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Curb appeal is basically how your home looks from the street. To get a better assessment of what your home may need, go outside and look at your home from different vantage points. Pretend you're a family friend or prospective buyer coming to see the home for the first time. Take a look at your home from across the street, as you're driving up, or from the next door neighbor's viewpoint. One thing that may surprise you is the need for foundation plantings (if you don't have them). Evergreen shrubs are an eye-catcher and a relatively inexpensive way to heighten curb appeal. Mountain Laurel and Boxwoods are examples. If you're on a budget, younger shrubs cost around $20 or less. Full- grown shrubs will cost around $40 or more
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I absolutely love Mountain Laurel. From the shape of the branches, the bark, flowers! Just like the Rhododendrums, make sure the soil and water is just right and don't let them see you making a fuss over tnem. I have only lost one mountain laurel. That was because I forgot about it during a huge drought.
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Yes, just standing back and quietly observing the house from various angles can really make a creative difference. Sometimes, our creative energies do not kick in by just walking 20 feet in front of the house and centering yourself. It's aways best to circulate and look at every angle possible as often suddenly a great idea will just pop in and it's the greatest feeling in the world. If you do this every few months, you might be shocked to see something that you did not notice the last time you looked. This is why we call the creative process art. It's fun.
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