Some Simple And Affordable DIY Upgrades For Home
DIY projects to give a boost to the looks of a home are becoming more and more popular these days. These projects allow you to express your aesthetic taste and your personality to the people visiting your home. They are easy to accomplish and add a sense of elegance and beauty to the ambiance. However, you need no to expend heavy budgets on these projects because there are countless methods by which you can improve your home without cutting much of your pocket.
Simple and Cheap DIY Tips
Following lines contain some extremely simple yet very affordable DIY tips.
Carved Corbels Under Breakfast Bar
You can place carved corbels underneath the breakfast bar for adding extra flourish to the eating area. You can check the salvage yard for some Victorian era corbels and can also purchase them from market in a very low price.
Planting an Evergreen Screen
It is a great idea to plant an evergreen screen of trees on the northern side of your house to protect it from severe winter winds. In this regard, trees like Arborvitae ‘Green Giant’ can grow as much as 3 feet in a year and are easily available from nurseries in reasonably low cost.
Chandelier in Laundry Room
It is very easy to do to hang a common chandelier in the laundry room to add little bit of sophistication in most unexpected of places in the home. In this regard, a common white capiz pedant chandelier can do the wonders for you.
Take Double Duty from Sink
You can fit an under mount sink alongside a cutting board to include more space for the preparation of meals and foods. Before fitting the board, take measurements of width and length of the basin and only add 1 ½ inch on either side. Furthermore, trim a piece of butcher block and size it with a jigsaw. Then create a lip all around the underside of it so that it can rest permanently on the edge of the counter.
Cover Doors with Wallpapers
You can use extra glue, tape and papers spared from a big job to elegantly design your doors including door panels, rail frames and letting stiles. For instance in case of slab doors, you just have to trace the picture on the paper and place it on the door and this unique DIY project will not cost you even a single penny.
Wall Coverings
Wall coverings such as high quality large canvas prints can be another great option to adorn your house in minimum of costs. You simply need to contact any good online store and buy a canvas print and hang it on the wall and your room will start glowing in most fascination of fashions.
Convert a Closet into Home Office
In case you work from home, you can convert a jumbled closed into a beautiful and cozy home office. To start with, unhinge the doors and remove hanging rods from shelves. Now clean the closet, put some decorative accessories like flower vase and pen holder and finally put your PC in.
Conclusion
These simple and cheap DIY projects will not only make your house more enticing and attractive, they will induce a sense of pride inside you for putting in effort and energy in decorating your home yourself.
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