Renovating your home can be a blast. It’s a way to express yourself, spruce up your home and even get a little extra green in your pocket over the coming years. What’s not to like?
When you have a mountain of options to choose from and only so much money, it can start seeming a lot less fun and more like work that’ll never get started. Should you invest in an eco-friendly project to save money on your energy bill…or should you get that nursery center you’ve been dreaming of for years? Don’t stop before you’ve even started. Give your next homeowning project, and by extension your home, the best possible chance at success by exploring some of the more common ideas. There’s a lot of potential for growth no matter what you’re interested in.
Who knows? You may even end up pleasantly surprised!
Invest In Organic Lawn Care
What are simple landscaping products you can buy with a lot of return on your investment? Organic lawn care is the way to go. Your front lawn (and by extension your backyard) are one of the most visible aspects of your home outside of your roof and front fence. When it’s yellow and full of brown spots? It can drag down even the most impressive architecture. Lawn and garden spending reached an impressive $35 billion back in 2015, thanks to the annual National Gardening Survey, and bounced back from a five-year low in 2014. Another study found over 80% of Americans stating having a well-maintained yard is very important.
Create Grapevine Nurseries
What’s another beautiful element you can add to your home? Garden nurseries are a classic addition that breathe new life into any backyard. For those that want to spend more time outside entertaining these are the perfect landscaping products. A new survey conducted by the Harris Poll for the National Association Of Landscape Professionals analyzed the attitudes of over 2,000 homeowners, finding three-quarters feel it’s very important to spend time in their yards. Even better? Spending just 5% of your home’s value of landscaping can get you an ROI of 150% or higher!
Repair Your Front Fence
Let’s say your lawn is doing just fine. How about your fence? If it’s not your front lawn people are noticing right off the bat it’s more than likely your fence could use a touch-up. This can include repairing a damaged wooden plank or just giving it a more updated paint job to reflect your recent renovation. Nearly 90% of real estate agents today encourage homeowners today to invest in landscaping prior to selling to get the most bang for their buck. Your fence and lawn combination will improve your curb appeal and leave you smiling once it’s time to put your home up on the market.
Install New Trees Or Shrubbery
Interested in improved ROI and saving some money on your energy bill? There’s a way to have it all and then some. Landscaping products include not just organic lawn care and garden centers, but new trees and shrubbery around your home. Tall shade trees are able to block light very effectively. When strategically placed near your air conditioning system? You can shave 10% to 15% off your heating and cooling costs every month. That’s even before we get into the cleaner air you’ll enjoy having more plants around!
Plant A Vegetable Garden
Last, but not least…you can always pick up a new hobby and invest in a garden. Landscaping products can give you more than enough supplies to breathe new life into your backyard and help you start growing some fruits, vegetables or herbs to supplement your fridge. Food gardening and flower gardening were the most popular gardening activities last year, according to recent studies. One out of three households participated in food gardening or flower gardening, with households accumulating a total of $3 billion in various products. How’s that for a good idea?
From saving energy to developing a new hobby…whatever you choose, it’s bound to be magnificent!
