When decorating the exterior of your home, the most important thing to keep in mind is cleanliness. The cleaner and more manicured your lawn is, the more your home will be inviting to neighbors and the better it will look to the passer-by. Tidy bushes and a well-swept front walkway lend themselves to an overall feeling of your home being a well cared for piece of property. There is no better decorating technique, therefore, then cleanliness and a well-maintained yard.
Here are some quick tips to ensuring that your home’s exterior is well decorated at all times.
Lawn Maintenance
Many people believe that decorating the exterior of a home requires the purchase and installation of lawn items, such as statues and other paraphernalia. This is not the case. Too many items placed in the front yard will have the effect of “junking up” the yard rather than decorating it to seem pleasing. If you are just beginning to decorate the exterior of your home, begin by dressing your yard down rather than purchasing the latest statues and figurines from your home and harden store.
Most your lawn and hedge around the border. Maintaining a well cared for lawn is a far better decorating technique than spotting it with manmade items. Plant flowers and bushes along the border and walkways. Trim tree branches and rake fallen leaves regularly. The more orderly your lawn, the more decorated and pleasing it will seem.
Flags
Flying flags is a simple but elegant way to add a touch of style to your home exterior. Install a flagpole on a tree or hang the flag from your front porch. For a sense of celebration and festivity, you can change the flag on a regular or seasonal basis. You can purchase custom-made flags online or you can visit your local home decorating store for ready-made options.
Lighting
Lighting your home well can help to make it appear elegant and inviting, even at night. Proper lighting can also ensure that your home stays safe when you are not there or when you are in bed. Begin your lighting set-up by installing self- timer floodlights around the darker borders of your home. These floodlights will activate themselves when there is motion on the ground.
For an elegant approach to lighting, install solar lights along your walkway leading up to your front door. The solar lights will automatically come on when it gets dark and they are completely powered by the light they obtain from the sun each day.
A nice light pole is always a good installation for the head of your walkway. Your light pole can be a replication of a 1920’s style classic, or it can be a simple postmodern small version of a city light. Light poles can also be purchase in solar-powered styles, which will cut back on your power bill. Installing a light pole at the head of your walkway is a nice way to mark the entrance to your home, making it inviting and pleasing to the everyday passer by.