Whether or not you’re looking to sell your home, adding curb appeal is always an advantage. If you’re selling, freshening up the exterior of your home will often give it a higher perceived value. If you’re not thinking of selling, adding the right touches to the front yard makes your home beam at any time, and during any season. The best thing? Adding curb appeal doesn’t have to be expensive, if you focus your time and money in the right places. Below are just five ways you can add this much-overlooked appeal to your home:
Maintain Your Yard
A good first impression is crucial. Often times, we become so caught up in the chaos of daily life we forget to tend to our front yards. As a result, leaves, branches, and (sometimes) small bits of trash can gather up and diminish the appeal of your home. So what’s the first step? And the most cost-friendly? Get a trash bag, remove any pieces of trash that may have gathered up. Second step? Get a vacuum or leaf-blower of kinds and push all the unnecessary greenery back where it belongs!
Pressure Wash to Reveal Your Home’s True Coat
Another aspect of front yard maintenance that often goes untouched is the layers of dirt and dust that can gather over the years. Just like basic yard cleaning, these layers of dirt can encroach on the beauty of your home, and leave it looking dull and bland. A simple pressure wash, however, can drastically improve the curb appeal that is seen from the walkways, driveway, garage door, and other often neglected front yard aspects. With service costs for using these washers decreasing as of recent, and the cost of renting one even less, you can use the pressure washer to remove years of dirt that has diminished the glow of your home. 
Fencing Around Greenery & Garden
This is one added value of curb appeal that shouldn’t go unnoticed. With all the beautiful flowers and plants that surround your home, you want to accentuate these features as much as you can. By adding fencing, we don’t necessarily mean getting large full-scale fences that cover up the greenery and are difficult to install. Instead, opt out for the smaller touches, as seen below. These will not only protect your garden, but provide a sense of distinction between the walkways and the plants. Not to mention, it’ll keep a large amount of the dirt and leaves from blowing onto the pathways.
Walkway Lighting Adds Curb Appeal Anytime of the Day
Many of you are already catching on to this trend. For those of you who haven’t yet, we highly suggest it! Adding lighting to your walkways lights up your home at night, makes it easy for guests to navigate the front yard, and ensures that your hard-earned curb appeal is seen at all times of the day! These fixtures are also relatively affordable, too. A six-pack of small, bronze solar-LED lights is only about $40 when ordering on Home Depot’s website!