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It takes a couple of days off to renovate a house or garden plot. Today we will talk about how to productively and cost-effectively change your home and garden for the better.
There are several ways to update your interior without undertaking a major expensive renovation. By rearranging furniture, replacing fittings, and renewing the color of the walls, you will transform your home.
1. Create an Open Space in Your Home
People are increasingly abandoning small, isolated rooms, preferring open space. So now it is not necessary to separate the kitchen from the dining room and the dining room from the living room with walls and doors. But there is also a much easier way to expand the space without destroying the walls.
Get rid of bulky furniture that clutters your interior. If it is not possible to obliterate it, arrange it around the room in such a way as to let in more light into the room.
There is another effective way to add space to the room (at least visually).
Paint the furniture to match the walls. Thus, your wardrobes, bedside tables, and dressers will merge into one whole with the general background of the room. Mirrors will also come to the rescue. By hanging them next to the window, you will let in twice as much light into the room.
2. Additional Lighting
A poorly lit room seems smaller than it actually is. Therefore, take care of additional lighting for your apartment. It is good if there are several variations of artificial lighting: a chandelier, built-in light bulbs, table, and floor lamps, sconces. This way, you can adjust the brightness of the light and its directionality.
3. Pay Attention to the Small Things
At first glance, small details like doorknobs don’t seem like a big deal to interior upgrades. But this is not the case. Old handles of doors and cupboards in the kitchen and bathroom spoil the overall look of the interior. But replacing them is as easy as shelling pears!
Bronze or copper, shiny or matte – there are so many options that it is sometimes difficult to decide which is right for your home. Try a few variations and try not to get too hung up on the rules. You will transform an old kitchen if you screw modern handles to the doors. At the same time, the new designer kitchen will look sophisticated and eclectic with retro-aged handles.
4. Don’t Forget about Windows
If you are lucky and have a beautiful view of the lake or forest from your window, this is great. But sometimes, it happens that the apartment’s windows go straight to the windows of the neighbor. Of course, in this case, it is still better to use curtains.
Heavy curtains will protect you from bright sunlight, blinds are easy to use, bamboo curtains are eco-friendly, weightless, and flying materials will make the room airy. The choice of curtains most often becomes the finishing touch in the room’s decoration, making sure that they are in harmony with the interior.
Advice: If you have a small apartment or want to make the room visually more spacious, choose curtains in the same color as the color of the walls. The curtains will blend in with the overall interior of the room, making it appear larger.
5. Set Up Your Veranda
Surely in any, even the smallest private house, there is a veranda. Turn it into a cozy outdoor room. To do this, you only need a couple of chairs, a small sofa, and a table. Over time, the veranda can be improved by installing a roof and hanging curtains.
You can even put a small fireplace to keep you warm on cool evenings. Even if your house does not provide for the possibility of adding a veranda, you can always put a small gazebo on the site. Its construction will not take you more than a couple of days off, but you can comfortably relax in nature all summer.
6. Take Care of the Landscape
Homeowners often overlook the fact that proper landscaping will transform the facade of any home. Even if you are not an expert in landscape design, plant a couple of flowering shrubs that do not require special care at the entrance at the gate. You can read more about how to make a site cozy and beautiful here.
Advice: Before you start landscaping the site, consult with the owners of the nearest greenhouses or just with your neighbors. They will tell you what flowers are best for this soil, what shrubs are best to plant along the fence, what kind of grass to choose for the lawn.
7. Liquid Wallpaper
Let’s go back to the decoration of the room. Most often, when the word “repair,” people have quite justified associations with re-gluing wallpaper. But, unfortunately, this is not an easy occupation. It would help if you freed the floor to spread rolls of wallpaper on it, prepare the glue, which often ends up on the floor, make sure that the joints are the least noticeable, select a pattern – and many other important nuances.
The so-called liquid wallpaper has become popular in the building materials market. In essence, it is a decorative plaster based on natural cellulose fiber. It is applied with a spatula to the prepared wall. Surfaces covered with such wallpaper breathe well and do not form dampness and greenhouse effect. In addition, these wallpapers are easy to remove and reuse.
8. Bathroom
You can renovate even a bathroom without major costs. Do a general cleaning and then assess the condition of your bathroom. It may not be necessary to completely change the plumbing and spend a few days replacing the tiles.
Start by replacing a few outdated items like a shower curtain, rug, or faucet. Put a lamp or small plant in the bathroom, hang a new mirror and nice towels.
9. For Men Only
It so happens that some male interior items (for example, an old leather chair, a stuffed wild boar, or a billiard table) do not fit into the general interior of the house. In order not to violate the integrity of the interior and at the same time to respect the interests of all family members, organize a “men’s room” in the loft-style.
A garage, basement, attic, or shed is perfect for this. The main thing is to create an atmosphere of a “man’s den” where you can gather with friends in a comfortable atmosphere. Put a bar, refrigerator, foosball, a couple of chairs and a speaker system there. Believe me, and men will appreciate such a room!
10. Add Colors
Before starting renovations, rearrangements, or any other home renovation procedures, decide what exactly does not suit you. Perhaps your home lacks a fresh coat of paint. Repaint one or more walls, add a bright accent to a calm interior in light colors or change the color of the ceiling. Sometimes the smallest changes will drastically change the whole atmosphere in the room.
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