Smart homeowners are always looking to improve their home. Sometimes the wish list can be a mile long, but the pocket book can be a dollar short You’ll be surprised to learn that home improvements don’t have to cost a fortune. Let’s take a look at a few tips for improving your home on a budget.
Consider converting unused rooms in your house. Before you spend too much money adding an extra room or two to your home, seriously look at what you have to work with. Are you getting much use out of that exercise room or office? Even storage spaces like attics can be transformed into something useful, like a bedroom.
Adding texture to your walls with drywall mud can create some visual variety to your walls and even hide some of those common wall blemishes. Texturing is simple. Use a trowel to apply the drywall mud and use a sponge, a brush or a even a plastic bag to create interesting textures.
When it comes to home improvement, consider adding extra insulation to your home to assist with your cooling costs in the summer and heating costs in the winter. This will save you money as well as keep you and your family more comfortable. The two best ways to insulate are to add weather strips to your doors and ensure that your attic is lined.
Everyone loves a nice bathroom. You can do this by getting a new sink or toilet and getting nice new cabinets. Updating your bathroom is one of the best ways to improve your home and it will also increase the net price on your house selling it on the market.
The kitchen is usually the room that sells the place. Take a look around and see if there are any inexpensive things you can do to your kitchen to make it look recently update. Get rid of that wallpaper or add hardware to your cabinets. Do whatever is simple and quick, but effective. You will be able to mention the update in you listing and buyers like seeing that.
It’s usually quite dark in basements. In fact, some basements have no ambient light at all. Be sure to plan artificial lighting strategically to maximize your basement space. Hopefully you have a basement that has high walls from the ground. In that case you can installs windows in your basement to bring in natural light.
Add a bit more swing to your home run swings when playing baseball, by putting a little uppercut into them. When it’s a higher pitch, add a bit of a slight uppercut to your swing to really send that ball flying. That kind of swing relies more on powerful hip and midsection muscles to be successful, so you also get a great workout.
Improving your home is important, and even on a tight budget, it can be done You’ll be pleasantly surprised by what you’re capable of doing on a budget.