When it comes to owning a home it can be a wonderful blessing, but also an incredible burden. No one wants to lose money when it comes to their home. It can be a constant thought on a homeowner’s mind that they worry about, especially when it comes close to seeing their home. Thankfully, there are many ways to upgrade your home to not only make it look more expensive, but actually increase the real value of your home as well. We’ve rounded up 8 of the best DIY projects that will do this so you can sleep happy at night knowing that your home will be worth more and look great, too!
1. Add Crown Molding
Crown molding definitely makes any home look more beautiful, but hiring a company to make the molding and install it can be incredibly expensive. If you want to try this DIY project on your own, you can buy standard molding from a local hardware store, buy a few supplies to install it yourself, and in a few days you can have beautiful crown molding in your home. This will be much less expensive than hiring a company to do it, and it’ll leave your rooms looking more beautiful.
(Head over to the Bower Power blog for lots of home DIY projects that you can do yourself to make your home look more beautiful on a budget).
2. Install Laundry Room Shelving
Let’s be honest, laundry rooms can be incredibly ugly. It’s an area in your home that you can easily update and transform on a budget and the impact will be huge. It’ll look more like an additional beautiful room in your home instead of a messy corner you want to hide. With a few simple shelves, cabinets, and paint your laundry room will go from drab to fab and make your home look even more updated.
(For other great DIY home projects, head over to View Along The Way where you’ll learn how to update your home on a budget).
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3. Paint Kitchen Cabinets
We’ve all heard the saying that the kitchen is the heart of the home. It’s one of the areas of the home that has a lot of value if it’s done right. Unfortunately there are a lot of ugly cabinets in standard homes. You can easily take care of this problem by painting your kitchen cabinets. It really does completely transform the entire kitchen and will add so much more value to your home.
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4. Upgrade Your Closets
Now a days, everyone places so much emphasis on how closets are laid out. We all need as much closet space as possible and sometimes in older home this isn’t very easy to do. However, you can transform the small closets you have by adding in built in shelving and extra hanging space with just a few pieces of wood and rods.
(If you’re looking for more craft and DIY projects, head over to One Thrifty Chick).
5. Update Curb Appeal
A first impression lasts forever, so you’ll want to make sure that the front of your home on the outside looks just as beautiful as the inside. You can easily update the front of your home on a small budget by painting your front door, changing out the address numbers to something more modern, and put a few potted plants around to add some greenery. These are all easy to do and not very expensive, but will drastically change the look of your home from the outside.
(Check out Zillow Digs for wonderful inspiration on how to update your home and for listed homes for sale).
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6. Install Door Paneling
A great way to make your home look and feel more expensive is to add some paneling to your doors. Most homes have just plain, flat doors. You can buy some pieces of molding from your hardware store and install them on your doors, then paint it all. It’ll completely transform the look of your doors and your home.
(Head over to Home Made Modern for other easy DIY projects for your home, as well as craft ideas, recipes, and more).
7. Upgrade Your Baseboards
If you want to make your baseboards match more beautifully to your new DIY crown molding, you can upgrade your baseboards as well. All you need is some wood strips and white paint to take these small baseboards, to larger than life, beautiful floor trim. Combined with the crown molding it will really take your home from standard to beautiful and unique.
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8. Install Built In Book Cases
Everyone loves built in book cases. They’re usually installed in really nice upgraded homes, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have them in your home as well. You can easily install your own to give your home a more custom built look. It’ll certainly increase the value of your home to have these built in and it’ll make your home look so beautiful.
(If you want more DIY projects that you can do for your home on a budget, head over to Centsational Girl).
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