4 Simple Front Porch Decor Tips To Accent Your Entryway

As potential buyers walk up to your home, the front porch should appear welcoming, entrancing and homey. If its dusty, barren and rotted, they may not make an offer. Thus, the best way to increase front porch appeal is to add natural elements to blend it with the yard. Here are front porch landscaping tips to make yours comfortable and welcoming to prospective homebuyers:

1 Outdoor Potted Plants

Potted plants are a great way to enhance the porch decor and accent your entryway as a whole. Its important to give them tender loving care and use plant types that can handle shade, or else they will dry out and wither. Look for perennials and annuals that are drought-resistant and require little maintenance. You might consider putting urns with plants on your steps or around the exterior to draw in visitors.

2 Comfortable Furniture

Another entrancing view is to install comfortable furniture on your front porch. Depending on the square footage, you can arrange a space with a loveseat, ottoman, coffee table and a rocking chair or other single seating space. It will be like an outdoor living room for people to >

• An outdoor rug to make it stylish
• Outdoor pillows to go on the couch or loveseat
• Outdoor art like statues, paintings or wind chimes
• Curtains to go around the exterior window frames

3 Porch Swing

One of the most reminiscent and picturesque pieces of front porch decor is a swing. Its >

4 Reinvigorate the front door

Regardless of what you do with the front porch, the front door also has to look and sound inviting to potential buyers. If the door is creaking and makes a jarring sound, you can have it repaired for a low cost. If the paint is peeling off and represents a visual eyesore, it will detract from appeal. In this case, you should consider hiring a professional to repaint the door a bright color. Other ideas to consider are adding new house numbers and installing a door knocker or doorbell. This will complete the appeal of the front porch and makes the entryway ready for buyer walkthroughs.

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