Start with a plan to accent the landscaping and architectural details of your home and know what your budget and your body can handle. Accessorizing for curb appeal should be done as carefully as accessorizing your living room or that hot little cocktail dress. Get some ideas. Buy a magazine. Home design software can help with planning and can be purchased inexpensively, allowing you to try several new looks for your yard. Simply take a digital picture of your yard, upload it to your computer and explore your options virtually and without the heavy lifting. Map it on paper, then, take a trip to the garden center. They receive shipments of plants according to the season and the climate of your area, and every season offers something with color. Think about window boxes or painting the shutters. Consider yard art, like a sundial, a bird bath, an urn, a chimnea, but don’t buy it if you don’t know where you will put it. The lady with two dozen gnomes in her yard has a dozen cats inside.
The objective is to draw Bill and Betty to the front door, which you may want to repaint, refinish or replace. An elevated mound of dirt, known as a berm, about a foot higher than the grass, filled with seasonal plants and bordered with stone, can be placed and shaped to lead them up the front steps. Borders of stone or other materials add definition to your yard. Berms also are useful in climates where it rains a lot, routing water to benefit other plants and the grass and to avoid drowning parts of the yard where it tends to puddle.The Buyers may first see your house at night and decide to return during the day. Consider strategically placed lighting. Lighting the canopy of your trees adds intrigue and is simple to do. Walkway lighting can be hardwired or powered with solar panel lights that are much improved over the early models and can be simply stuck in the ground.
Creating curb appeal does not need to be complicated or expensive, and if it gets the Buyers through the front door it will be a sound investment. Now, just hope they can qualify for a mortgage.Thanks for reading this. Please share and forward it, and visit us at www.StallingsandSmith.com.
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