Curb
Appeal Idea Book
Inspirational
Ways to Make A Great First Impression That Lasts
By Mary
Ellen Polson
Increase the Value of Your Home By Enhancing It's Curb Appeal
At first blush, every house has something to
say to passersby. It's warm and inviting. Quaint and colorful.
Charming with a touch of elegance.
From the outside, your home has a look and
feel that can be as unique as you are. With distinctive flourishes
and artful ideas that express your sense of style. A style that can
make people slow down to take it all in.
When you flip through the pages of this
colorful idea book, you'll discover hundreds of ways to transform
the outer look of your home. Here are some of the delightful ways
this engaging volume will help you enhance your curb appeal.
- Style on the Outside -- Discover
the elements of style that can make your home more inviting,
like a broad, open porch just waiting for visitors
- Exterior Appearances -- How to
accentuate your home's best features and use architectural
elements to transform its look, such as clustering windows
together to create a large picturesque span that lets the sun
shine in
- The Entry -- Strategies for making
your entryway more welcoming, from rustic to contemporary front
doors, and ways to make your porch more appealing with charming
lanterns and unique accents
- The Approach -- Creative ways to
make the path to your front door a journey of small pleasures
with artful walkways, colorful gardens and dramatic lighting
- Supporting Players -- How the
right design ideas like a white picket fence, dry-stacked stone
wall, or brick driveway can enhance the look of your home With
its own breezy charm and over 300 lovely photographs, here's a
book that will spark your imagination -- and inspire you to make
your home more beautiful from the outside in.
Introduction:
When I agreed to write the Curb Appeal Idea Book, I lived in
a house that practically defined curb appeal: It was an adorable
brick cottage with a riot of gingerbread trim, a welcoming side
porch, and beautiful sidelights around the front door. For personal
reasons, I decided to move. And although I've lived in more houses
than I can count, my current dwelling is a one-bedroom apartment. It
has an incredible view, but the building, a mid-20th-century
monolithic slab, definitely comes up short in the curb appeal
department.
Though I can't change the exterior of my apartment building,
obviously, you can change the looks of your home - whether you own
or rent - and the options are all but limitless. Before making plans
to change the outside appearance of your home, however, it's a good
idea to take some time to decide what you want it to convey. Do you
want a new paint scheme that honors its architectural roots? Will
updating and enlarging the front stoop provide a more welcoming
entry to guests? Are the foundation shrubs planted 40 years ago
overgrown and just begging to be replaced?
Even if you are on a tight budget there are dozens if not
hundreds of ways to give the exterior of your home a facelift,
whether it's painting just the trim, updating the door hardware,
adding container plantings of flowers around the front door, or
simply weeding the yard. From curbside to the garage, the front
entry, and every place in between, adding curb appeal will create a
great first - and lasting - impression of your home. Use the ideas
in this book to help you put on the face you want people to see.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Style on the Outside
A Face to the World
Chapter 2: Exterior Appearances
Playing Up Your Home's Best Features
Architectural Elements
Transforming an Exterior
Chapter 3: The Entry
The Front Door
The Right Accents
Landings and Porches
Chapter 4: The Approach
Shaping the Landscape
Walks and Paths
Lighting the Landscape
Chapter 5: Supporting Players
Fences, Walls, and Gates
Driveways
Garages
Soft-cover, 9-3/16 x 10-7/8 in., 169 pages, with
over 300 color
photos and drawings
Published 2006
ISBN: 978-1-56158-803-9
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