How can I use curb appeal to add value to a house?

How can I use curb appeal to add value to a house?

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When you're creating curb appeal, what you want to do is create a front entrance that is warm, wonderful, colorful, and welcoming. What that means is you want to make sure that the front door looks great. You want to make sure that all the hardware is new and shiny. Go ahead and get a new mailbox. Go ahead and get brand new numbers. Have potted plants on either side of the door with flowering plants. Make sure that your front yard looks great. Have beds of lovely white or colored flowers. Make sure that the house is painted beautifully and properly. I use what's called a three color technique so that the walls of the house are one color, the trim around the windows and doors are another, and then you take a selective accent color, that is, what the color of the front door is going to be. It gives the whole house a beautiful, wonderful front and something that is warm and welcoming to buyers.