower limbs from trees to allow sun to hit those bare patches and add a bit of grass seed. Remove all the debris and weeds from the lawn. Edge the grass along sidewalks and driveways. Think of a well made bed. That’s how you want to showcase your lawn. Select one or two beds for flowers in the spring and add a pot of fresh cascading flowers when the weather permits.
The front door is what welcomes you and your guests into your home each day. do you need to get rid of that ageing screen door? If in doubt – do! Paint your front door a light welcoming color. It will make such a difference. Take stock of the condition of your house numbers, mailbox, kickplate and porch lighting. This are simple items that can be replaced over one weekend from a home improvement store. Don’t forget a new welcome mat. Stand back across the street again. Notice a huge improvement? Now take stock of your shutters and gutters.
Power spray the gutters and reattach in areas where they might be coming loose. Paint the shutters in a color that will compliment the fresh front door and existing house color. In just a few short weekend, with a minimal investment, you’ve managed to turn your curb appeal from blah to wow. Take the credit and enjoy the new found pride in your home sweet home!