Outside home Decor ideas

Homeowners Tim and Lindsey state, "We fell so in love with the Cape Cod style as well as the paint colors. We included the retaining wall — the granite fits the home's original basement-level walls."

Decorative Molding

The white wooden pieces under the gable trim above the front door tend to be strictly for appearances. Try this concept by mounting newel post ball hats, typically used on stair railings.

Lantern-Style Lights

Twice on classic design with a pair of lantern fixtures flanking the door. The symmetry looks great with all the duos of urns, pilasters and railings all over entry. (Minka-Lavery Glen Allen outside wall from lantern, bellacor.com)

Flower Bedrooms

Maintaining wall space made of rock, brick or concrete can shore within the levels of a sloping garden and define rose bedrooms. The key sleep, bordered by a granite retaining wall, is filled up with purple 'Wave' petunias, while water fountain grass expands nearby the household's big front screen. Crape myrtles, which bloom all summer very long, make a beautiful, low-maintenance tree.

Shutters

Typically used on barns and farmhouses, board and batten shutters have actually an even more laid-back experience than louvered versions. (Board and Batten shutter, from timberlane.com)

Welcoming Appeal

Home owner Kathlee Kohl claims, "we painted the front door blue to brighten up the entry. And I also like the rockers simply because they make the home feel so welcoming."

Gutters and Downspouts

These weathered copper gutters merge with the dark trim — a camouflaging strategy when you don't want all of them to face on. The planters because of the home tend to be square zinc pots filled up with circular boxwoods and trailing variegated ivy.

Windowboxes

A no-fail window field combo: brilliant impatiens and foxtail ferns. Put flowers in a synthetic liner that meets inside copper field and lifts down for easy attention. (Smith & Hawken Eden Park 4' copper screen box, from target.com)

Address Plaque

Select one that sees a feature, like an arch, found in other places on the household. (Oakview address plaque, from frontgate.com)

Door

a layer of sky-blue paint plus equipment with an antique brass finish make an arched-top, cottage-style door look even more charming. (MAI good Hardwood home A55RT in Andean walnut, from hansencraftcustomwoodwork.com)

Blue Hydrangeas

Cheery blue hydrangeas range the front of your home. They do well in partial shade, protected through the wind.

Rocking Chairs

A polyurethane finish protects wooden rockers through the rain, heat and sun. (From Shine business seaside outside porch rocking seat, atgstores.com)

Front-porch Pillows

Cushions with pretty all-weather textile cases soften the seats of wooden rockers. (From Sunbrella outdoor material in sky blue, calicocorners.com)

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