Elevating the look of your front yard can range from tidying up to personalizing the space with a custom landscape design. Regardless of how much you want to change, one thing is for certain: Enhancing your home’s curb appeal is always a worthwhile investment.
A beautiful first impression can inspire neighbors to improve their properties, help you sell your home faster, and most importantly, create a warmer welcome home experience for you and your family every day.
Here are five expert landscape design tips for enhancing your home’s curb appeal at various levels of investment and complexity:
1. Refresh Your Landscaping
Sometimes a simple refresh of your front yard alone can make a big difference. Adding a few of the right plants in the right place for more color and interest throughout the year, pruning or transplanting overgrown shrubs, and tidying up garden beds are all easy ways to create a more polished first impression of your home without a big investment.
2. Upgrade Your Entryway
With the front door as the focal point of most homes, enhancements to this area tend to make a big impact quickly. For example, flanking your doorway with attractive planters that match the style of your home and filling them with sophisticated seasonal planting arrangements instantly dresses up any home.
3. Enhance Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting enhances the beauty and safety of your home. Pathway lights help guide visitors to your door, and accent lighting can be used to highlight architectural features or landscaping elements. Solar-powered lights are an eco-friendly option.
4. Add Hardscaping Elements
Hardscaping elements like a new walkway, retaining walls, or a patio add structure and elegance to any landscape. This isn’t the place to skimp—thoughtful design, meticulous planning and installation, and the use of high-quality materials all ensure long term functionality and enjoyment.
5. Incorporate Art
While technically a hardscaping element, art deserves a separate point as it is often forgotten in landscape design. Incorporating art into your landscape not only makes your property unique but is also an effective way to draw the eye to a particular area. Placing a sculpture, water feature, or even a cluster of beautiful containers will direct the viewer’s attention where you want it.
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