Any homeowner recognises that feeling of getting bored with aspects of the home, and that’s when you need to make some changes. Whether it’s to prepare for a sale or simply because you’ve had the same designs throughout your home for a while, it’s a good idea to spruce up your home from time to time. You’ll find that it galvanises you into making more changes.
Here are five different areas that homeowners can focus on that will give their homes a new lease of life.
Get Your Painting Overalls On
Tired of those magnolia walls throughout your home? Why not make a change and dig out those rollers and brushes? Painting your wall a different colour can make a huge change to your home, such as giving the appearance of having more light in the room, to making existing features – such as carpets, flooring, and furniture – stand out more. Always paint one room at a time if you are doing more than one so that you don’t overwhelm yourself and get a few options to try before making the decision on the colour scheme.
Change Your Internal Doors
Whether you own a new build or you have an older home with a more rustic, old-fashioned scheme, changing your internal doors can really bring out the best in your home. There are so many options to choose from – including oak doors that will keep the rustic feel of your older home, to more modern glass filled doors that will let the light shine through your home. Just be sure to get a professional carpenter in to help if you don’t know what you’re doing. You could do more harm than good removing doors and could lead to extra plastering and decorating as a result. If you are on a budget, you can just refresh your oak doors with Kitchen Home exterior wood paint, which will give your space a lift.
Give Your Living Room a Makeover
As the living room is the room you are likely to spend the most time in during the waking day, it should be comfortable, light and airy, and have all the cool accessories to make the room a sought-after living space. This can include shelving, entertainment units such as the awesome Retro Designs have to offer, bookcases, coffee tables and more. Stand back and see all the areas you feel need sprucing up, and start planning your makeover. It’ll be a lot of fun.
Let The Light In
While curtains are great at blocking out light, they can also take up a lot of space in and around the window areas. An alternative to consider is changing from curtains to blinds. They look amazing, and you will still get the benefits of blocking out the light when you need to. Blinds can be adjusted to only let in a certain amount of light, too, which is great for blocking out nosey neighbours and passers-by without compromising on the amount of light that gets into your home.
Carpets to Flooring
If you fancy making a change to your home that will likely mean less hoovering, you could consider getting rid of your carpets and replacing them with wooden or laminate flooring. It looks great and can give your rooms a polished, modern look, or you can go for the rustic, lived-in effect, depending on the style and type of wood that you decide to use. A lot of homeowners choose to have laminate or wooden flooring throughout the home, but many also stick to carpets on the stairs, landing and the bedrooms, as they are often seen to be warmer and cosier.
