Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

Mailboxes do serve an important purpose, but it doesn’t mean that they can’t have style or panache. Replacing your busted down mailbox with a more decorative option that weathers gracefully over the years can improve the look of your home’s exterior.

The Peninsula Wall Mounted Mailbox features a weathered, antique look and is shown in a green. It weighs 14 pounds and is made of weather-hardy brass with a hand-polished finish. While this design is simple, it has a beautifully embossed door and curved roof.

This model includes a stainless steel scalped cam lock with a dust shutter and two keys. Enjoy picking up your mail when you have a stylish mailbox that complements your home instead of distracting from it.

Of course, there is a sign with your street’s name somewhere near your home, but if you really want to make your address known, add a sophisticated address plaque to your lawn.

The Mayne Nantucket Address Sign is a beautiful outdoor accent that can enhance your home’s exterior. It features a pillared wood design in white, and it measures 40” W x 6.75” D x 32” H. It’s designed to be mounted into the ground, and you can put up to two lines of text or numbers on it. Along with your house number, you can put your street name too, making it easier for guests to find your humble abode.

Featuring an all-season exterior, this address plaque will last for years to come, and it will invite people into your beautiful mansion.

The outside of your home says a lot about who you are. From your mailbox to your front door, you can make a statement that is visible from the curb. Increase your curb appeal by enhancing your address.

The Whitehall Pinecone Wall Address Plaque features a stunning design. The plaques are first made from wood, and then they are handpoured into a sandcast mold. This process makes these address plaques weather-resistant and rustproof.

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This particular address sign is handpainted in bronze and gold with a powder-coated finish. This model comes with two brass wood screws, and you can have up to two lines or numbers or letters.

Highlight your address in a fashionable way, and with a little creativity you and your family can create a fun name for your mansion.

Don’t you hate it when you check your local weather station and then go outside to find that the weather is nothing like the meteorologist reported? It can definitely be annoying. However, instead of relying on the local weather stations, you can get a more accurate weather report on your own.

The Konus Double Wall Thermometer and Barometer is a convenient accessory to install on your home’s exterior. It can go on a deck or patio, but it’s best if you place it outside where you can view it from inside.

This blue weather instrument can tell you the temperature as well as the atmospheric pressure. When the pressure outside falls rapidly, this is usually an indication of an impending thunderstorm, but when the pressure rises, you can assume that the weather will be calm and stable.

Regardless of the weather, as long as the sun is shining, it can become warmer than usual in your home. Plus, those harmful UV rays bathe your furniture and cause wear and color fading. One way to combat this is to install an exterior sun shade that goes over your windows from the outside of your home.

The Coolaroo 4′ Premium Exterior Sun Shade is shown in pebble. Even though it covers the entire window, it’s still breathable, and you can see through it. However, it still does a superior job of blocking up to 90% of the sun’s rays.

Installing a sun shade is an attractive accent, but it also serves a purpose. It also acts as an insulator and keeps your air conditioning or heat inside the home.

Now that the season is changing, you’re going to have to bring those less hardy plants indoors until next spring. You don’t want Jack Frost to kill your precious plants or miniature herb garden that you have tended to, so take these plants indoors and create a faux plant display outside.

With potted plants, you have a range of versatility. You can plant hardy ones in the ground before the frost, or you can re-pot them and bring them inside. However, you don’t want to leave your beautiful outdoor pots empty so replace the real plant with a faux version or something different.

To prevent your fake plants from blowing away, use real soil to ground them or place a brick or rocks inside the pot. Regardless of the weather, your patio will look great.

Decorating the exterior of your home for fall is just as important as sprucing up the interior. An easy and natural way to enhance the outdoors for autumn is to take the family to a pumpkin patch.

Visiting a locally owned pumpkin patch is a fun way to spend time with family and friends, and you can also pick up some fall and Halloween essentials while you’re there.

For your front or side doors and garage doors, purchase some corn stalks to frame these doors. You can always incorporate an orange or red sparkly bow on them. Also, purchase large and small pumpkins and gourds. Of course, you can carve them for Halloween and bake the seeds inside, but you can also display them inside and outside of your home. The smaller squash are great for windowsills.

Gargoyles can be really creepy characters, and if you enjoy them, add them to the exterior of your home this year. These statues will make everyone watch their backs.

Gandolph the Gargoyle Statue is available on Amazon for $225, and there’s no doubt it would make a statement by your garden.

This menacing gargoyle can make your garden path or fireplace creepy just in time for Halloween. The flying creature is sitting on a pedestal, and he is probably in deep thought about who his next victim will be.

The statue is made from quality resin. It measures 18” W x 17” D x 23.5” H and weighs 18 pounds.

When it comes to pest control, you probably never imagined a flower like the chrysanthemum could help you out. Whether you’re treating your exterior or interior home to ward off insects, it’s in your best interest to choose a non-toxic product.

Earth Options by Raid is an effective bug killer made from the chrysanthemum flower. It’s so good at pest control that it can even take care of those pesky German cockroaches. In addition, it works great for getting rid of ants, fleas, spiders, ticks, silverfish and more. Depending on what type of insect you’re trying to eliminate, there are specific instructions for use.

Raid is a part of SC Johnson, and this company has even gone so far as to help people in East Africa grow chrysanthemums so they can use the plant-based insecticide (pyrethrum).

Wood shake roofs look lovely, but they come with a share of problems. Rotting, curling, cracking, and mold can make them less practical than other roofing options, especially in damp climates. But if you like the appearance of wood, you can still have it by choosing a rubber roof designed to look like wood.

Euroshake roofing from Euroshield is available in “taper-sawn” and “taper-split” styles, both emulating wood shakes.

Made from over 75% recycled materials (primarily rubber from recycled tires), the eco-friendly roofs promise to be long-lasting and durable. And nobody need know those aren’t genuine wood shakes up there.