6 Tips For Enhancing Your Home's Curb Appeal in the Winter

It's not uncommon for sellers to gloss over their home's exterior when listing their home for sale. They may pay special attention to the interior and even have their homes professionally staged, but sometimes the exterior is ignored.

The thing is, winter can be a challenging season to create a welcoming exterior. While you may have the freedom to plant flowers and impress buyers with a well-manicured lawn, you don't have these liberties when it's cold and snowy out. But that doesn't mean you can't jazz up your home's exterior when the temperatures plummet.

Here are a few tips to boost your home's curb appeal throughout the winter months.

Give Your Landscaping a Thorough Cleaning Job

Just like you would with the inside of your home, you'll want to give your home's exterior a good clean-up job before the first prospective buyer shows up. That means getting rid of any dead leaves or branches, pulling dead plants from the yard, and trimming any wiry hedges. This will give your home a much tidier look from the curb and make your home more inviting to buyers.

Add a New Coat of Paint

One of the quickest, easiest, and cheapest things you can do that will make an instant impact to your home's exterior is adding a fresh coat of paint to elements like your front door, porch, mailbox, window trim, and any other component that makes up your home's frontage. Check the forecast and choose a day that's relatively warm, and will be followed by at least a couple more days of warmer temperatures before painting.

Add Some Extra Lighting

Lighting is often an overlooked element of curb appeal, but it can make a big difference. If you have the budget or the will, consider adding a chandelier to your front porch that will add both an element of lighting and functionality as well as visual appeal. You can even use strings of lights in a non-Christmas way to highlight your home's exterior, such as using them to frame components on your porch.

Lighting is especially helpful for home staging during the winter months when the sun sets much earlier. It also makes it safer for buyers who schedule evening visits.

Change Your House Numbers

No, we don't mean changing the actual address of your home. But the physical numbers that you may be using to identify your home can be swapped for something different. You can find house numbers in all sorts of different sizes, shapes, colours, and fonts to create a unique and aesthetically-appealing exterior.

Come Up With a Creative Winter Theme

Many homeowners like to add holiday-themed elements to their front porches, such as evergreens decorated with red and gold ribbons. But just because Christmas is over doesn't mean you can't continue with some sort of decorative element to your front yard.

Consider leaving those evergreen planters and adding some birch and pine cones. You can even find outdoor throw pillows and add them to some patio chairs to create a quaint setting.

Clear the Driveway

It's easy to leave your driveway with a layer of snow, but it should always be shovelled and cleared, even if no one is parking on it. And when your driveway is exposed after removing the snow, make sure that it's in good condition. That means you may want to repair any cracks or potholes.

While this may sound like an involved and annoying task, it can do wonders at improving the overall look of your home's curb appeal.