Customer Reviews

Curb Appeal: Landscapes, Color, Entries Design + Details

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This is a great book for the typical homeowner who doesn't know where to start or even how much to tackle for their 'curb appeal' update. The book is full of great ideas & I especially enjoyed the "before & after" aspect which helps readers see just exactly how drastic a change can take place with a little paint/new trim & knowledgable guidance.

It's essential to point out that 'skilled' designer intervention was involved in getting these homes to the finish line & looking so great.

Hopefully the average homeowner who lacks any design gifting can take these ideas & their own common sense & apply them in their own situation. Some people feel they have zero creative ability so those in that category may still find this book comes up short in that they'll see all kinds of make-overs...but still need to hire someone to 'design' their makeover.

Another point to raise is that some ideas provided in the book won't work for every situation...such as the suggestion of painting one's vinyl siding. This would not work well with erratic temperature changes in colder weather locations in the country.

Ultimately the book offers creative inspiration to any homeowner looking to find ways of improving their home's curb appeal & various ways to do it.

I highly recommend the book on that note...because the intention appears to be just that ...to provide inspiration...& that objective is certainly met with success.

This book is full of photos, ideas, suggestions and advice for improving the look of the outside of your home - just like the show. Ideas range from those you can do yourself to those that require a professional. Very well written. I will refer to it often.

I really enjoyed this book, it's full of beautiful pictures that gives you tons of ideas. The book also has enough details to help you recreate the pictures. The chapters are organized in such a way that depending on your needs you can just go to that chapter (on color, etc) and get what you need. All around good book for ideas.

Curb Appeal does all it suggests. The photographs are clear and concise and adequately show "before" and "after." The suggestions are helpful and the variety of architecture and landscaping is excellent. The examples tend to be southern in location, but usable elsewhere. Overall a good read.

Overall this was an informative book. Unfortunately, my used copy had two critical pages torn out, and another page had a photograph that had been cut out. Be careful when you buy a used book--this was my first experience doing so--I wouldn't have thought a book that didn't have all it's original pages could be sold on Amazon.

Great book . Had lots of interesting ideas. It explains the whys and hows of curb appeal. Not only does it give you beautiful images, it provides you with step by step instructions on how to execute some of them as well.

This book had fantastic ideas for our remodeling project. We actually picked the color of our house from one of the pictures.

I love this book it gave so many great details! Anyone (and it does not matter if you are selling your home)who is proud of their home and likes to make it even better can use this book. It just has wonderful ideas.

I really love this book. We are remodeling our house and it gave us some great ideas. I've shown it to everybody.

This book is an attempt by the authors to cover an extremely large body of knowledge in a very short time frame. The principles of both landscape and home architecture that underpin what we refer to as "curb appeal" are extremely complex. By using examples to illustrate appealing design the learning process is made much easier, if rather superficial. A good book for the beginner who needs to do something right away and who does not have the time nor inclination to undertake a deeper study of the many issues involved in the concept of "curb appeal".