5 Weekend Curb Appeal Projects in Gonzales, LA

When you think about ways to improve the overall value of your home, one thing that you can look at doing is how you can improve the curb appeal.

Curb appeal refers to the perceived value of your home as seen from the distance of the curb — this could be as simple as someone driving near your home and thinking what the house may be worth.

Though some would presume that a curb appeal project (one in which you improve upon the curb appeal) would necessarily take a long time, there are plenty of curb appeal projects that might take substantially less time — some of which can even be done over the course of one weekend!

Let’s look at five weekend curb appeal projects in Gonzales, LA.

1. Improving The Walkway

One major curb appeal project that you can take on that could be done over a weekend is to improve your walkway.

If you don’t have a walkway, it would be a major improvement if you add a walkway, as having a walkway is good for both the aesthetics of your home as well as safely navigating from the curb to your front or side door.

If you think about it, the very act of walking to the front or side door is decidedly more unpleasant if you have to walk through grass in order to do it — it has a certain feel to it.

2. Adding Potted Plants

Though there are many ways to add plants to the exterior of your home, adding potted plants may be one of the best ways to do it.

The reason that this is the case is that quite often, a good plant will have a nice look to it but then you realize that it might look better if it were located somewhere else — yet it’s difficult to relocate plants, typically.

If the plants are in pots, they are a bit easier to relocate and indeed if you want to exchange them with friends and neighbors for other potted plants you can do so.

3. Cleaning The Gutters

If you think about the look of a house that has gutters overflowing with leaves and other debris, what are you thinking — surely not pleasant things.

The best thing you can do for yourself is to schedule periodic cleanings of your gutters — the longer you wait between cleaning of your gutters, the more difficult it will ultimately be.

By taking a few hours from your weekend to get your gutters clean, you will improve your curb appeal and help to prevent possible long-term problems with your home.

4. Trimming The Bushes

Speaking of things that need to be done periodically, think about how your bushes look from the perspective of the passerby — do they look like they have been trimmed lately?

If it has been quite a while since you last trimmed your bushes (or had someone trim them for you) you may want to take up a weekend and make it happen, as it can make the difference between a home that looks good overall and a home that looks like it was abandoned.

You certainly don’t want to go for the latter appearance.

5. Better House Numbers

Lastly, you should think about the appearance of the house numbers on the outside of your home — it is one of the easiest ways for visitors and delivery people to know that they have reached the correct address on your street.

If, for example, you have a relatively small house number, you can improve your house numbers by replacing them with larger numbers.

If you have no way of illuminating your house numbers, it may be worth getting some sort of system to light up the numbers at night.

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