Ensuring Your Home Makes A Great First Impression

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Whether you are selling your home or you just want it to welcome your guests, let’s look at how to ensure your home makes a great first impression.

 

It is often the case we spend our time tending and nurturing the spaces behind our home and can sometimes neglect the front of our property.

 

Take a good look. Is your drive in good repair? It maybe needs weeding, or even repaving. If funds allow you may want to invest in a beautiful new driveway. North Shore Paving are experienced asphalt contractors who can fit a new driveway for your home. Check out the huge range of materials and designs now available. It will certainly give your home the wow factor!

 

Does your front door need a lick of paint? Why not be brave and choose a bright bold colour to make a statement. You can then add pots or hanging baskets to frame the door. Spruce up your garden and go for a low-maintenance theme. Choose evergreen shrubs. Invest some time and add both spring and summer bulbs. It will be worth it. They will bloom year after year, giving your garden a welcome splash of colour throughout the seasons. To make life, easier ditch the lawn and use paving stones or pebbles to give your garden some structure. If you are feeling adventurous, add a simple water feature. What a welcome for you guests to hear the tinkle of water as they wander up your new driveway! Water features are becoming more and more affordable every year.

 

Next, take a step back from your home and check out your windows. Are they clean and is the paintwork fresh and stain free? Now look at how you have dressed your windows. If there are blinds, are they up or down? Which looks best from where you are standing? Curtains should be draped neatly to frame the window. Bright colors give the home a warm and welcoming vibe.

 

Think about how guests enter your home. You have spent time rejuvenating your driveway and ensuring kerb appeal now let’s look at your entrance. Here first impressions count. Whether you have a small porch, a hallway or straight into the living area, ensure your guests feel welcome and comfortable is essential.

 

Avoid clutter if it is a small space and look at providing storage for those shoes and coats.  The floorcovering should be hard-wearing and easy to clean. That beautiful cream carpet you saw in the latest design magazine maybe wasn’t the best idea! Laminate or real wood can give a great first impression, shiny clean and sophisticated. A medium shade will cover stains while still keeping the room light and bright.

 

Use potpourri to give your entrance a natural, pleasant perfume. You may even make your own, using natural oils. You can make it as individual and as unique as you like.

 

It is these little touches that help to give your home a complete sense of style. Let your imagination guide you, have fun and discover your creative self!

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