I have been dying for the sun to show up so we can get our house looking good for Summer! Time to plant a few annuals, time to sweep away the gunk on the porch, time to give our home a little curb appeal facelift. I’ve got so many ideas for curb appeal!
I put my “Lowe’s Creator” hat on and got to work in making my home look a bit more pleasant. Last month was a room makeover, this month is curb appeal. I kept it simple by adding a lot of flowers that will look much better once they grow and bloom. I promise to take another photo in about a month to show you the progress.
Houses with Curb Appeal
My house needed more curb appeal. Boring garage doors, boring grounds……….. See what I mean?
I have been dying to add Carriage Door hardware (carriage door hinge & strap) to my garage doors for a few years. I think houses that have these types of garages are so cute! Talk about curb appeal. Sometimes it takes my husband awhile to come around. I don’t know why he drags his feet on a few of my ideas, because he knows eventually he’s going to have to succumb to my crazy notions.
We had to special order the carriage door hardware, which was no problem at all. Within a week, we had them. I think they are exactly what my home needed. My husband even thinks so now too. Cost was about $54 for both sets
Ideas for Curb Appeal
Look how much character it adds to the front of my home. I’d say it’s curb appeal just went up! It also helped that the sun came out.
I also added the star to the gate. My husband built the gate a few years ago and spoiled me by trying to make the top I described. I can’t wait for my honeysuckle to climb all over it. It’s the little things that make a home look better.
I updated my front flower pots with flowers for the summer. (yes, those are terracotta pots spray painted)
Cleaned up the flower beds and planted a couple of perennials and a lot of annuals. (yes, that fountain is spray painted too) They had many varieties of Lavender at Lowe’s but we decided with a Spanish lavender for bigger blooms.
I replaced my rosemary holiday trees with a boxwood that I hope will stay all year. I added more flowers of course.
Someday I’m going to get a new front door from Lowe’s. I’ll still paint it red, but it won’t have the rainbow window arch. But for now, it will do.
I fell in love with this Valspar Waverly Home Classics paint from Lowe’s. This color is called Crystal Blue. Now I have a little table to set my coffee on. I love it!
As a Lowe’s Creator “girl”, I am compensated with a gift card for each project. All purchases are my choice as well as my opinions.
Rachael M. says
My goodness, I’d take the before house! My poor little house is a yard of rocks, and the house is painted yellow, rust and primer…ugh! There are so many things that could be done it’s overwhelming! The idea magazine will be a great inspiration to get going on some projects!
Tammy Kuta says
I need some colorful plants!
Kari Habeck says
My house would look so much nicer if it had a covered entry way. It could also use a paint job and maybe my front yard could be spruced up a bit!
Dana says
oh gracious – what DOESN’T the front of my house need for curb appeal?! Truth be told, I have a “black thumb,” so my sweet daughter gets excited over the fact that one, random purple pansy made a random appearance recently. I do have a cute wreath I made, as well as an equally cute “No Solicitors” sign I made as well…but that’s because craftiness is my strong suit. We’re getting ready to put our house on the market, so I am certain that curb appeal is going to be one of the very first things we address. I’m thinking potted plants, and bright flowers planted in the flower beds. Thanks so much for posting this tonight! I’ve been looking for ideas and the pics are definitely inspiring!!!
Tiffany Cox says
Seriously LOVE the hardware on the garage, adds curb appeal, style, and is just plain cute! Love the blue table also. Can’t wait to get my Lowe’s Magazine! Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Lindsey Grace says
My shutters and front doors need to be restained! It’s on our list of “to-do’s”!! I also would love to spruce around my small front porch- new doormat, wreath, lighting, planter.
Ashley says
New outside paint job!
Emily Neilsen says
my house needs just about everything and anything but I think I’d fix the porch up so my husband and I can sit outside and watch the kiddos play.
Melissa says
Wow, Kim. I thought your home had TONS of curb appeal before !!! but you just tipped it over the edge with those carriage door hinges and handles. Love it! Everything looks great! My house needs some serious help. Landscaping, my deck needs refinishing, I want to paint my front doors and garage doors….but now I’m inspired by how cute your house looks!
Kim says
Thank you Melissa! What a compliment coming from you.
Britney O'Connor says
Our entire yard needs help. We have a lot of improvements to be made, but with a new baby comes a tight budget! We have a carport that needs to be fixed so we can park our vehicles in the correct place. We also could use some flowers! I’d love to have a succulent flower bed. We need some rocking chairs or a bench to put on our front porch. Winning this gift card would help us get a jump start at making our front yard & home welcoming!
Thanks!
mary says
What a great facelift! We have a new portico on the front of our home thanks to our son but need to fit it with appropriate lighting now!
Jennie P. says
I’m already signed up for Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine. Thanks for the chance!
Jennie P. says
I’d love to add some nice new trees to the front yard. Thanks for the chance!
Susan Lazenby says
Your home is lovely! Really like the exterior colors and your door? Red is perfect and model home!Thank you for tweeting the link. I may find my paint and fill my cart with summer annuals, too.
Megan says
I would love to add touches to the garage door like you did. I also would love to add some color by planting some flowers and adding a bench to the front porch. Some paint for the front door would be awesome too!
Aleisha says
My mom is a single mother, so she often because of time and money she isn’t able to ‘update’ the yard. I would love to get her some flowers and such to give the yard a fresh look!
