5 Ways to Boost the Curb Appeal of Your Home

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We have just hit the six month anniversary of buying our first home. It was an incredible journey getting to this point, and having a house to call our own is incredibly special. I have loved every moment of making this house a home, our home. Making a house a home definitely takes some time, it doesn’t happen over night. But slowly we pick an area and focus on making it live up to our dream home.

One of our big projects this spring was to focus on boosting the curb appeal of our home. The front of our house needed a lot of work. It wasn’t a mess, bu there just was so much distracting from the beauty of our home. A broken mailbox, an over crowded flower bed, and some previous owners being over zealous for rocks…everywhere. Needless to say, there was definitely some love we wanted to put into our home before hosting and entertaining this summer.

We have started with a few little projects, and even though our list isn’t completed, it is amazing to see what a difference the few things we have done have made! I love pulling up to our home and having it feel welcoming right away. Not to mention, I can actually see our beautiful home now. If you’re looking for some ideas to spruce up the curb appeal of your home, I’ve got a few ideas for you.

5 Ways to Boost Your Home’s Curb Appeal:

1. Give your mailbox a makeover. It’s amazing what a little TLC to your mailbox can do to the curb appeal of your home. When we moved in we had a plastic mailbox that would not stay closed for anything. So we knew that we were going to need to replace it with a different one so our mail wasn’t falling out. We replaced it with a black metal one and decided to paint the post with a dark stain. I couldn’t believe how much a fresh coat of stain made a difference.

2. Spruce up your doorway. When you are entertaining, the first thing people notice is your doorway! Add a welcome mat, maybe a sign on your door, and a few flowers and your home looks inviting before someone even walks in the door.

3. Give the front of your house a little clean up. When we had inspections on our house, there was a tree in the front right against the house. The inspector told us it would be a priority to remove the tree so the roots didn’t get into messing with the foundation of our home. We knew that we would be taking this tree out as soon the spring weather hit. Since we were cleaning up the tree, we got to thinking, some of those bushes in front of house really aren’t that pretty. Our goal is to get it all cleaned up, remove the rocks, and plants some flowers instead. For now, we went ahead and pulled out the pine bushes and the big tree against the house and I can’t believe what a difference it made. You can actually see our house now! I mean seriously, I shared what it looked like before on Instagram and it’s a huge difference! Being able to see the house really shows off the beauty of the home and why we loved it so much! It goes to show that careful thought to what you put in front of your home can make a big difference.

4. Feed your lawn. To get those beautiful green lawns, you have to feed your lawn the good stuff. I found this Scotts® Green MAX™ Lawn Food at Wal-Mart and put it to the test. Feeding our lawn helped to give it that nice green look we need and fill in those spots that needed some help. We pulled up some stepping stones that were oddly placed, filled them with soil, and added in the Scotts® Green MAX™ Lawn Food with essential nutrients for deeper greening. It has the ability to cover up to 5,000 square feet was perfect for what we needed to get done!

The WIZZ™ Spreader is an easy option to help with spreading the lawn food so we picked that up as well. It is battery operated and super easy to use to spread lawn food in smaller areas. It made for little hand fatigue and still holds up to 2,500 square feet of Scotts Lawn care products. It was definitely a quick and easy option when it came to spreading. Scotts® Green MAX™ Lawn Food really helped us to achieve a fresh and full green look for all our entertaining this summer.

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5. Plant some flowers. Do I even need to say anything more here? Flowers are beautiful! We have the goal to get the bed in the front of the house all cleaned up and plant some flowers there, but for now adding some to our mailbox area was perfect. It defines the area and gives it a fresh look. Also, flowers just make me happy.

This list is full of simple and most importantly inexpensive ideas to boost the curb appeal of your home. HGTV would be so proud of me. Now what are you waiting for? Get out there and dive into some spring projects!

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