7 Fabulous Tips To Make Your Driveway Look Amazing

Lighting is the perfect way to add that finishing touch and “wow” effect to your driveway. Installing specially-designed lights in your driveway that can be driven or walked over creates an atmospheric entrance to your property. And if you go for an LED option, they will hardly use any energy!

Contributors: Tina Carpenter from Juice Electrical Supplies Ltd.

I cannot overstate the visual effect pressure washing a driveway can have on the exterior aesthetics of a home. You can buy a decent pressure washer for under $200 or rent one from a local home improvement store for even less. Couple it with a surface cleaner attachment and within a couple of hours, a driveway can look almost brand new. It’s our most inexpensive weapon for dramatically increasing the curb appeal of a home’s exterior – especially on older homes.

Contributors:  Rae Dolan from AMI House Buyers

Usually, a driveway is just a bleak area of your outdoor space that you can't get rid of due to its functionality. But it doesn't always have to be this way. You can easily make your driveway a standout area of your yard, all you need is some lights. Install solar lights (nowadays ones with unique designs can be bought in virtually any home improvement store) along the driveway to illuminate it and you will automatically make it aesthetically pleasing. While also helping yourself and your guests out by having a well-lit driveway.

Contributors: Arthur Smith from LEDwatcher

There are the complicated and expensive ways to make your driveway the coolest in the neighborhood and then there’s the simple maintenance.. Let’s face it cracks are ugly and as they deteriorate further, they’re more costly to fix. Cracks are also a hazard, and can seriously cause hurt to someone not paying attention. If not for you do it for resale.

Contributors: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics

Here’s a fancy idea, a circular driveway. This project just might make your’s the coolest driveway on the block. Not only is is aesthetically pleasing, it’s pretty practical too. Suddenly, with your new circular driveway, having a lot of guests is no hassle as everyone can park in your driveway now.

Contributors: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics

There’s is much better than a gate protecting your castle. Gates is the equivalent of going big, and you know what they say, go big or go home. An elegant gate can offer your driveway a stately feel that that can't be rivaled in the driveway department. Having a gate to lead into your driveway lends your driveway serious credibility.

Contributors: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics

Remove any weeds that might grow along the driveway and edge the borders. You can also plant short box hedges or privet hedges along it.

Contributors: Gena Lorainne from Fantastic Services