Upgrades You Should Make Around Your Home
The awesome thing about owning a house is that you’re in charge of everything. If you don’t like how something looks, then you can upgrade it! It’s as simple as that, and you can mold your home into the perfect property for you. As such, you’ll never get bored of your house either. If something gets a bit bland and stale, then you switch it up.
Low and behold, I have a few suggestions for home upgrades that you should think about. Now, regular readers may recall I released an article on upgrading your kitchen a few days ago. I think I should point out that this article will focus on different elements or features around the home that you can improve, rather than entire rooms. Why? Because I want to prove how easy it is to make small upgrades and see huge improvements in how your home looks and feels!
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Kitchen Appliances
Having just mentioned the kitchen, it makes sense to start in there. Of course, I won’t go into too much detail as there’s an entire article to look at! But, I have to include kitchen appliances on this list. Upgrading these appliances will utterly transform the way your kitchen operates. Even something as simple as getting a brand new fridge will turn your kitchen into something more modern and stylish.
There are loads of appliances around the kitchen that you can upgrade, which is extremely beneficial. It means that you can pick and choose what you improve, tailoring it to your budget. Let’s say you don’t have enough cash to upgrade your fridge, you can upgrade your microwave instead! It’s more affordable, the impact won’t be as great, but it will still improve your kitchen.
Windows
Upgrading the windows in your home can completely alter how everything looks. It’s one of the best ways to transform your property without carrying out extensive home improvement works. The beauty of something like a home window replacement is that it can be done room by room. While one room gets worked on, the others stay the same. So, there’s no need to vacate your property, and you can get on with life as usual.
From an aesthetic perspective, this will change how your home looks from the outside and the inside. Brand new home windows will make people stand and take notice when they walk by your home. They turn heads, but they also improve the interior design of your home as well. They add something extra to the room and can really compliment the curtains or blinds you have.
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Stairs
How on earth do you upgrade your stairs? Well, there are lots of different ideas you can try! I’ve linked the video above as it shows a wonderful example of how you can turn this into a DIY project. Take your stairs from old and drab to a new, more contemporary, style. This is possibly the most common way of upgrading your stairs – you change the way they look. Look around for some staircase inspiration, and choose a new style that suits your home. If you want to make a proper project out of this, then you can play around with the layout of your staircase as well.
That’s the first way you can upgrade a staircase, now here’s the other – alter little things about the existing stairs. It requires more creativity, and it can be fiddly, but there are ways to improve your current staircase without ripping it down and building a new one. The best idea that comes to mind is to build storage inside each step. Yes, that sounds bizarre, but it’s quite trendy. Basically, every step becomes a mini storage box. Think about how much space you can free up in your home with all this additional storage! Okay, you don’t need to turn every step into a storage container, but it can be a great way to alter one or two steps for a budget upgrade.
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Lighting
Another wonderful budget upgrade that can change so much about your home. Be honest, how often do people upgrade their lighting? The chances are you buy new light fittings when you move in, and that’s it. We don’t think about the impact good lighting has on our interiors until we make changes and see a difference!
Once more, there are different ways to approach this. Firstly, you can look at the fittings themselves. Upgrade to extravagant light shade, and you will dramatically turn around the interior design appeal of a room. Stop viewing light shades as practical pieces and look at them as extra decorations! Secondly, you could look at the light itself. I’m a big fan of dimmer switches as they let you alter the light and provide much softer tones. In turn, this creates way better mood lighting in any room. Or, a very popular idea these days, you could get smart lighting. Here, the bulbs can be controlled via an app on your phone, and they can change colors, alter dimness, and loads of other cool things too. It lets you play around with the ambiance of a room, and I think that’s so powerful.
Smart Devices
On that note, my final upgrade is to bring some smart devices into the home. You can begin with the lights, but branch out to other ideas as well. In fact, I mentioned kitchen appliances earlier, and they can be smart as well. Essentially, smart items can be controlled remotely and are capable of carrying out lots of tasks that go beyond their primary purpose. They help make your home more practical and fun to live in!
For example, get smart plugs that you can turn on or off using your phone. This means you could turn the TV off if you’re upstairs and your kids are downstairs after their bedtime!
At the end of the day, there are no limits to how you improve your home. I love these ideas, as many of them can be played around with to suit different budgets. So, if you want to enhance your house, then try any of these upgrades today.
