If you are looking for a way to improve your home but don’t want to spend too much on it, these 5 tips might be helpful in your searching.
Kitchen
For many people the kitchen is the most important place at home. You can always give a new look to your kitchen by changing the wall color. Painting the walls won’t be too expensive and it can change the look of your kitchen completely. You might as well change the hooks for the towels and for the cooking utensils with new ones. In case you don’t want to buy new ones – you can paint them as well in a contrasting color.
Lightening
Another way to freshen up you home is changing the lightening. If you are still loosing the old lamps, why not change them with energy-saving ones? This is how you will change the boring ‘yellow’ setting with a fresh white one. They are a little more expensive, but it will be worth it. Buying new bedside lamps or other kinds of the same is a little more expensive version, but if you are willing to make a little investment, the result will be worth the money.
Carpets
The carpets! If you have an old and worn-up carpet, trust me that buying a new one will lead to a big change. It will make your room look beautiful, fresh and completely new! With this advise, I am not telling you ‘change all of your carpets’. Change the one that attracts the biggest attention – like the carpet in your living room. That is the place where you will be inviting your guests and everyone will notice the innovation in the interior of your room. By changing the most important carpet, you will only spend money on the most important pat and you will reduce your expenses for a useless change of all kinds of carpets and rugs at your home.
Paint
Are you looking for a really good improvement? I mention the paint above when I talked about freshening up your kitchen. By repainting the walls at your home, you can give a fresh and improved look to your home. Use bright and warm colors. If you, by chance, have a wall mural in any of the rooms – the best decision you can make is to take a wet sponge and take it off the wall. Paint the wall in a neutral color and enjoy the result.
Windows
Change the windows. If your window are old, they might be the reason why you get bigger electricity bills during the winter. An investment in new windows will surely be a good one and will repay during the winter. Why do I include this advise as a cheap one? The reason is because I am suggesting not to change all of the windows – change them one by one, whenever you have the money. You don’t have to make a full renovation at home.
- In a nutshell:
- Freshen up your kitchen.
- Change the lightening.
- Buy a new carpet.
- Paint the walls.
- Buy new windows.
These are ones of the cheapest ways to improve your home. My last suggestion will be to clean up all useless things. There is a rule that my mom once taught me – if there is something that you haven’t used for 2 years – throw it away. You might try that, too.
July Minor is passionate about home decoration and DIY projects. After a major renovation, she hired http://www.dreamcleanerslondon.co.uk/end-of-tenancy-cleaning-acton-w3 in London to help with cleaning up and making the house shine.