SPREAD SOME JOY

Choose colours that make you and passers-by smile; a cheery sunshine yellow door teamed with aqua woodwork and a lilac trim is the ultimate in creating a happy home. Similar paint colours: Mister David; Tabernacle; Pale Wedgwood; all exterior eggshell, £36/L, Little Greene. Similar basket planters, from £12, The Basket Company

Essent ial essence Group baskets of herbs by the door and enjoy the scent every time you come into the house