Affordable Decorating Ideas: Exterior Updates
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Highly rated home staging professionals say that affordable decorating ideas for improving your home exterior include upgrading the front door, painting brick and cleaning and furnishing the deck.
Curb appeal matters when you’re buying or selling a home. But sprucing up your house’s exterior is a relatively affordable way to enjoy staying put, say highly rated home staging professionals. Here are a few of their tips:
Great first impression
“I want the doorbell to work, the door knobs shined. I want people in love with the front door,” says DesAnn Collins of Design by DesAnn of the Cleveland area. She advises homeowners to examine their front door from the perspective of a visitor. Does the doorbell work? Is everything clean? Could the door use a fresh coat of paint, maybe a traditionally welcoming shade of red? “It’s about looking crisp, tidy and cared-for.” Collins says.
Cover your brick
Painting exterior brick can be a fairly manageable way to update your exterior, says Kim Trouten of Staged for Selling of Charlotte, N.C. “Trapped in 1965,” is how Trouten described a client’s peach-sided and orange-brick house. “Painting with the latest ‘greige,’ kind of a cross between grey and beige, with shutters painted black, brought this house into the 21st century.”
Dress up your deck
A dirty deck can be a downer. Take a tip from Trouten, based on her experience perking up patios and other outdoor areas to impress would-be home buyers. “Power wash the moss and dirt after leaves have all finally fallen,” she says. “Add some bright cushions or new furniture and create a fresh outdoor living space. Add some quality pots of silk palms and ferns if you’re worried about the cold weather.”
