How to update your home on a small budget

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By lmdevona
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If you are looking for a way to make your home worth the very most it can be but don't have a lot of money to spend here are a few suggestions to make your money go further and to get the most bang for your buck.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

paint
blinds
faucets
light fixtures
ceiling fans
vinyl tile
cabinet hardware

Step 1

Start by repainting your desired rooms with neutral colors. Light shades of green, taupe, gray or even different variations of white alongside painting trim and doors a bright white can give any room a clean, updated look and feeling of space. Going to your local home improvement store, hardware or grocery store and renting a professional steam cleaner and giving your existing carpets a good cleaning can also update the look of your home.
Step 2

Kitchens and bathrooms are also great rooms to focus on updating. Besides paint, try updating cabinets pulls/knobs by spray painting old hardware white, black, metallic, or if the budget allows, replace the hardware altogether with something like brushed nickel, which is very popular right now.
Step 3

There are also many inexpensive brands of kitchen and bathroom faucets that can quickly change the look in those rooms. The same goes for updating the light fixtures in a kitchen or bathroom. Many home improvement stores have their own brand of fixtures that are trendy and inexpensive.
Step 4

Adding ceiling fans to bedrooms and family/great rooms also add instant value to your home. Just make sure they are simple, and preferably without a light fixture on them if you are trying to sell your home. Anything too fancy may not appeal to everyone.
Step 5

Finally, installing inexpensive vinyl tiles, which by the way can be installed directly over old tile if need be, is also a cheap way to update a kitchen or bath. You can now even find vinyl tiles that look like marble, stone, ceramic or even wood laminate. The most inexperienced do-it-yourselfer can to this.

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jamaclassics said

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on 4/3/2009 Good tips.

shannonny said

on 9/15/2008 These are excellent tips, especially when you need to prepare your home for a sale. On one home we sold, we got about $2-$4 clear profit on every dollar we invested in modest fixes like these.

klnygaard said

on 9/5/2008 great tips