20 Low-Cost Ways to Spruce Up Your Home
- Make your home more appealing for potential buyers with
these quick and easy tips.
- Trim bushes so
they don’t block windows and cut down on light.
- Buy a new
doormat.
- Put a pot of
bright flowers (or a small evergreen in winter) on your porch.
- Put new
doorknobs on your doors.
- Put a fresh
coating on your driveway.
- Edge the grass
around walks and trees.
- Keep your garden
tools out of site.
- Be sure kids put
away their toys.
- Buy a new
mailbox.
- Upgrade the
outside lighting.
- Use warm,
incandescent light bulbs for a homey feel.
- Polish or
replace your house numbers.
- Clean your
gutters.
- Put out
potpourri or burn scented candles.
- Buy new pillows
for the sofa.
- Buy a flowering
plant and put it in a window you pass by frequently.
- Make a
centerpiece for your table with fruit or artificial flowers.
- Replace heavy
curtains with sheer ones that let in more light.
- Buy new towels.
- Put a seasonal
wreath on your door.
Reprinted from REALTOR®
Magazine Online by permission of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. - www.REALTOR.org/realtormag
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