Four Cost Effective Home Improvement Tips, Inside and Out Doing up your property adds resale value, makes the place more pleasant to live in and can even reimagine the purpose of some of your rooms or outside areas. It doesnt have to cost a fortune, either. Follow these four easy home improvement tips to bring new life to your kitchen, create a welcoming entrance to your property, and make your garden into a whole new world. Facelift your existing kitchen Its possible to install almost a whole new kitchen without actually installing a new kitchen at all by face-lifting your existing cupboard fronts and changing the floor covering. You can even repaint the walls to bring in new colours, and a bit of bleach and a toothbrush will return the tile grout to new in no time. Sand down the doors of your cupboards and paint one coat for a rustic look, or two for a bolder colour. If you have lino, pull it up, wash and seal the concrete, and paint with a bright floor paint. If you dont want coloured cupboards, try sanding to a natural finish and adding stencils (this only works for full wood doors). Make your front door say hello! The front of your home is important. You never see it, except when youre on your way in and so you can forget how much first impressions count even to people whove been going in and out of the door every day for years. Start by installing a new outside light, which you can leave on to welcome visitors or make the house look occupied when it isnt. Wash the walls and spruce up the window trims. Youll have a new home in no time. Turn your bathroom into a haven We spend quite a lot of time in the bathroom, so its only natural that we should want to make it as beautiful as possible. Again, you dont have to install new sanitary ware or furniture to make a difference. You can use the same sanding and painting trick on wooden furnishings and a simple coat of paint will completely revitalise the look and feel of the room. Consider revealing and sealing the floorboards for a warm glow, or paint them and treat them for a fashionable Colonial feel. Introduce a plant or two (dragon plants, and other semitropical trees, are good) and think about adding a bookshelf for magazines and browsing material. Deal yourself a full deck Out in the garden, decking can make an affordable difference. Well-designed decking installations create a stable location for a table and chairs or, if youre feeling really adventurous, a Jacuzzi. For a cost effective haven, install a small decking area with a swing bench, and surround the seat with luxurious plants in pots. Youll feel like you have moved to a new country. And if youre worried about the weathering, take some time to find out about the benefits of composite wood decking, which looks essentially the same but comes pre-treated for both weathering and moisture damage.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 02:02:49 +0000
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