Needing some curb appeal
Lori O'Neil
6 years ago
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Needs ideas for painting my garage door. Need some curb appeal.
Comments (4)Add some color to the entry of your home. Maybe even something under the windows to the left that are colorful, warm, inviting. The potted plants (the pots and the plants) on either side of the entry could bring some color and make things seem more inviting. Colorful pots near the garage entrance??? I agree with not changing the garage door. Does it need some more hardware to add some character (I can’t remember the details of the garage door at the moment)?...See MoreI need some curb appeal....help!
Comments (4)I think the front is fine it's the landscaping that needs updating....See MoreOur new home needs some curb appeal!
Comments (17)Hi Amber- Congratulations on your new home! I agree with you that the front of your home could use some improvement. Firstly, do you know what goes on in the immediate neighborhood? are the neighbors friendly? Do people walk up to each other's house's and just say "hay" and chit chat a bit? If so, you want to make your front porch and the front walk a bit more welcoming, and the rest of the fixing up follows that. I am not a landscaper. I would invite in the Houzz landscapers here to comment. 1. My suggestion would be to remove the shutters. Shutters look best if they look as if they really serve a purpose, and to do so they would have to be half the size of the window, so that if they closed, together they would protect the window in case of a hurricane or storm. Yours are too small for that, and unless you live in hurricane territory and really need workable shutters to protect your windows, I don't think it is worth the money to invest in properly sized shutters for your home. You are best off just removing the ones you have. 2. Your planter beds have bright red paint on the border. Bright red draw attention. In the front of the house it is drawing attention to an empty bed. That is not a good look. In the front there are two options. Painting that planter wall a more neutral color and filling that bed with plants. Or, the second option which I favor. Remove that bed altogether and put a marvelous planter box under the window with glorious plants. The reason I favor this is because although you pay for the planter box, you will pay less for the plants and a lot less for the maintenance of the plants. You just water and trim them yourself. If the weather is bad, you just open the window and water and trim from inside. Another huge advantage is you are not getting a lot of water near the foundation of your house on a regular basis. 3. I would widen the walkway to make it easier for a couple to walk side-by side to your door, and it is more inviting as well. You could plant flowering plants along side that larger curved walkway and have solar lights (that need no wiring) along that walkway that turn on when it is dark. 4. I would paint the planter on the side of the house a less florid color. If you want the trees there to conceal the windows, fine, otherwise, please trim them. It would be nice if you could plant some thing in front of and around those trees to conceal and distract from their trunks. I happen to hate canna lily, but that is something that comes to mind. 5. I would replace the bench on the front porch with two chairs and a table in the middle, with the table large enough to hold a large tray for a pitcher, glasses, a tray of cookies. Because we want you to be neighborly! 6. I would remove that bush at the front of the porch, it looks like it is standing guard. 7. In Texas it is common to have the Texas star proudly displayed, but I would move it. Where it is currently displayed I would put big brass house numbers. I would move the Texas star to the other side of the window. Or to inside of the home. 8. There is possibly too many hanging plants. Any hanging plants need to look really great. Big and bushy, or if they have hanging foliage, with lots of it, like the one on the left of the house. 9. I would remove the round metal wall decoration on the porch wall. Why not invite Dig Doug's Designs into the thread?...See MoreNeed some curb appeal help for our mountain house!!!
Comments (13)i agree with most comments especially on how to treat the doors. Imagine looking at the picture you showed us & the ski door is same color as house - it’s gone! I like your idea of adding lighting to entry especially around the front door not storage door. If you want to add interest to that side wall with no symmetry maybe think about adding a locally interesting wall ornament that’s weather proof. Iron art? Snowboarder? Per @Olychick comments,be sure to hang it above the snow line!...See MoreLori O'Neil
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