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THE PERFECT FRAME

Ultimately, curb appeal is meant to accentuate the home. If you’re looking for a place to begin pumping up your curb appeal, start by determining what your yard says about your home. Does it stand bare behind a vast, blank lawn, making the home appear stark and lonely? Or are there so many plants of every shape and size that your home seems hidden and unkempt?

You may fall somewhere in between those two, with spaces that look a little bit messy or bare. Or maybe your house just doesn’t quite fit your landscape. Fences, gates and arbors might be the right fix.

Structures like these can complement the material of the home, like the metal arbor in the photo at

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