Exterior ideas for curb appeal?
We love this property and interior of home, considering buying but not crazy about exterior but wondering if it could look better with some landscape or other ideas. Looking for recommendations on dressing up the curb appeal. The 2 garage doors in front of driveway make t appear like the entrance while the single door off to left side is the actual main entrance. Its a bandominium.
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last monthlast modified: last monthFun! I would use more purposeful landscaping to direct people to the side door - adding interest there will enable the garage doors to recede even more
eta - a modern arbor or pergola could also call attention to the path to the doorway (not this, just an idea)
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Ideas on how to improve curb appeal and exterior of old house?
Comments (24)Congratulations on the house. Wonderful tree. I'd start with a plan that emphasizes the tree and lays out other structure. Since you mentioned a fence... maybe a gate or trellis passage where the walkway dies off? Drop in some stepping stones between there and the road. Just to make the walkway ending like that be more sensible. I've seen it where there is just a bit of fence either side of the entry gate/trellis, but that partial fence relates to fencing on the side or in back. With back/side fence, tree, walkway and gate/trellis as the structure, coax grass along and plan out a few beds. Just a few to start. (We just pick a spot and lay a tarp down untill the grass dies off). Then dig in. Flats of annuals drop steeply in price partway into summer and will last a long time where you are. Snap up perrenials and other plantings when you can - ask friends and family if they need anything dug up and divided. Your tree deserves a wide circle of mulch (less grass to tend and makes the tree happy and healthy.) Our town has free mulch at the 'recycling center' aka the dump. I like someone's earlier idea of continuing the walkway around to the driveway too though.... hmmm. You may find it easier to tackle removing part of that 'walk to nowhere' than trying to work with it. A walk, even gravel, curving by the tree could be very nice....See MoreExterior Color / Curb Appeal Ideas
Comments (7)I agree with the above suggestions. Unfortunately, the trees aren't adding anything. Sago palms are very common here in Southern CA (and pricey), but I've never found them appealing...or most palms, for that matter. So many better choices IMO. Remove the shutters on the large window. What direction does the front of the house face? Maybe a trelllis with something colorful climbing on it could go below the high double window on the right. You'd have to keep it trimmed to fill in the area below the window. I'm guessing you're in Florida or SoCal? The current siding color looks good with the roof color, but you need some contrast for all the trim. New landscaping, for sure. A new garage door with windows across the top would add more interest....See MoreCurb Appeal/Exterior Renovation Ideas for 1920s Dutch Colonial
Comments (5)Your ideas are perfect and will definitely add curb appeal. Dark blue grey with a white trim will look smart and a few more details like the foundation slats suggested above is a great consideration depending on the landscaping. Here are some inspiration pics. I hope this helps. #1 Note the white railing, white stair and white round columns. Also a simple straight awning along the porch and matching awnings on the second floor give this sweet curb appeal. Looks like boxwood along the foundation. #2 Note the heavier white railing and tapered square columns. You may want to consider doing a heavier trim around the windows and door. #3 Cute idea with a curved trim around porch and shutters on the second floor windows only. #4 Note the very interesting decoration at the peak of the house and with a paint color change! #5 Again note this interesting decoration at the peak. It doesn't have to be a window at the peak, it can be a louvre oval painted the same as the trim. This shows how nice a heavy trim around the windows and doors look. Don't forget the most important focus is your front door. It should be important and welcoming. I love all the moulding around the front door. #6 Again heavy white trim, square tapered columns, white stair. Love the hydrangeas! #7 Beautiful inspiration #8 Note the double round columns. I tried to find a better pic, but if you can imagine, the top part of the peak is scalloped shingles....See MoreExterior Ideas for Curb Appeal
Comments (1)I would keep the siding all one color; separate-colored corner boards and water tables would make the small house look too busy and boxy. I have a ranch and I am having siding added that is all one color, including corner-boards. You could do a pretty-colored trim, along these lines: Look at how happy she looks. All smiley. I could see your house as a cream color with colorful trim. Or a very light sage green siding with a deeper green trim?? So essentially tone-on-tone. As for that big space you're worried about, if it's west-facing an arbor can help block the western sun for that room. Or you could put up a trellis? But honestly, not every large space "needs something." Some areas benefit from "negative space" to allow that eye to rest. Especially if you're working on landscaping. Plan to have cottage-style the landscaping do most of the "charm" work for you. Maybe even window boxes if you're very good about watering them? You could actually put pots of annuals in there and then change them out as they reach the end of their usefulness. Just a thought. I would remove those stones around the tree and I don't think the post light belongs. The main issue, for me, is the inability to identify the location of the front door from the head-on view. A great new mailbox, and nice, large house numbers, pretty, low shrub or pots of colorful flowers helps to draw the eye to the entry Look at etsy for house numbers. You have an easy house to work with. Lucky!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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last monthI don't like the shutters. They're just generally out of place and not the right color to boot. Cedar garage doors would look better. The all over dark gray looks grim to me. Dark gray with natural wood is a pretty popular color scheme.
The front stoop looks like it was done as cheaply as possible with the least amount of concrete the builder could get away with, but landscaping could make that look better. Since there isn't any landscaping at all, adding some will make a huge difference. Right now it looks like it was just built and there wasn't any landscaping in the construction budget. See the first picture below - their landscaping is actually pretty minimal (although they're surrounded by woods) but it looks good because of the way the dark gray is broken up. You are going to have more of a challenge with guiding people to your front door since the garage is front and center and the door is hidden. Look for a good local landscape designer.
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last monthHere's a rough sketch to give an idea of some Sage plantings and a wood planter box to bring in the trim color, the pink is the seasonal blooms bed.
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I would remove the narrow yellow shutters and as said by @BeverlyFLADeziner, work on the landscaping which is what will make the house stand out.
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