When it comes to the curb appeal of your Western Washington home, landscaping plays a huge role.
What is Curb Appeal?
Curb appeal is the attractiveness your home has from the outside view as someone is looking at it from the street. If someone were to walk down the curb, how does your home look? What impression does your home make from the street view? This is curb appeal.
Why is Curb Appeal Important?
Curb appeal is important because this is the first impression that your home gives. It is the presentation of your most important space. It helps you to take pride in ownership of your home. If you plan to sell your home someday, it is one of the most important aspects of your home as it is the main packaging, so to speak. It is what is going to draw a buyer to the home and make them want to take a further look.
What Landscaping Areas Help Increase Curb Appeal?
Landscaping is a big portion of the front view of your property. The areas most noticed in your landscaping when it comes to curb appeal include the area around the front door, front walkways, and the front lawn.
Paying special attention to these areas of your front landscape will help to instantly increase and boost the aesthetically pleasing appearance of your home from the outside. It will create a very attractive curb appeal.
The largest area, of course, is the lawn
Making sure that you are maintaining your lawn well is a huge aspect of curb appeal. Grass that looks almost as pristine as a golf course is going to be the most pleasing and appealing to the eye. There are several ways to keep your lawn looking its best. The specifics, of course, are dependent upon the weather in your location. Luckily, Western Washington receives a good amount of rain to keep the grass green. However, there is also weeding, fertilizing, and taking care of moss. It is also ideal to make sure you are keeping up with routine lawn mowing.
The front porch/front door area
This area is often seen as one of the most focused on spots when it comes to curb appeal. The front door and the area around it command a lot of attention when looking at the home from the outside. Making sure to incorporate landscaping and hardscaping that fit with the home, remain classically stylish, and bring a pop of interest will instantly elevate the home’s curb appeal.
Walkway areas
If there is a walkway leading up to your front door, this is a great opportunity to create focal landscaping. Before coming up with a design, you want to make sure you evaluate the specific characteristics of your landscape around your walkway. It is good to know how much sun the area gets. It is also good to know how well the soil drains. Additionally, you want to consider how this area of your yard is utilized daily. You don’t want to plant a wall of hedges if you have children and pets running through your front yard. There are many ways you can create color and interest around walkways, but you want to ensure that it will work with the land and how you use it daily.
Best way to create curb appeal in your landscape
Ultimately, the best way to plan to create attractive landscaping in these areas and increase your home’s curb appeal is to work with an expert landscape designer. Working with a landscape designer does not mean that you have to create something overly luxurious and high-maintenance. You can create something simple and minimal yet stunning that is incredibly easy to care for, yet commands the right attention to the front of your home.
If you want to take your yard from great to amazing, contact the landscape designers at First Fruits Landscaping. Let’s get started turning your yard into a work of art that not only looks great but also functions well for your lifestyle. We provide landscaping services in Snohomish County and King County.