Our homes (or apartments) seem to become old and worn over the years. It’s inevitable, but keeping things that way doesn’t have to be.
As overwhelming as the task at hand may seem, giving your place a new lease of life is about conducting small tasks to really give the place an overhaul.
If you’re wondering how to do things little and often to improve your home, then here are some top tips.
Renew the Walls
The problem with wallpaper is that, no matter how beautiful the pattern may have looked when you first bought it, time is not kind to material things.
When patterns have started to fade and the paper has started to peel off the walls, it’s really time to peel off old wallpaper and start again.
Rather than replace the old wallpaper with new wallpaper, however, what might really give your home a new lease of life is a fresh coat of white paint.
Not only will freshly painted walls look and smell new, but a bright, white color will add some life and brightness to the rooms of your home.
It’s not only a contemporary color, but a sleek and neutral color. It gives you a lot of room to reinvent rooms without worrying about themes, patterns or different shades clashing.
It’s a blank slate, and that’s exactly what your home needs if you really want to start from scratch.
Fix All Those Smaller Problems You’ve Been Ignoring
A house becomes a home when it’s worn-in. Of course, there’s that cozy, worn-in feeling and then there’s broken appliances, door or cupboard handles and that dodgy toilet seat that everybody has to delicately raise or lower.
No matter how careful or respectful you and your family may be of things within the house, age takes it toll, and things will start to break or simply become worn and sub-par, whether you like it or not.
It’s time to fix all those little issues you’ve been ignoring over the years.
Appliances and other necessities in the kitchen and bathrooms should be a priority, as you need the utilities in these rooms to be functional for practical purposes, but it’d also be nice to remember what it was like to live in a new home and have an oven which cooks food quickly or a shower door which hasn’t fallen off its hinges.
Of course, not everything can be fixed by one person, and you might want to look into drain cleaning services if you think your kitchen or bathroom sink has been draining slowly for a while, for example.
Whether you opt for the DIY route or not, you’ll be thankful that you fixed all the little issues around your home when it feels like you’re living in a brand new property again.
Just give everything a clean.
At the end of the day, your home likely doesn’t look the way you want it to look because it’s difficult to keep the place looking immaculate.
Keeping kitchen surfaces clean with bacterial spray is one thing, but the stains deeply imbedded into carpets and the dust in nooks and crannies of the house all combine to create a slightly “less than new” feel to your home.
Giving your home a deep clean from top to bottom could do absolute wonders to make the place feel brand new again.
Decluttering your home of all the hoarded items your family has collected over the years will go a long way to tidying the place up too.
