Small touches can have a big impact on your home’s look and feel. If you’re looking for quick ways to give your home a facelift, here are four easy options that will help you achieve the new-home look without spending new-home money.
Update Your Lampshades
Lighting plays a huge role in setting the ambiance of your home. The watts you use for your bulbs, the color of the light, the way your lampshades diffuse the lights — all of these decisions play a part in the way a room makes you feel.
If you have a specific style in mind when you start updating your home, swapping out the lampshades on your lamps can help unify the design. For example, if you’d like to give your home a more modern feel, then drum-shaped linen lampshades are a great place to start.
If you can’t find the perfect combination of fabric and shape to match your vision, you might want to try having custom lampshades made. Not only can custom lampshades capture your personal style in a way that other lampshades can’t, but they are also a great option if you have a difficult time finding a lampshade to fit some lamps. Instead of abandoning your plans to add a unique lighting piece to your home, custom lampshades can help turn your vision into a reality.
Deep Clean Your Carpets
Vacuums are great, but they don’t pick up everything. Dirt and stains build up on your carpets and rugs over time, making them lose their luster. This is so gradual that most people don’t even notice the change, but we assure you: it’s happening. Deep cleaning your carpets with a carpet cleaner can help refresh your spaces and make your carpets look as good as new.
If you have allergies or live with someone who does, you may want to buy a carpet cleaner for more regular use. For most people, however, owning a carpet cleaner is unnecessary. The appliance is easily rented at most home improvement and hardware stores. Check it out for a weekend and restore your carpets to their original look.
Power Wash Your Siding
While you’re renting your carpet cleaner, it might be worth it to see if your local hardware store has a power washer for rent, too. Just like dirt can build up gradually in your carpets, it can also build up on the exterior of your home. Power washing quickly blasts the dirt and grime from your siding and will make your home look as good as new. If you’re feeling ambitious, you can even tackle walkways and outdoor furniture to give all of your outdoor spaces a facelift.
Take care before power washing any wood or painted items. A high-pressure stream can penetrate the wood and leave it vulnerable to the elements, as well as remove paint. If you’re thinking about repainting an item, however, a power washer can help save you a lot of time and elbow grease.
Update Your Hardware
Whether it’s fixing new address numbers to your garage, swapping out kitchen cabinet knobs, or making sure all of the handles match on your bedroom furniture, updating your hardware can be a quick and easy way to make your spaces feel new. Best of all, updating hardware is a relatively inexpensive adjustment to make. If you’ve just bought a house and are under a tight budget, new hardware might be just the thing you need to feel at home in your space.
Whether you’re upping your curb appeal or bringing your interiors up to date, there are plenty of small ways to give your home a facelift.!