Window Flower Boxes...lets add a few

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Today is Part 3 of our DIY Weekend Series

Ready to Sell Series!    

I am definitely ready to get started on this one!

 I absolutely LOVE flower boxes!

The house I am renting, is in dire need of a flower box!   I am definitely going to have to talk to my landlord because I have this ugly, huge picture window on the front of my house...that needs something!

So what do flower boxes bring to your home as far a curb appeal?


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Window boxes add dimension to your house!   Is your house flat?   Does it lack character?   Does it need more COLOR?  

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This is a great option to bring character to a house and lots more color!

Window boxes are a simple architectural addition to any home that add a ton of curb appeal.

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  They come all shapes, sizes, and many modern versions are self watering.

Do you want to make your own Window Flower box?




I found a great tutorial over at

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I hope you enjoy!

Create A Container Garden - Ready to Sell Series Part 2

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Ready to Sell Series

Part 2

So how is everyone doing?   Its finally sunny here today!  

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 (doing my little HAPPY dance...can you picture me?)

 It was a little frightening here yesterday...the wind was the worst I have seen it since living here in my BEAUTIFUL town of Grantsville!    

So today, its Part 2 of our DIY Weekend Series, Ready to Sell Series!   

So are you ready to get your front porch or entryway ready to say

WOW?  

There is nothing better to bring your house to life more than colorful & fresh greenery and flowers!    Whether you choose glazed pots, classic Terra cotta, hanging baskets, or dramatic urns, go with a container you love that also complements the style of your home.

Always think color, perhaps to complement your freshly painted door.

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Your house will soon SCREAM 

Buy Me....BUY ME!

Take a quick visit to your local garden center to learn what flowers and plants will do well in your climate zone. 

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Another great option is using topiaries or small trees in your container gardening pots.

When framing your front door, it usually looks best to place a small topiary or small trees on each side of your door way.

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So what will you be doing in the very near future...for us here in Grantsville, I have to wait for the snow to decide to STOP!   and then I for sure want to plant some great container gardens for my front porch!

Inspirational Front Porch Makeovers

So I have searched the Internet this morning

 to locate a few great

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front porch

front door

makeovers to go with our part 1 of our series called

Ready to Sell Project

(to see the whole series in one place, make sure to click the link above)

Hope you enjoy these fun blogs, I know I do!

So pull up a chair,

grab that cup of coffee (Diet Coke)

 and most importantly

  

RELAX

 while your relaxing, I hope you will find some

inspiration

to spruce up your homes curb appeal!

First up is a great makeover by

She transformed her great front entryway from this

to this

  

Come and take a look at her great blog and makeover

HERE

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BEFORE

AFTER

You can find her great makeover HERE

Need more great ideas!

come on over to

and see all the great bloggers that have linked up to her

 curb appeal

themed party 

HERE!

DRESS UP YOUR FRONT DOOR

Ready to Sell Project -- PART 1

DRESS UP YOUR FRONT DOOR

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Lets try making the Sale before they even step through your FRONT Door!

Your home's front entry is the focal point of its curb appeal. It's been said that it's only what's on the inside that counts. But that's not true when it comes to selling your house.

Take a drive around some neighborhoods and see what makes you attracted to that specific house. 

Odds are what attracts you to theirs, is what BUYERS are looking to see in your home.

Now, unless you have a home owners association, be imaginative...use colors you would never use!

Bright Yellow

Bright Blue

or even

Stunning Red!

It will GETyour house noticed!

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OR YOU COULD EVEN TRY A NEW WOOD DOOR!

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So, what are you going to do this WEEKEND?

Paint anyone?

Ready to Sell Your Home...Now What?

So you have decided to SELL your home, so how do you get your home ready to sell?

FIRST thing is you need to take off your ROSE Colored GLASSES!

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 & take a long hard look at your home through the new BUYERS eyes.


Is your house clean, appealing, and well maintained?  Or does your home look like this?

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Cluttered, Dingy and Dirty?  

What are some things that are really inexpensive that will make this home Just POP! to a new buyer that OTHER homes might not?

What you need to REMEMBER is "first impressions are LASTING impressions."


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This couldn't be truer when it comes to selling real estate.  

Now, don't go out and spend a ton of money doing any major overhauls or big renovations, because frankly in this economy, you are just throwing that money right out the window!

   So what can you do to get that first and lasting impression?

Each day this week we are going to talk about 6 DIY weekend projects that will spruce up the outside of your home

Isn't this where the BUYER first gets its FIRST impressions from?

If the outside of your home doesn't impress them..
more than likely they will not even want to open your




front door!

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