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5 Steps to Curb Appeal
Putting A Welcome in Your Intryway
Entryway Curb Appeal
When it comes to creating curb appeal, your entryway plays a major role! Your entryway should be very attractive, neat and inviting to prospective home buyers. The appearance of your entryway can make or break your curb appeal. And that makes all the difference in the world when it comes to prospective home buyers picking up your flyer and visiting your open house!
The first step in creating an inviting entryway is the front door. Your front door says “Hello, come on in!” to potential buyers. To maximize curb appeal, paint your front door an imaginative color. This will just light up your entryway! You can choose something that matches or offsets your shutters. For example, if your house is white and your shutters are black, try a bright red front door! It’s cheery, and it will get your entryway noticed! Few colors attract the human eye and stimulate the human psyche more than red.
To bring a cohesive and charming look to your entryway, add accents that harmonize with the door. For example, if you have a red door, you can paint your mailbox red, too! Or maybe you prefer an eggplant door for your entryway to offset your beige vinyl siding; you can paint your house numbers eggplant, too!
You can also add other elements to your entryway to maximize visual appeal. For example, you can add a large terra cotta planter, and plant annuals in a color that harmonize with your door. Petunias work well in a sunny entryway, and impatiens do well in shade. And both varieties will provide color from spring through early fall. Be sure to choose bright, vivid colors that will draw potential homebuyers’ eyes to your entryway! You should note that pansies, although adorable, will wither by late spring in all but cool, northern climates.
Regardless of what color you choose for your entryway door, go for a storm door with the largest view area possible. A full-view storm door, one whose entire face is glass, can help make your entryway particularly inviting.
And when you’re creating curb appeal with your entryway, don’t forget that all the elements you use should complement one another. In other words, the style of the door knocker, mail box, lights and any flower planters you use should harmonize with each other. For example, if you live in a Cape Cod house in an historic neighborhood, an antique style mailbox that says “Post” coupled with a flower planter placed on an antique white cottage chair will lend charm.
Now here’s the final touch for your entryway to exude ultimate curb appeal: Add a decorative element, such as a wreath or a flag. A wreath hung on an entryway is very welcoming and reminiscent of the comforts of home. A flag will help attract the eye to the entryway, but make sure it displays an image that appeals to the broadest audience possible; elegant flowers are a sure bet.
Now prospective homebuyers will find your entryway welcoming and irresistible!
