Your unique lifestyle is your own. Whether you want to change the aesthetics of your home, improve its functions, there are both big and small changes that you can easily make, today, that will make your home feel more you. Because our homes are our sanctuaries from the hectic—even chaotic—outside world. Here are several tips for upgrading and improving your home.
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1. Kitchen
Kitchen renovations need to be at the top of the home renovation list. Here’s why: next to the bathroom, the kitchen is the most used room in the home. It’s where most families spend most of their time. Improving your kitchen couldn’t be easier. You can start with upgrading to matching stainless steel appliances, engineered-stone countertops or installing modern, shiny knobs on cabinets. Aesthetically upgrading your kitchen will make it feel more sophisticated and renewed.
2. Bathroom
Toilets that look their age, don’t flush properly or are scummy and dirty make homes look like trash. Vanities share the same aesthetical values, especially when it recesses into the wall. Vanities that do so end up saving more space, according to a Douglas Elliman broker. Other ways of improving the bathroom include putting in seating, containing your odds and ends in storage, or simply replacing bath mats.
3. Prevent Expensive Problems
Do you have a termite infestation? When was the last time your electrical systems were inspected? How much is your roof deteriorating? These questions are far more important than how your rooms look – as they concern the structural integrity of your home, which could all come crashing down if things aren’t up to par. That’s why getting your home inspected by an expert certified from a home inspection school, is one of the best things you can do for protecting the value of your home.
4. Air Quality
Air quality is undoubtedly important. Having older carpets might have hidden contaminants and allergens that affect everybody’s health states. If you’ve hired a professional company that tested your indoor air quality and failed the test, then replace your carpets with products such as tile or laminate floors. There are several air-purifying plants such as Spider Plants, Dracaena, Peace Lily, and the Snake Plant.
5. Professional Help
Do you know an interior designer or realtor? Invite them to your home and encourage them to look over the foundation, outside, and interior. While you may receive a free consultation or pay an hourly fee, the advantage could not be more tremendous. These professionals will look for areas of your home that need the smallest improvements, thus “leveling up” the aesthetic appeal and function of your home to make it feel more you.
6. Paint
There is absolutely no need whatsoever to shell out a hundred dollars for a cosmetic renovation to a room. Have you considered repainting the room’s walls and changing the thematic colors of said room? Freshly painted rooms with a rejuvenating layer of color tend to look fresher. Depending on where you are, a gallon of paint may cost $30 or less – which is considerably less expensive than other renovation options.
Conclusion
If you don’t feel comfortable following the above tips, then here is one suggestion that is easier than pie. Upgrade your lighting. Switching to energy-efficient LED bulbs, which are brighter and have longer shelf lives, tend to offer more value for their price. Spaces feel larger and cleaner when they are well-lit. Whatever you choose, remember that your home is your castle – don’t let anyone deter you from choosing designs that you wish to utilize.
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