Episode 19: Five Tips for Summer Curb Appeal

In this episode, we’re sharing five ways to spruce up your home for spring and summer! If you need ideas for transforming your porch, deck, or backyard into your own summer oasis, keep listening. We’re debating what color a listener should choose for her island stools, and Bre is sharing something she’s loving lately.

Highs and Lows

Emily: Low - hydrangeas, high - getting trees cut down

Bre: High / Low ants!!! Zivo link

Kimmy: 2 Highs! Basement Flooding Fixed and Fence is up!

5 Summer-Ready Curb Appeal Tips

1. Powerwashing!

2. Landscaping basics:

   1. Establish your type of landscaping style: English Garden, Oriental Landscape, Woodland Landscape, Formal Landscape, 

   2. Mulch goes a long way!

   3. Plant perennials that bloom in different seasons so you always have something blooming through spring, summer, and fall. Mix in evergreens so you have greenery over wintertime instead of just a sea of brown. 

   4. Add plants in phases. You don’t have to do it all at once! Leave room for annuals if you want to add new plants each year

   5. Vary heights, textures, and colors … unless you’re like Kimmy and want a moon garden with only white flowers!

3. Removable decor: 

   1. Pots and plants and hanging baskets, window boxes

   2. Wreaths

   3. Rugs

4. Furniture and Fixtures

   1. Get rid of the storm door and paint your exterior door

   2. Change outdated lighting/sconces 

   3. Paint touch-ups around the house and paint the mailbox like Bre did!

   4. Change the numbers on your house with updated or vintage-looking metal numbers

   5. Change your hose to a more pretty or neutral one with a pretty nozel

   6. Add fun stuff like swings, deck chairs, lounge chairs, hammocks, sofas, and a fire table

5. Create Activity Zones. Such as: outdoor dining, grilling, lounging, pool, bonfire pit, gardening, kid play area (Tip- use budget-friendly pea gravel to designate zones) 

   1. Mosquito prevention tips: lavender, citronella plants, get rid of any standing water

Emily’s Outdoor Pics:

Bre’s Outdoor Pics

Kimmy’s Outdoor Pics

Listener Questions

Should this listener choose black or gray stools for her new kitchen?

Pillow Talk

Bre: Spray painting her white metal outdoor dining table

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