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Hi, this is Gina Mullen with Gina Mullen Realty and I\'m here to answer all your questions on real estate and give you some tips and tricks as well. Today we\'re going to talk about curb appeal.

We want our curb appeal to have the most dramatic effect possible. We want people to drive up and go, "Wow, the front of the house looks great!" So how do we do that? Well, we want to clean out the flower beds and get rid of all the weeds and maybe any grass that has grown in there. Let\'s get in some dark black mulch. I know in previous years some of the other colors were popular, but right now that mulch that\'s almost black is really what people are looking for regardless of the color of the home. Let\'s get the bushes trimmed up. Let\'s get the lawn mowed and edged. Edging really gives it that polished look that we\'re looking for. Let\'s get the windows clean. You would be amazed at how much better the windows look in pictures when we have them taken and it also makes an impression when people drive up to the home and they see that it\'s been well taken care of.

Let\'s clear off the front door of any decor items that we may have on there. If your door needs some touch up, either stain or paint, let\'s do that before we have pictures taken and we have people start seeing the home as well. If you\'ve got any type of cedar accents and they need a fresh coat of stain, let\'s get that done. Same with your fence. If your fence can be seen from the front and that needs a good staining, let\'s get that done as well because people will notice if the fence is in need of some freshening up. We want to put a new welcome mat in front of the front door and if you have a little porch in the front, a great bistro set or some tall colorful planters would look great as well. And then last but not least, some seasonal color. Seasonal color up by the front door, throughout the flower beds, and in any other areas were plantings would be, is a great way to make a huge visual impact and they look really great in pictures as well.