Which Changes Can Best Improve Your Home's Curb Appeal?

When you’re updating and upgrading your home, it’s easy for your attention to remain firmly on the interior, on the quality of life improvements and decor that can make you feel most at home. However, when a beautiful interior is contrasted by a faded or outdated exterior, it can feel more than a little frustrating. Upgrading your curb appeal can ensure that your home is able to make the best first impression on visitors, offer a more inviting space to spend time outdoors, and can even improve the value of the home. But which upgrades can best improve it?

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Update Your Windows

Although it might not take up the most surface area of your home’s exterior, your windows can certainly draw a lot of attention, for better or for worse. Old windows often suffer from peeling paint, foggy glass, or outdated styles that make the entire façade look aged. Modern windows, on the other hand, offer clean lines, slimmer frames, and energy-efficient glass that brightens the home from inside and out. You should aim to choose styles that best work with the architectural style of your home, whether that’s a grid window for a more traditional space or sleek, minimalist panes that can fit a more contemporary house. Of course, new windows also typically greatly improve the energy efficiency and climate control of the home’s interior, too.


Refresh Your Exterior Paint Or Siding

The windows might be the part of the home that most often draws the eye on first impression, but you should think about the rest of the exterior profile, as well. A fresh coat of paint or new siding can completely transform your home’s curb appeal. Faded, peeling, or outdated colors can make even a well-maintained home appear neglected. Selecting a modern, cohesive color scheme instantly elevates the exterior and showcases architectural details. Replacing your siding materials with newer and more durable options, such as fiber cement or engineered wood, can offer not just durability, but a whole new look for the home, as well. They still need some care to keep them clean, but that can be a lot easier than having to constantly patch up old siding or cladding.


Upgrade Your Entryway

Updating your doors can offer just as many and much the same kind of improvements as new windows can, but you might want to look more broadly at the entryway itself. It’s the part of the exterior that often best sets the tone for anyone who visits your home. Aside from replacing your door, you can just as easily repaint it or upgrade hardware with more modern and high-quality finishes that can add a layer of sophistication. Dressing up the area around the entryway, be it with lighting fixtures or hanging plants, can add a level of depth, texture, and life to it, as well. These are small but meaningful changes that can change the entrance for the better, making it much more genuinely welcoming to visitors.


Add An Outdoor Living Area

Aside from being a beautiful addition to the home, outdoor living spaces, such as patios, decking, or a porch extension, can greatly improve the usability of your exterior, as well. Which materials you decide to go for can depend on a range of things, such as your budget, as well as the style of the rest of the home, as pavers, natural stone, or hardwood can each complement different aesthetics. Of course, you need to invest in comfortable furniture, lighting fixtures, and outdoor-suitable decor to create a little more visual interest and liveliness to the area, as well. The outdoor living space should be designed for how you’re going to use it, primarily, whether that’s dining, relaxing alone, or entertaining, but either way, it can boost your property’s curb appeal quite a lot.

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Don’t Neglect The Roof

While the benefits of upgrading your roof go much, much further than the aesthetic, there’s no denying that an old, faded, mossy, or damaged roof can reflect very poorly on the rest of the property beneath it, as well. The roof might cover a large area of your home’s visible exterior, especially if you live in a single-storey home. Taking care of the roof, whether that means giving it a good wash, fixing or repairing any damaged areas, or even getting a whole roof replacement with R & R Roofing, is an investment in the aesthetic of your home, but also an investment in its long-term safety, too. It better shields the interior against the rain, snow, and changes in temperature, making climate control that much easier.


Improve Your Landscaping

Landscaping plays a major role in curb appeal by framing the home and guiding the eye toward key features. You can start by trimming overgrown shrubs, redefining garden beds, and adding fresh mulch for an instant makeover. Then, incorporate a mix of evergreens, perennials, and seasonal flowers to create year-round visual interest. By working with a professional landscaper like Lisa’s Landscape & Designs to shape the garden from top to bottom for your tastes, going further than simply planting a few additions, which can change not just how your garden looks but how you use it, as well.


Upgrade Your Driveways And Walkways

The usable surfaces of the home, also known as the hardscaping, could use a little love, as well. If they have accumulated cracks or stains over time, they can begin to look faded and give way to weeds growing up from below, which can give parts of the home a neglected look. Resurfacing or replacing these fading parts of the exterior can make a big difference in the welcome that your home gives. The sooner you fix them, the less likely you are going to have to deal with more problems opening up over time, too.


Which of the upgrades above best suit your home’s exterior and can improve your curb appeal will largely depend on which issues it’s currently dealing with. Hopefully, the examples above help you find the right strategy for your home. 

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