Instant Curb Appeal with Simple and Affordable Garage Door Hardware

Looking for a way to spruce up your curb appeal?

While adding shrubs and flowers in colors that will complement your home is always a great idea, and will help make your home feel inviting all season long.

Have you ever considered sprucing up the exterior of your home itself?

Adding garage door hardware is an easy and cost effective way to improve your curb appeal year round!

To date, this is likely the quickest and easiest DIY I have ever completed!

Continue reading to see how we transformed the exterior of our home in less than 5 minutes!

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Garage Door Before

White Garage doors on a home with rock, grey stucco with board and batten gable.

Here’s a quick look at our garage doors before.

We did opt to have windows installed in the top sections when we built our home to add a bit of character.

But even then, it’s still lacking a bit of oomph, right?

Magnetic Garage Door Hardware

In my opinion, magnetic garage door hardware definitely adds a lot of curb appeal.

It’s an easy and affordable way to give plain garage doors a more custom, carriage-house look without replacing the doors themselves.

That said, magnetic garage door hardware is completely decorative.

The magnets are not strong enough for the handles to function as actual lifting handles when opening or closing the garage door.

Garage door hardware comes in a variety of styles, finishes, and price points.

We chose magnetic hardware for our garage doors because it was budget-friendly, simple to install, and made a surprisingly big impact.

This type of hardware works best on steel or steel-core garage doors since the magnets need a metal surface to attach to.

Magnetic hardware will not stick to wood or aluminum garage doors.

A simple way to test your door: if a regular magnet sticks to your garage door, these magnetic handles and hinges should work too!

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Prepare Garage Door for Hardware

White garage door with top light windows.

Again let’s take a look at our garage doors before.

Then before adding the hardware we did give it a thorough cleaning.

Spraying it off with the hose and using a scrub brush to remove any dirt from the crevices worked well.

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Let us introduce ourselves, we’re Michelle and Steph, a mom and daughter team who love to DIY and decorate our homes.

Not only are we passionate about making our homes warm, comfortable and unique, but it’s our mission to help you create that same feeling in your own home.

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Attach Hardware

Woman holding magnetic garage door hardware in front of white garage door.

Woman placing hardware hinge section on garage door

Adding the garage door hardware was SO easy to do!

Being that these hinges are magnetic, you could play around a bit to decide on exact placement before adding them all.

Each of these hinges have 3 magnets on the backside. Simply place into position and you’re done!

It’s seriously THAT EASY!

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Woman adding magnetic garage door hardware handles to the white garage door. — adding handles to garage door

Woman adding handles to garage door. — adding handles to garage door

Adding the handles are just as easy!

Each handle has 2 magnets, one on each end.

Place where you desire and you’re done!

Garage Door After

Magnetic garage door hardware installed on a double white garage door.

In all I ordered 2 sets of garage door hardware, two for the double car garage door, and one for the single car garage door.

We were able to completely transform the appearance of the garage doors and curb appeal by adding these magnetic garage door hardware pieces for a whopping $37.53!

magnetic garage hardware installed on single white garage door.

What do you think?

Doesn’t it add so much more character to an otherwise plain garage door?

I still can’t get over how quick and easy it was to transform the appearance of our garage doors!

And for less than $38! We can’t even take our family out to eat for that!

This magnetic garage door hardware is worth every penny!

If you’re frustrated with what your garage looks like behind the garage doors, check out these ideas for an Organized and Functional Garage.

Home with white garage doors without decorative hardware

Again, here’s our home before.

Stucco and stone home with black shutters after garage door hardware installation

And here’s the after!

I’m thrilled with the difference!

For less than $38, I was able to add character and charm to my garage doors and instantly boost our home’s curb appeal in less than five minutes.

I love how such a small and affordable update can make such a big visual impact.

If you’re looking for a quick update that gives your home a more custom look without a major renovation, magnetic garage door hardware is definitely worth considering.

Is this something you’d add to your home?