Front Entrance Curb Appeal

My home’s front entrance curb appeal has a lot of charm during the fall

Beautiful fall front door entrance decor! Vintage items like the wood ladder and bucket as well as traditional orange colors in the leaves and pumpkins make it look so welcoming and cozy! Especially with the teal door!

…and the winter.

Front entrance holiday decor with vintage sled, DIY planter, and homemade wreath!

However, I’ve never been super proud of my summer displays to welcome guests into my home. Here are the things I have done this past month to ramp up the front entrance curb appeal!

Replace Outdoor Lights

Bright teal front door summer update to boost curb appeal

I never realized before how easy it is to switch out the exterior lighting of your home! First, turn off electricity to your lights! Hit the breaker switch and double check the lights don’t turn on. Then I began by removing the two small screws that held the old light in place.

Update your exterior lights with easy electrical instructions.

Replace your exterior lights on your home easily and safely with this step by step photo tutorial!

Then I removed the screws holding in the metal plate mounted underneath.

Simple electrical work is not as daunting as it may seem!

I pulled out the wires and unscrewed the plastic knobs holding together the sets of wires.

Replace your exterior lights on your home easily and safely with this step by step photo tutorial!

Voila! The old light fixture was gone!

Changing the outdoor lights on your home.

Next I dusted and cleaned the area. Attaching the new light fixture is as simple as lining up the colored wire. White wire gets paired with white and black with black – easy! Hold the wires together and screw the plastic knobs down over them so they are touching.

Electrical work is not as daunting as it seems! Learn how to change out a light fixture easily and safely.

Replace your exterior lights on your home easily and safely with this step by step photo tutorial!

Then shove the wires back into the hole and replace the metal plate with screws. If your new light fixtures come with new metal plates, go ahead and switch those out, too. I was using hand-me-down light fixtures so I had to reuse the metal plates.

Replacing exterior lights can enhance your front entrance curb appeal!

The long screws that stick out are meant to go through the holes that hold your light fixture to the wall. Line up the base of the light fixture to the metal plate and poke the screw ends through. Then secure them with the two small screws you removed in step 1.

New outdoor lighting boosts front entrance curb appeal!

My new lights are smaller, but way more my style than the old ornate ones.

Front entrance curb appeal is refreshed with new outdoor lighting and decor!

Build Mounted Planter Box

Next, I wanted to display my house number in a cute, prominent way. I decided to use an old wood box I was given by my in-laws and paint it black to match the new outdoor lights.

Empty boring wood box to be transformed for year round front entrance decor....

Paint box black

I filmed attaching the numbers and displaying seasonal decor inside the box Live on my Facebook page. Here’s the video:

You can buy these same modern house numbers on Amazon for cheaper than I found at the store! To mount the planter box on the side of my home, I screwed picture hanging hardware to the back of the box. Lastly, I screwed two screws into my wood siding and hung the box. That easy!

Make a planter box to display seasonal decor for your front entry and your house's address numbers.

I absolutely love how this DIY turned out! It is so cute and I have gotten a lot of compliments on it already.

Make a planter box to display house numbers in style. Switch out decor for the different seasons

I also think it matches just perfectly with the beautiful bohemian wreath I made Live on my Facebook page earlier this year.

Front door decor idea with bohemian summer wreath tutorial!

Front Entrance Curb Appeal

My front entrance went from this:

Bright teal front door summer update to boost curb appeal

to this…

Front Entrance Curb Appeal Bilevel home teal door beige house brown trim black exterior lights

…with just a couple small changes that I think make a big impact!

Front entrance curb appeal split level bilevel split foyer house

With my landscaping in full late summer bloom, I feel happy every time I walk up to my house! The bright teal door is cheerful, the house number planter box is adorable, the landscaping is beautiful, and the wooden bench is welcoming. I think I succeeded in ramping up my front entrance curb appeal this summer!

Front entrance curb appeal bench and flowers to welcome guests!

Thanks for reading! Don’t forget to pin and share.

Make a house number planter box to display your address proudly!

Until next time!

Signature welcome to the woods

 

 

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