Megan says
Our front porch has gross carpet and super ugly rod iron railings. It so needs updating.
jengd says
We’re trying to refinish the deck. It had about 3 layers of paint on it that were peeling when we bought it. We know we can’t get the paint off of the railing so we’re trying to get it off of the flat areas, water seal those so the natural color comes through and then paint the railings white.
Morgan Thomas says
We are just buying a house so there’s a ton of stuff that we need to do! Starting with planting flowers and painting the front door 🙂
Karri Reiser says
Hubby and I are currently working on our front yard, I have a new corner to plant a garden outside my front door. I would love to buy some plants and a birdbath or garden statues. I also love your garage door makeover. It’s was so simple yet made such a big difference.
Stacy says
Kim! Your whole house is darling!!!! The befores and afters 🙂 I love everything.
Cynthia B. says
We need new lantern lights for our front porch. The original ones are tarnished, and one is even crooked.
I’d also like to get new address numbers. It’s hard to see the number on our house unless you’re really close to the old numbers. Would also love to buy some wall decor and a planter for the front porch.
We already get Lowe’s magazine – great ideas, and a nice publication! Looks like you made some appealing changes to your home!
Angie C says
Great giveaway! My house could definitely use some flowers and for the porch to be painted 🙂
Meaghan says
My front porch needs new (and safer!) front steps so that people wouldn’t trip getting into my house! I would also get paint to paint the front door a much more appealing color! 🙂
Valerie White says
I need to get some flowers planted, my front door painted, some new bark down and a few sprinklers replaced and maybe a new door handle since no one can open my broken front door : ( Lowes here we come!!
Kari says
I would love to add some solar powered lights to our flower beds in the front of our house.
Anne says
I think I would paint my front door a new color – maybe a nice buttery yellow. Change out the mat to something cuter and add a hanging basket of flowers.
Sallie Fitz says
More color from flowers and shrubs! 🙂
I love your red front door!!
Rachel says
My house needs paint and shutters!!
Catey says
My gardens need help and I’d love to cover our front porch. We bought our house a little over a year ago. It had been abandoned for 2 years previous to that. It hadn’t been remodeled since 1970. The gardens were over grown and when we redid the roof in the fall it destroyed what was left. It’s not my dream house but someday it will be.
Lori says
Need to paint my boring white front door at bright color – I think it’s going to be red! (What color paint is yours?) Some pretty perennials couldn’t hurt also!
Amber says
Great giveaway! I just moved into my first house and it needs a LOT of TLC. The garage door needs to be painted, we need patio furniture, yard working tools, flowers and mulch for the front and back beds, something done to the garden, new fence. I have started working, but there is so much more to go.
Lorie says
My husband is in the process of redoing our landscaping in the front and it looks terrible!! But we’ll get there. Your house is so cute!!
Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says
Your changes look awesome Kim!
We have a strip of yucky bushes on one side of our garage that should be torn out and replaced with something else!
Cindy says
This rocks!
Amy Bounds says
What a difference the hardware makes on the garage!
Jen says
We really need to work on our landscaping — colorful flowers for the front of our house, and new shrubs for the side.
Sarah S. says
I really need to repaint the trim around our garage doors and fill in old caulking… but I’d really probably buy cute new house numbers and some flowers!!
Kim @ seven thirty three says
We just resided our home, added new shutters and windows. We added new garage doors last year (with the same hinges – LOVE THEM). Now I need to redo my front porch, and I also need to add some color to my gardens. LOTS left to do. 🙂
Katie says
I definitely need some pots and flowers!
gail says
ohhh, my home needs a ton for curb appeal. I’ve been trying, but it’s slow going. Some pretty flowers and mulch would really help a LOT!
great giveaway Kim!
Love the little changes you made. You have a beautiful home.
gail
Stephanie says
Everything! We have a big, beautiful country home that sits on over 40 acres. When my husband and I were still dating, I has grandeous visions for our home to be a place that would beckon friends and family to come and make memories with us. Between my husband and myself we have four children from previous marriages and I was determined to make our house a home filled with laughter, beauty and love. Well, 8 years later and all we’ve managed to accomplish is a tiny flower garden in the front! It’s sad because we have this gorgeous home with tons of yard space but ZERO landscaping or decoration…..so, when I say everything, unfortunately I’m not kidding.. 🙂
Jennifer Coulter says
We have a great front porch–I just need some spruced up furniture on it and some large planters.
I love your door color–ours is also a bright red and we have the same garage doors!
Kayla H says
I need to repaint my front door BADLY, and fix up my mailbox. I would love to add some shutters to my windows as well, I really think it would soften the look of my home!
Treacy Wickenhiser says
Cute ideas! I needed to liven up my front porch!
sam b says
My front yard is in desperate need of some color in the flower beds, lights on the pathway, a small bistro sitting area on the porch to watch the kids play, and the house needs a good scrubbing.
Heather M says
I would buy new flower pots and patio accessories.
Diana Johannesen says
I need more color…..
Andie d says
My house needs color! Love what you did to your garage doors!
Gillian Luce says
I desperately need to add some curb appeal to the front of my home. Specifically I need to pressure wash my deck, stain it and add a railing. I think it would help make it look cute and quaint just in time for those summer gatherings I so WANT to have. 🙂