by Joanna Burns April 5, 2015
There is literally an innumerable amount of home improvements which you can do to augment the appearance and mood of your home. Here are several cheap and yet efficient home improvement project which you can execute on your own.
- Open shelving – You don’t need to spend vast amounts of money to replace your kitchen cabinetry with open shelves. Instead simply remove the doors of the cabinets and paint the interior of the cabinets in a colour that matches the walls of your kitchen. By doing so you will not only save yourself a lot of money but you will also augment drastically the storage capacity of your kitchen. Last but not least you will create the illusion that you kitchen is much bigger than it actually is, as open shelves tend to open-up space.
Create cubbies – Cubbies are becoming more and more popular but still tend to be quite expensive. However you can create your own cubbies by purchasing a second-hand bookcase and installing vertical divides on the shelves. Once done paint the furniture in a colour that will easily match the colour scheme of your home and voila you will have your own cubbies in which you can store your books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and so on.- Install a new doorbell – Many people tend to underestimate the influence that a doorbell has on a household. The doorbell is the feature of your home that people use to check whether you are at home. So don’t hesitate to replace your current old-fashioned doorbell with a lighted doorbell. This way your guests will be able to find the button more easily in the day and you will add to the outside of your house a supplementary illumination source.
- Use your door frames – You can use the top side of your door frames to display various conversation pieces. Simply flank the upper-side of the frame with two wooden corbels and place a shelf on them. Paint the corbels and shelf in the same colour of the frame and start arranging your prized possessions on your new built shelves.
- Plant flowers – Lush green lawns are great, but lawns that are covered with small colourful flowers are better. If you are not into gardening have no worries because there are numerous species of flowers that don’t require much care and are very easy to plant.
- Paint your entrance door – Choose a vibrant colour such as red, yellow, orange and etc, for a more welcoming entry. Also by doing so your door will instantly become the most recognisable entrance door of the neighbourhood.
When you are done with one or all of these home improvement projects, call a waste collection company to come and clear the accumulated junk. Know that rubbish removal services are highly affordable services, so have no worries that you may have to break bank in order to use the assistance of professionals.
Once the waste has been removed, walk around your home in order to feel the new ambiance of your household.