8 Ways to Spruce Up Your Curb Appeal

Staging a yard can give a home the all-important, buyer-pleasing curb appeal. Here are some suggestions that are both inexpensive and easy.

• Make it green. Balancing the pH level and feeding the lawn lots of nutrients will give it a lush and healthy look.


• Trim trees and shrubbery. Overgrown branches hide a home’s good looks.


• Mulch everything. Mulch gives flowerbeds visual appeal.


• Edge the beds. Edging makes everything look neat.
  
  Powerwash the siding, sidewalks and patios. Power washing gets rid of all the winter grunge.


• Plant annuals. Lots of geraniums, impatiens and petunias brighten up the look.


• Plant a garden. If the Obama's can do it, so can everyone else.


• Hang a hammock. It suggests life is easy.