When you think of home improvement things like new windows or finishing your basement comes to mind first. This is the time of the year when pre-seasoning air conditioning sales start and that is home improvement as well.
How about the outside of your home? What kind of shape is it in? Let’s take a look at how you can improve your home by improving how it looks on the outside. You might call it spring cleaning the outside of your home.
– You should get started by taking a look at the general appearance. You’ve heard the Jeff Foxworthy joke; “you might be a redneck if your green refrigerator in the front yard has an extension cord running across the yard up to the house.”
How about moving it to the backyard, or better yet putting it on the porch or something. This goes for anything that makes the outside of your home look trashy.
– Pick up the trash; rake up the leaves that have built up in the corners of the yard and around the house. Make it look clean.
– What kind of shape is your yard in? You can power rake the grass. Then aureate it. Lastly put down some quality fertilizer to green it up and kill crab grass and other weeds.
You may have to spend a little time pulling a few weeds. If you keep on them you can eventually have a yard full of nice grass and no weeds.
– Touch up paint in areas of the house that look worn. How long has it been since you painted your home? Maybe it is time to do that or hire someone to do it for you.
You can paint a fence and really spruce up the outside. On natural wood power wash it and stain it a natural color to save the wear and tear on the fence and make it look new.
– If your car has been leaking oil on the driveway get some good concrete cleaner and clean it up. You should put a board or cardboard down under where you park your car.
– Plant some flowers around the driveway or in your yard to give it some color. You can buy a few planters and put multi colors and different types of flowers in them and put them by the front door on the porch as well.
Spring-cleaning can be moved from the inside of your home to the outside. Doing a few easy home improvements does not have to cost an arm and a leg and can really make your home look sharp.
