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This is our new house... if you guys are willing, we'd love more suggestions on adding diy curb appeal. We have already about maxed out the amount we think we can sell it for, so we need a way to dress it up inexpensively and are thinking of selling again. Thank you for any help you can offer!

We were thinking of building a flower bed in front of porch and removing the rails. Also, we thought of making the door and shutter either blue, or cedar colored.

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Hello everyone! Just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your suggestions and advice! We ended up with this and about $50,000 in our pocket! Thanks again so much!

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Originally posted by @Jerry Ciesielski:

Hi Himilce;

I saw your post and lamented the fact you painted the front door black. When I see a recessed door like that, I would try and paint it a light, bright, color, to accentuate the entrance and make it more welcoming. Now that it's done, there's no sense going back and repainting - instead, I would leave that front door light on to brighten the entrance, at night, during the day, anytime the house is being shown.

Another thing I would consider, this house, like many newer homes, screams WELCOME TO MY GARAGE DOOR! Anything you can do to de-accentuate that giant wall of white will be good. If the budget allows, you could swap out the top panel of that overhead garage door, with a panel with windows. Alternately, you could use black paint to paint faux windows there. Also, for less than $40, you could buy faux decorative black hinges and handles to add some interest to the garage door.

Then, like others have mentioned, a white window box filled with colorfull flowers, a pair of shepherd hooks with two matching flower baskets, and some dark mulch, would add punch.

I used photoshop to create a picture of what I'm describing.

Best of luck with your flip!

Jerry

Thank you! And especially for the visual :) I had already painted the garage door a tan(ish) color to try to make it blend in more-- do you think I should go back and try white instead? I don't mind repainting! I posted a new picture and comment below-- I was unsure of how to directly reply.

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Originally posted by @Account Closed:

@Himilce Phelps the short plantings in front of the window need some taller plants mixed in. I love the idea above with the bright pink taller flowers mixed in, and added to the left of the garage as well, in the picture by @Jerry Ciesielski . I think if that's all you did, it would make a big difference.

The house is cute, in my opinion. But, I also like adding the black to the garage door, which would tie into the front door. Those should be cheap and fairly easy fixes.

I can't see the lighting fixtures well in the photos. But, that's another easy fix - putting in some really cool lighting fixtures. And if they were also black, like a wrought iron look, it would also tie in more of the black, and I think they should be bigger. This is a good article that talks about lighting and getting the right size fixture for more punch, as well as better lighting:

http://www.dlglighting.com/blogs/dlg-style/7700179...

You can get cheaper versions of wrought iron-looking fixtures at Home Depot that look nice:

http://www.homedepot.com/s/home%2520decorators%252...

Thank you for your ideas! I posted a picture of what I have done so far-- do yiou think I still need better lighting?

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Thank you all very much for the suggestions. Here is what I have so far. But now I am wondering if I should either repaint the garage door white and add the hardware? Also, should I paint the front door a brighter color (what color?) or leave it black? I replaced the former mis-matched outside lights with something 2nd hand, but should I go for something nicer? Thanks so much for the help especially to you, Jerry, for the photoshopping!

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Thank you Jim and John! I will utilize your suggestions. I am going to look in to that faux wood garage door!

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Thank you Dawn and Jonathan. This house should sell for about 180,000 bc the houses around here usually go for $100/sq ft. I'm just not sure that I can get that much bc our exterior is so unimpressive!

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Hello, we recently purchased a foreclosure. It is definitely lacking curb appeal, but it was a price that we could afford. Can you guys help me figure out what to do to add some curb appeal? I have already planted a few more lilies around the front (those are gardenia foundation plantings) and removed the blue spruce? cypress? that was in the middle. I also painted the front door black and replaced the outside lights. We may be moving again very soon and are afraid that are ugly exterior is going to cost us a buyer. Please help! Also, we live in NC, not Australia-- not sure how that got there!

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