Extend Your Home into Your Backyard: House Awnings that Work for Everyone’s Budgets

January 1, 2019

All homeowners need to know about the best budget-conscious ways that they can freshen up their home’s outer appearance, increase its cachet and curb appeal and even enhance their home’s resale value should they suddenly put it on the market.

Budget-Conscious Home Improvement Ideas

There are a lot of strategies that you can take to get to this place. You’ll obviously want to be practical about your initial changes and, for instance, caulk your windows and replace drafty windows with more energy-efficient ones. You want your home to be a safe, comfy and attractive respite.

From there, getting rid of weeds and removing mold or mildew from around your home’s exterior should be the next step to enhancing your home’s curb appeal and/or getting it in selling shape. Before doing anything else, you really want to make sure that your home is structurally sound and safe.

After you’ve ticked off these practical projects from your checklist, though, where should you go next? Well, repainting your home, renovating a bathroom (or three) and investing in regular lawn maintenance can really make your home stand out from your neighbor’s.

Consider Extending Your Home

Whether you’re looking to extend your home with a deck, patio or sunroom for the added comfort that it brings, or to decrease the amount of time that it spends on the market before getting snatched up, all homeowners need to take a closer look at home extension.

Stationary Awnings

When you’re looking into ways to extend your home into your back yard, you want to avoid having a big disconnect between your main living space and your yard itself. One of the best ways to make that transition smooth is with a stationary awning overlooking your yard.

A stationary awning that connects to your home and drapes over you and your guests as you relax on a porch or screened-in area is a great way to seamlessly extend the comfort and square footage of your home.

Sun parlors, conservatories or guest houses can be a great way to go … but they can also be out of reach for most homeowners budget-wise.

If you’re looking to dramatically reinvent your home and back yard for a fraction of the cost of a dramatic buildout, then you might also want to take a look at retractable awnings to spruce things up.

Retractable Awnings

Retractable deck and patio awnings allow you to easily roll your awning out when you want shade, comfort and relief from the heat and slip it back into its dock when the weather turns sour or you’ve gotten enough outdoor time for the day.

The great thing about retractable awnings is that they can make you feel like you’re on vacation when you’re just lounging around in your back yard.

In other words, you can get all of the benefits of enjoying the summertime weather without having to nurse a sunburn later at night or squinting to see what’s on the other side of the yard.

Awnings Give Homeowners More Options

Awnings in general and retractable awnings in particular are extremely multifaceted in that they enhance curb appeal, cost-efficiently extend your home, increase comfort for you and your guests and are fully customizable to the look that you’re going for.

Especially if you have a porch or deck area that directly overlooks your lawn but doesn’t offer any sun protection, a retractable awning can work to extend your home’s living space. Get started customizing today.