Home Upgrades for New Homeowners
With the New Year here, it is not uncommon for homeowners to make a resolution or large plans for their home in the upcoming year. One of the biggest projects that new homeowners often want to take on is simply making the space their own. Perhaps the best way to make a space your own is to provide it with a fresh, vibrant, polished vibe is to make upgrades— regardless of size. Upgrades that will let your personality shine through. Regardless of whether you are ready to undertake a major project or only have the budget for a few modern touches, these trendy DIY renovation ideas are a great place to start.
Make Your Kitchen Colorful
It seems like more and more homeowners are embracing bold accent colors on their countertops, backsplashes, and cabinets, from vivid yellow and burnt orange to chic turquoise and dignified navy.
Working with a Small Budget?
When repainting, choose a two-toned base. For example, “dark colors offset with lighter or brighter colors…offer visually entertaining and appealing levels of contrast,
Upgrade Your Storage Space
Often it can be difficult to find enough room to store seasonal decorations, filing papers, hardware tools, keepsake items, cleaning products, toys and office supplies.Thankfully, there are a number of creative and resourceful hacks for increasing the amount of storage without reconfiguring your entire space.
Working with a Small Budget?
You don’t have to find room in your home for more storage—head to the garage first. Take advantage of the walls by hanging DIY pegboards and adjustable wall panels to get as much storage out of your space as possible.
Give Your Walls More Texture
Textured walls are a really fun and trendy way to bring character into any room. Whether you are into exposed brick, wooden ship lap, smooth tile, or geometric molding. Think of walls as a blank canvas for experimentation, so harness your inner designer and play around with different materials or wallpapers that imitate the feel of those materials.
Working with a Small budget?
Do an accent wall in something like ship lack or even a fun accent color. This is a super affordable way to make a statement in any room.
Re-Do the Garage Flooring
The garage has become an extension of a home’s living space that should be both aesthetic and functional. In order to take your garage to the next level, and turn it into space you actually enjoy being in, start with the boring concrete floor and then replace it with an epoxy coating.
Working with a Small Budget?
Why not take the DIY route and lay the epoxy flooring down yourself. This is a fairly easy project and there are a number of tutorials available online. A house is an expression of the people who live inside. It represents the life that you and your loved ones have built. So, why not give your new home a splash of vibrancy and personality this year? You will feel great about the space and excited to show it off to your friends and family.