Let’s bust up some myths about container planting. Let’s make the containers themselves interesting and fun.
I know I’m forever telling home sellers and homestagers to stifle their decorating personalities when they are staging a home.
But I’m loosening the rules for outside decor. Outside, the colors can be brighter, the mood a little quirkier, the message more personal.
I’m not suggesting you plant a toilet with petunias for the front yard, but containers for summer plants and flowers can be attention-getting in a good way – the way that helps sell your home. Here are some examples.
It's not a rule that plants have to go in traditional planters. I found this basket for my zinnias at Salvation Army for 59 cents. |
You don't need an old, rusty, clunker bike to stage it as a planter. Any bike, any size, any style will do as long as it has a roomy basket, which you can line with landscape fabric or cocoa fiber matting. Make sure the bike is secured so no one pedals it away. because it will be irresistible. Photo: David Spencer. Get the look, get the bookContainer plants offer so many advantages to the home seller that they can't be ignored or omitted if you want to get smart about selling a house.
I hope I have sparked some ideas that will have you hunting for original planters for your summer flowers. If you look around you will see other possibilities suitable for your locale and home-style -- shells, wooden buckets, watering cans, or chairs with missing seats. Please pass on the bed frames, old tires, bathtubs and Volkswagons. For more ideas on how to stage your home or the home of others, download my eBook, DIY Home Staging Tips to Sell Your Home Fast and for Top Dollar. |