The term curb appeal is used mostly by real estate agents when talking about buying or selling a home. That’s great, but for homeowners who want to stay put, curb appeal is also about setting the scene for how you’ll feel each time you come back home.
Business owners and commercial properties benefit from positive curb appeal as well, creating a sense of pleasure and enjoyment each time customers or employees enter their property and setting the scene for a successful first impression.
Does your curb appeal need some freshening up? Here’s a few easy ideas you can add to your home gardens or commercial properties for a great first impression:
Seasonal container gardens: Fresh, colorful arrangements in stylish planters or hanging baskets are a sure bet for boosting your curb appeal. If you are the DIY type, it’s easy to create your own arrangement, but if you’re in a hurry you can always purchase ready-made containers from a nearby garden center.
Impressive entrances: Your home’s front door, or the entrance to your business, is the centerpiece of its curb appeal. Make it stand out by giving doors a fresh coat of paint or installing a custom wood door. Add stylish container gardens, seating areas near door, lights framing the entrance and numbers or letters that make a statement.
Utilize hardscapes: Hardscapes can be planned and installed to fit any design style and are often the secret weapon landscape design professionals use to create memorable landscapes that stand out from the crowd. A deep sidewalk, for example, offers an opportunity for a wider flowerbed as accent. A bench provides a place to add flowers. Retaining walls can also be used for vertical planters. Fountains and statuary are calming and provide points of interest.
Improve your lighting: Install lighting to make the journey around your property or to the front entrance both dramatic and easy to navigate. Walkway lighting is visually appealing and a good safety measure. Landscape lighting can create some drama for showing off impressive trees or hardscape installations.
Clean and neat: Cut grass regularly, clean up weeds, take out dead or dying plants, trim shrubs and hedges and keep trees healthy and well-shaped. For commercial properties, hiring a crew to maintain your landscape is invaluable for nonstop great impressions.
Hire professionals: If you really want to create and maintain impressive curb appeal, hire a professional. Rainscape landscape and irrigation experts work on residential, commercial, and public works projects for landscaping, irrigation systems, drainage systems, hardscaping and synthetic grass. We offer creative and dependable landscaping services for residential and commercial properties in Visalia, Fresno, Bakersfield, Tulare, Clovis, Porterfield and throughout the San Joaquin Valley and Central California. With more than 40 years of experience in the industry, and as people who live and work in the communities we serve, we understand the importance of how every landscaping project affects people’s daily lives. For a full list of services, check out our website or give us a call at (559) 651-2333.