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Home Improvement on a Budget: 4 Tips to Follow

April 28, 2020 2 Comments

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Homeownership is one of life’s great milestones, and if you own your own home you have probably spent a long time thinking about the improvements you can make to your space.

Remodeling homes

One of the biggest hurdles to home improvement is cost, as some remodeling and redecorating work can cost thousands, putting home improvements out of reach for many families.

There are many great improvements you can make on a budget, however, and here we have four of the best tips available.

A Fresh Coat of Paint Can Make a Big Change

You can give your home a whole new and fresh look by giving surfaces and rooms a new coat of paint.

You may have a few old tins lying around you can use for free, but a can or two of paint can be incredibly inexpensive for the change they can bring to space.

This makes paint one of the most cost-effective ways to improve your home.

By choosing a theme, or using the same color palette throughout the home, you can give your whole house a fresh look for just a few hundred dollars.

Monochrome and contrasting shades can give a home an industrial look that many interior designers are using to style homes, or you can use pastel shades for a more homely and traditional look.

Get Some Value from Your Garden or Yard

Your home’s outdoor spaces are a potential goldmine, with the right improvements capable of pushing up your property value, giving you a return on your investment.

Improvements in a garden or yard are also relatively cheap, and fun to do yourself, making them a cost-effective home improvement.

If you have a garden, consider landscaping your space, and using plants to add color and dimension.

Themes are popular in gardens, and can often be used to give you an attractive and low maintenance space that you can use for cooking and eating as well as relaxing.

Update and Upcycle

Sometimes you can improve your home simply by updating some of your fixtures, fittings, and features.

You can ‘upcycle’ some of your existing furniture and fixtures by recovering their surfaces or repurposing something you no longer need into a quirky feature or piece of furniture.

By updating some of your home’s appliances and furniture, you can give a space a whole new look quickly and easily.

A new refrigerator can completely change the style of a kitchen, and updating your bed and mattress can revolutionize your bedroom.

There are lots of great mattresses that can help you recover from your remodeling, with some good options under $1,000.

Change Your Bathroom for Less

The bathroom is one of your home’s most important rooms, and remodeling or improving the space can sometimes be expensive.

A great bathroom is also one of the most desired features by prospective home buyers, so investment in your bathroom can help you sell your home and even increase its value.

Just freshening up your bathroom, descaling faucets or drains, and removing mold from tiles, can be a great way to bring your bathroom up to date for just a few dollars and some hard work.

For just a few dollars more you can change the flooring, or the surface on one wall, to give your bathroom a new look for less or replace the faucets and fittings on older tubs and sinks to give them a more modern look.

Home improvement can be a lot of fun and doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.

With the right home improvements, you can give your house a fresh and modern look without having to spend thousands of dollars on materials and contractors.

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  1. Jemi says

    May 4, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    I’ve read something about upcycling and I agree that it is really a good way to improve and redecorate your house on a budget.

    Aside from that, it brings out one’s creativity too. 🙂

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  2. lee silsby says

    May 23, 2020 at 4:41 AM

    Some great tips here, thanks. I totally agree with the fresh coat of paint. It makes a world of difference. My wife and I recently decorated our kitchen as it was in dire need. It only took 2 half days. The first we simply used a mixed filler to fill in any holes in the morning then quickly sanded them in the afternoon then the next day two coats of fresh white paint and it was like a new room. Again great tips.

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