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Curb Appeal Advice
Use these tips from the experts to increase your home's curb appeal and value.
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Creating Curb Appeal
Take inventory of materials you already own and consider how you could use them to give your home more curb appeal.

It's true: Curb appeal means a lot when it comes to selling your house. It's a reflection on your home, as well as an easy way to boost property value. And it's the first thing perspective buyers notice when they pull up the driveway.

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"Improving curb appeal allows you to leverage each dollar into an increased multiple of the amount spent," said Stephen Richard Levine, of Franzel Mortgage Consultants in Westlake Village, Calif.

When landscaping for curb appeal, plant placement and selection is very important. In a corner bed you need a centerpiece. I like Canadian Hemlock because they are evergreen and provide an excellent background for more colorful plants.

Many homeowners buy plants based on "curb appeal," but if low maintenance is the goal, determine a plant's merits and faults before placing it in the garden.

Don't Forget the 'Curb' in Curb Appeal
To achieve a simple and noticeable pop in the 'curb appeal' of your home, pay attention to the curb itself.

If you're looking for curb appeal, garden bones or a lower maintenance garden, take a look at today's offering of shrubs. They bloom and bloom, they have purple, golden or striped foliage, they weep, they contort and they don't take over.

There is nothing like a colorful, blooming garden to create an inviting atmosphere and curb appeal to your home. Some people seem to have a knack for creating the perfect garden, almost like a work of art.

Artfully arranging planters on your front porch can offer a lot in terms of curb appeal. With all the shapes, sizes, and materials available in both containers and plant material, however, getting started can seem a bit overwhelming.

Trees and shrubs help to increase the curb appeal of your home, provide shade and offer privacy.

"A lush cascade of color spilling from a window box provides instant curb appeal," writes Mavis Shaw of South Pomfret, Vermont. "Most of these annuals thrive in full sun, but dappled light protects the licorice plant's vivid green." ...

Time to start thinking about your flower beds and curb appeal. If you're tired of the same old annuals, or too many choices leave you bewildered where to begin, this spring consider thinking outside the planting box. Plant wildflowers. Lots of them..

Whether you build your own or have one installed, privacy fences can add value, quality, and curb appeal to your home.

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