How to Make Your Home Look Like New Inside and Out With a Hammer Drill and Other Tools
Because times are tough economically, many homeowners have decided not to rejuvenate their dated home because don’t have the finances to accomplish this. If you’re in that same situation, you can rest easy that you can make your home look like new with upgraded features and not have to spend tons of money.
Make a Dramatic Change and Spend Less
Start with the basics when considering a home rehab project. Look at the ceilings, walls, and floors first. This is the first step in your home rehab project. If you have bumpy and texturized, consider either repainting it a bright white or hiring someone to resurface and retexurize it with a flat pattern. Don’t forget to apply a thick primer before your paint coat! Next, look at the walls and choose a neutral shade that will compliment with light and earthy tones and will go with any designs and decorations. Patch holes and dents in the walls to give the home a finished look. Next, keep going with the floors: are the flooring and baseboards in good repair? If they are, repaint the baseboards a nice white color to make the home look modern and attractive. If you plan to tear out and lay new coverings on the floors, consider porcelain tiles, because they are easy on your wallet per square foot and look great much longer than carpet does. If you will be installing carpeting, choose a dense pile that is a shade of brown or beige so that stains will not be as visible and the carpet will be resilient against crushing for many years.
Kitchens and Bathrooms are Key
Transforming your kitchen and bathrooms are the wisest fixes you can put into your house. If the cabinetry is in good repair, consider either refinishing the existing cabinets or re-facing them. If you will be refacing them, get a good hammer drill and take off the hardware from the cabinet doors to loosen them. If needed, new doors can be purchased from your local hardware store. For an even better money-saving renovation, choose to refinish the existing cabinets. Again, take out the doors from the cabinets and then sponge or rub on a paint removing chemical to the existing finish and scrape it off with a special scraper made from hard plastic just for this purpose. Once all trace of the old finish has been removed, sand the cabinets the beginning time with a drum sander using medium-grit sandpaper. A finishing sanding should be done with a fine-grit sandpaper after that. Rub the cabinets with a cloth to remove the dust and then spread a wood conditioner to the cabinets. To conclude, stain or paint the wood and finish it with 2-3 clear coats to protect the new finish from water splashes.
Upgrading Your Furniture
Modernizing your furniture and home décor is a simple, but dramatic way to make your home looking sharp. You can find great deals at yard sales, discount design stores, and online which will save money. For even bigger savings, create furniture by yourself. You can make a beautiful headboard, for example, with nothing more than two over-sized splindles or posts of wood, a lathe machine (you can lease this from someone), and a large rectangle of board made of wood. Cover the wood centerpiece with some batting, fabric, and modern upholstery pins for a new headboard that is eye-catching!
It doesn’t matter whether you’ve recently moved into a home that needs TLC or if it’s your existing house. Either way, these unique ideas for getting the place you live to look its best will help your house look like new without spending too much money in the process.
