Your home is your sanctuary. But over time, your home may start to look less than new, and your patio furniture may even begin bringing down the overall look of your home. You can easily fix these issues and more for under $9,000 by performing these 9 easy home improvements that you can do yourself. 1. Indoor…
Author: Rebecca Gerstmann
How to Prep Your Home for Sale
Moving can be tough. While you’re packing your things and preparing to sell your home, you’re also preparing your house’s outside appearance in addition to its inside. You have to decide whether or not you will be doing any renovations. The best way to decide how much work you’re going to have to do on…
How Lighting Changes Everything
The lighting in your home can affect your mental, physical, and emotional health. If you’re currently stuck at home and struggling to feel content, you might want to make a few changes. Here are the kinds of lighting you need to fill the house with and why. Natural Light Start by making sure your home…
5 Tips for Small Kitchen Design
They say the kitchen is the heart of the home, and that’s especially true if it’s on the smaller side. We try to make areas more spacious so often that we forget how charming a small space is. If you love a tighter yet comfortable kitchen, you don’t need to fake extra space, but rather…
Simple Ways to Elevate Your Home’s Interior Design
If you own or rent a house, you probably want it to look its best. But when you have a minimal home decorating budget, making your house look at how you want may seem impossible. Fortunately, there are plenty of small, affordable changes you can make to elevate your home’s interior design and this article…
Your Appliances and Your Home
Your house is full of things that make it feel like home. Your soft bed, your solid wood furniture, your computer, your bookshelves and the books that fill them are all a part of what makes your space yours. In this context, your dryer, freezer, oven, or dishwasher might feel something less than uniquely yours. Make…
Things Home Improvement Can Do For You
Home improvement projects can be very exciting. From the moment you get a free estimate to the moment that your general contractor leaves great craftsmanship behind, you’ll be dreaming of your improved home space and all the ways you can enjoy it. Sometimes, though, we forget about the specific benefits that these sorts of projects…
Affordable Improvements and Interior Design
You’re with it the moment you wake up and at the moment you go to sleep. You trust it to protect you and shelter you. It’s your partner in all of your chores and personal tasks, from cooking and cleaning to managing your morning routine. It’s what you surround your children and other loved ones…
9 Budget Kitchen Renovation Ideas
The kitchen is often the heart of the home—it’s where family meals are shared, homework gets done, and memories are made. So if you don’t completely love your kitchen, you may be thinking about doing some renovations. Fortunately, you don’t have to break the bank to get a new kitchen. Here are some budget-friendly kitchen…
How to Decorate Your Office on a Budget
An office can be an integral part of your home, especially if you work remotely—it’s likely the room in which you spend the most time in, other than your bedroom, of course. And even then, many of your hours in your bedroom are sleeping hours. For this reason, it is key that you are able…