94 Ways to Increase the Curb Appeal of Your Home

The outside of your home is just as important as the inside. The exterior of your home is the first thing guests and strangers alike will see, so it has a significant impact on their initial impression. Curb appeal is important for daily life, not just when you're trying to sell your home.

Deciding how to increase curb appeal can be overwhelming, especially when you’re starting from scratch. To help you get started, we created this list of 94 simple ways to increase curb appeal.

Add Splashes of Color

1. Paint (or repaint) the front door a fun or bold color.
2. Plant colorful flowers around your mailbox or throughout your yard.
3. Add outdoor art to the exterior walls and yard.
4. Use colorful planters on the porch and around your yard.
5. Repaint the exterior of your home for a fresh look.
6. Plant multicolored flowers in window boxes.
7. Hang a colorful wreath on your door for a subtle pop of color.
8. Paint or stain your fence in a new shade.
9. Plant various seasonal flowers in your flowerbeds for color all year round. 
10. Paint or repaint your window shutters to refresh the look.
11. Use patterned mosaic tiles to create a visually appealing walking path.

Upgrade Existing Items

12. Install new house numbers in different colors or metallic shades.
13. Upgrade or replace your current mailbox. 
14. Replace old hardware on doors, gates, and lights. 
15. Paint or replace your garage door with something that complements your home.
16. Add a new mulch color to your flowerbeds.
17. Replace your roof tiles to improve their look.
18. Get new windows to better match your style. 
19. Upgrade the look of your driveway through staining or repaving.
20. Replace your fencing with something that suits your aesthetic. 
21. Re-seed your yard for greener grass.
22. Upgrade the look of your front steps with paint, stain, or tiles.
23. Replace any current yard furniture. 
24. Add awnings to your windows. 
25. Replace any old outdoor pillows with new ones. 
26. Create sloped parts of your yard for different vision lines.
27. Replace any broken planters. 
28. Replace old gutters. 
29. Replace front porch columns to better suit your current style.
30. Raise your yard to be level if one side is sloped.

Must-Have Additions to Your Yard and Garden

31. Add garden gnomes for fun elements to your outdoor space.
32. Install outdoor lighting to accentuate parts of your yard. 
33. Buy a porch swing.
34. Install a flag pole and hang different flags throughout the year.
35. Add a water feature to your garden.
36. Create a walking pathway.
37. Add a trellis or arbor to your yard.
38. Buy a bird feeder or birdbath.
39. Create a garden path with stepping stones.
40. Install a weather vane on your roof.
41. Install porch railings. 
42. Hang wind chimes.
43. Buy a welcome mat.
44. Install a porch screen.
45. Create a welcome sign. 
46. Hang string lights.
47. Buy and put down a porch rug.
48. Install a decorative gate.
49. Add an outdoor clock to your yard.
50. Create a privacy screen with bushes, trees, and other plants.
51. Install porch lighting.
52. Add outdoor pillows to your yard furniture. 
53. Install a porch ceiling fan.
54. Place statues in your garden.
55. Hang a tree swing in your favorite tree.
56. Install a custom address plaque.
57. Create a stone border around your yard, driveway, and flowerbeds.
58. Install a standard or decorative screen door.
59. Install a porch sunshade. 
60. Add a windmill to your garden.
61. Install window shutters.
62. Hang lanterns.
63. Add a pergola gate over your garage door. 
64. Install a roof topper.
65. Hang up a rain chain.
66. Hide your garbage cans with a screen or cover.

Clean Up

67. Power wash the outside of your home, pathways, and driveway to remove buildup.
68. Trim bushes and shape them.
69. Mow your lawn and create clean lines around pathways with an edger.
70. Clean the outside of your windows.
71. Clean the shutters.
72. Vacuum the screens behind the windows and doors.
73. Clean outdoor light fixtures.
74. Wash outdoor furniture.
75. Polish metal fixtures throughout the yard.

Plants, Plants, Plants! 

76. Plant a leafy tree.
77. Create an herb garden.
78. Build raised garden beds for different visual points.
79. Plant hedges as a natural privacy wall or to change up the look.
80. Add planters to your porch railings.
81. Plant a vegetable garden.
82. Create a butterfly garden.
83. Grow climbing plants on your arches, arbors, or home walls. 
84. Plant ornamental grass—it’s low maintenance and looks cool.
85. Create a wildflower garden.
86. Hang up plants on your porch roof. 
87. Install a greenhouse for gardening all year round.
88. Play around with potted plants. 

Create New Spaces In Your Yard/Porch

89. Build a seating area in your yard, not just your porch.
90. Create a water garden.
91. Section off a part of your yard for a fire pit.
92. Build a rock garden with polished stone and drought-resistant plants.
93. Create a zen garden.
94. Build an outdoor bar for entertaining.

Show Love to Your Home’s Exterior with Post and Porch

Hopefully, one of these 94 curb appeal ideas speaks to you!

We understand that the outside of your home is just as important as the inside. We also know many people don’t take curb appeal seriously. We created Post and Porch to provide visually appealing house numbers, mailboxes, and planters that enhance the curb appeal of any home.

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