25 Curb Appeal Ideas
These curb appeal ideas are DIY friendly and are sure to help you boost your home’s exterior.
We have an entire collection of Curb Appeal Ideas and more great home exterior update ideas, such as: Choosing Exterior Paint Colors, How to Hide Outdoor Eyesores (think A/C units and electrical boxes), and a Faux Wood Garage Door Tutorial.
25 Curb Appeal Ideas
By Cecily from Ceci Bean
Let’s start with curb appeal ideas for your front door:
1. Paint the front door in a bold new color | Chris Loves Julia via Remodelaholic
See our picks for bold and beautiful colorful front door paint colors
2. Add hardware details to the front door | Creative Juices Decor via Remodelaholic
3. Spray paint your outdated door hardware for a fresh look | The Space Between
Related: How to spray paint interior door knobs
Next up, curb appeal ideas for your porch:
4. Makeover a plain door mat | Park House Love
5. Make a wood stake door mat | Remodelaholic
6. Paint a faux stone pattern on an old concrete entry | First Home Love Life
7. Add a stenciled pattern to your concrete front porch | Bella Tucker
Do you have some woodworking skills? Here are some curb appeal ideas that you can build.
8. Add a DIY bench to the porch | Sawdust Girl
9. Build a planter…with gold legs! | Home Heart and Hands
10. Build a flowerbox to add color to your windows | How Does She
11. Add a DIY stir stick house number display | 4 Men 1 Lady
12. Build a trellis over your garage | Blue Roof Cabin
13. Add a simple entry arbor | BHG
See also: Build 2 garden arbors with these woodworking plans
14. Hang a DIY porch swing | Shanty 2 Chic
And now, curb appeal ideas for your flower beds or garden beds:
15. Spruce up your hell strip (sidewalk planting bed) | Art of Gardening
16. DIY a water feature | Tatertots & Jello
17. Add curvy planting beds to your front yard | Happy at Home
18. Install path lights along front pathway | Pegasus Lighting
Lastly, consider these curb appeal ideas for the exterior fixtures of your home:
Build DIY wood shutters to add curb appeal on a budget — only $40 for the pair!
19. Corral your garden hose with a DIY holder | While Wearing Heels
20. Refresh your porch lighting | Style with Cents
21. Camouflage utility boxes | Love of Family and Home
See more: 13 Ways to Hide Outdoor Eyesores on the Exterior of Your Home
Build a removable wood screen to hide utility boxes | Designer Trapped for Remodelaholic
22. Dress up your mailbox with a stone pillar | Beneath My Heart via Remodelaholic
23. Switch out your gutter downspout for a rain chain | rle photo
24. Refresh your mailbox with paint | LollyJane via Remodelaholic
25. Add hardware details to your garage door | Bliss Images
Any of these projects are sure to pay off and we’re confident you’ll love the changes! Share your success with us here or on Instagram with #imaremodelaholic. Also find us on Facebook and Pinterest and pin this collection for future reference.
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( Originally published 09.22.2014 // Updated 03.11.2020 )
I love this round up. I actually have seen the painted porch by Bella Tucker in person and it is awesome! It’s so hard to choose what the best part of that front porch is because those doors are amazing too! Lesley
Loved seeing this roundup of beautiful outdoor spaces. Thanks so much for including our porch makeover!!!
Yes! This is fun to look at at get ideas – the first impression is important 🙂 Thanks for including my Tuscan door – that was fun to make!
All great ideas! Now, let’s see if I can talk hubby into getting busy! 🙂
Great ideas. I am re doing my front yard over winter, so lots to do and having these ideas have inspired me
we live in a modluar home park, no grass, gravel and big boulders… Looked at pavement for the driveway but pretty costly. Houses are all up on a mountain side, which gives us s great view from our front decks of the valley and fields below.
Trying to come up with something to make it looks special. suggestions?
Hi Donna,
If you’ll email me or message us over on Facebook with your question and a photo or two, I’d be happy to pass your question along to our very helpful followers 🙂
Have to be careful with window boxes because many homeowner insurance policies say no plants w/in 2 feet of the home’s structure. I love them but our insurance said no.
Thanks for that info, Abby.