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Home Renovation Ideas For a Tight Budget

Home Renovation Ideas

By Alexis WalkerPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Home Renovation Ideas For a Tight Budget
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Renovating your home doesn’t have to drain your wallet completely. If you want to change things up around your house, there is plenty of ways to do so without spending a fortune. You could refresh spaces all around the house this way – the kitchen, the bathroom, the living room, the kids’ room. Make sure to determine your budget at the very beginning and see what kind of renovation works for you, your wallet, and your home. Here are some ideas about what to do in your home and keep the expenses at the minimum.

Paint the walls

The first inexpensive thing you can do in your home that will immediately make it refreshed is painting the walls. If your walls are washed out, they could make your home seem older. However, if you just pick the right shade for your room and paint it again, you’ll get a brand new room within a day.

You can do this on your own and that only means saving more money. All you need to do is invest in some quality paint and tools if you don’t already own those. This can be a fun activity too if the whole family gets involved in the painting process.

Add interior shutters

If you don’t like having the sunlight streaming into your living room or annoying neighbours looking into your home, that adding some interior shutters is the home renovation for you. Not to mention that this is a rather inexpensive addition which makes your life so much easier.

These shutters are also easy to install and they can go on any type of windows. Swinging wood shutters aren’t just beautiful, they are also very practical. If you go for these, you won’t have to worry about oppressive heats during summer or chilly winds during winter anymore.

Change up your kitchen cabinets

If you’ve noticed that your kitchen might resemble a cave due to its dark cabinets, maybe it’s time you’ve done something different there. You could simply paint them over and get a brand new kitchen. If the frames and doors are in good condition, this will be more than enough.

On the other hand, if your kitchen isn’t as practical and functional as before, you should consider doing some extra budget-friendly home renovations. Make sure to check the condition of your kitchen before you start anything and see whether you need to install new pieces or simply improve the current ones.

Add some storage

There is no such thing as enough storage space. People always need some more in their home and that must be the case with you as well. You may need new shelves for the bathroom, new wall hooks for the hall or new wardrobe in the bedroom.

The good news is that you don’t have to invest much to get new storage space. With a bit of creativity and skill, you can build your own shelves for instance. You can bring the whole family together for a unique DIY Build a shelf project.

Install display shelves in the kids’ room

Finally, don’t forget to include the kids’ room in the whole renovating on a budget project. If you don’t know where to store all of your kids’ toys, make sure to install some display shelves and solve this issue.

With some wall-to-wall shelves, you can store all of your kids’ precious possessions right there, on the wall. If they have a lot of books as well, include those as well. This will make their room seem even more interesting and they will love it for sure.

Conclusion

Even though it seems home renovations are too expensive, the truth is they don’t have to be. All you need to do is see what kind of renovation you need and follow these simple tips.

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