30 Front Step Ideas to Easily Increase Your Curb Appeal

If you're looking to increase your home's curb appeal, you'll want to pay special attention to your front steps. There are so many ways to creatively design your steps to stand out from the get-go, whether you're building your home from scratch or are just looking to take on a small remodel or DIY project.

Below, you'll find 30 of our favorite front step setups that will make a lasting impression.

Try a Striped Look

Say hello to stripes—if you're feeling crafty, carefully measure out a striped design using painter's tape and then add contrast to simple white or concrete steps using a shade that speaks to you.

Stain Wood

Note that you can re-stain the wood on your front steps if you feel as though it's time to embrace a new look. This deep hue adds major warmth to the exterior entry.

Style With Greenery

If you can't get enough of your green friends, select some outdoor plants to display on your front stoop for an earthy touch. Mix and match a few different kinds to create a unique oasis.

Cover With Wooden Treads

This homeowner chose to cover concrete steps with wood after redoing her front porch. The new treads match the porch flooring and are better able to camouflage dirt and stains compared to pure white steps.

Use Accessories

Even if the exterior of your home is neutral in color, you can add a bit of vibrance to your entryway by jazzing up the front steps with bright blooms, plant pots, and more. If you're beginning to tire of a certain hue, it's easy to simply swap out your decor at the start of the next season.

Number Your Steps

For a playful touch, number your entryway steps using stencils. Alternatively, you could spell out the numbers of your address following a similar approach.

Be Seasonal

Carry wooden lanterns from summer to fall by supplementing them with mums and pumpkins once autumn approaches.

Customize With Tiles

How adorable are these tiled front steps? Tiling, which comes in all kinds of different designs, will add instant personality to any entryway. Whether you opt to go bold in color or choose something more neutral, it'll create a charming ambiance.

Brighten Up the Walkway

Brighten up your entryway by incorporating built-in lighting onto your steps, which makes it easy to effortlessly enter and exit the home at nighttime. Especially when you have guests over, it'll effortlessly guide them to the entrance.

Consider Wide Steps

If your home features a privacy gate, you may wish to opt for one style of steps on the outside and another on the inside. These wide, low steps make it easy for multiple people to make it up to your doorway all at once.

Choose Durable Limestone

Bring on the neutrals: Limestone steps are an excellent fit for this home, and the material is also known for its durability.

Design a Side Path

If you generally enter your home via the driveway as opposed to the formal walkway, be mindful that it may be worth installing a secondary pathway, like the one seen here. This way, you won't damage your grass when entering and exiting.

Mix Up Your Brick

If your home features a red brick exterior, there are several ways to work this design into your front steps. Whether you opt for solid brick or a combination of wood and stone, you can experiment with different materials to see what fits your exterior.

Play to the Porch

Design a front porch with beams, steps, and flooring that are all the same color to make everything look cohesive.

Pair Brick and Wood

A brick walkway and simple white and wooden steps lead to an elegant front porch that provides plenty of room to gather and relax when the weather is nice.

Keep It Simple

Simple, lengthy white steps look beautiful outside of this white farmhouse with board and batten siding. Black lanterns add a sleek contrast, making everything look sophisticated.

Try an Imperial Staircase

Imperial staircases look nice and grand whether incorporated in the interior of a home or out front. Their size and shape makes it easy for multiple people to enter and exit the home at once, too.

Consider Curvy

If you love the look of an imperial staircase and you want to add some drama to your home's exterior on a smaller scale, try a curved staircase. Here, one adds visual interest to this home's otherwise simple exterior.

Leave Some Original Brick

There's no reason not to mix and match. Even if you paint a brick house bright white, you can still leave some of the original red present to jazz up the entryway, as illustrated here. The dark trims make the whole house stand out in an elegant way.

Use Stone With Shingles

Who says you can't enjoy the best of both worlds? Here, stone and shingles work in harmony to create a textural, aesthetically pleasing exterior with a major New England look.

Install Railings

Incorporate railings on a lengthier staircase to make it easier for you—and your guests—to enter and exit the home gracefully, particularly if children and elders will be coming and going frequently.

Combine Light and Dark

The exterior of this home skillfully combines light and dark tones. Concrete steps remain a popular choice for many different types of exteriors, though they're mostly associated with more contemporary homes.

Make It Charming

There's something charming and nostalgic about classic red brick steps like these. While there's something grand about a dramatic staircase leading up to the front of a home, a more simple setup like this doesn't take away from the charming exterior features.

Stick With Stone

A stone exterior calls for matching stone steps, and these add a touch of elegance and old-world charm to this beautiful property.

Incorporate Numbers

There's no hard and fast rule about where to install your house numbers out front. While we don't often see them displayed on the front steps, there's something majorly eye-catching about this design decision.

Go Geometric

Think outside the box with your stick-on tiles. This whimsical geometric design is fun and playful and is sure to be an instant conversation starter when guests come to visit.

Keep It Versatile

Even if the exterior of your home is modern and sleek, you can still dress up your steps with the addition of some plants and flowers. A simple concrete entryway will pair nicely with any color scheme.

Say Yes to Seasonality

The more steps you have, the more reason to go all out with seasonal decor! There are many ways to switch up your setup depending on the time of year—pumpkins are perfect in the fall, while potted tulips would add a nice touch to this stairway in the spring.

Mix Colors

To ensure that red brick steps like these really pop, place green plants on either side of the base of the stairway. The pairing of these two bold colors will make a major statement.

Skip Traditional Steps

In lieu of a staircase, install just one step and then craft a stone pathway leading up to the front door. The stone texture pairs beautifully with this home's natural wooden exterior.

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