Easy Upgrades Every Home Deserves

We love home-makeover mini projects that pack a punch and can be tackled over a weekend. These low-effort, low-budget home upgrades will breathe new life into your space, and you’ll have a ton of fun doing them too. Here are some ideas:

Upstyle Your Bookcase

Has your bookcase been looking a little dusty and sad lately? Try taking off old and worn-out dusty jackets and wrapping your books in marble print wrapping paper. You can also liven up your bookcase by having your books share space with a small indoor plant or an interesting curio or two. Want to go a step further? Paint the back wall of the shelf a different color!

Switch up The Lighting

Don’t rely on one light source to serve the whole room. Layered lighting – a combination of mood lighting, task lighting, and accent lights – is fashionable and relatively easy to pull off. A plug-in sconce near a painting will draw the eye to the artwork. A table lamp near a chair makes seating more inviting. You could also install dimmers on your lights to change the atmosphere in a room.

Change the Knobs on Your Cabinets

You’ll be surprised at how much of a lift this little upgrade gives your cabinetry. Have fun with this mini project by choosing different knobs in the same color family or different colors in the same style. Alternatively, glam up your cabinet by buying knobs in metallic or sparkly finishes.

Create a Gallery Wall

Nothing makes a home more personal than art and pictures of loved ones. Frame pictures, photographs, and art you love and put them all up on one bare wall. Use a variety of frames to lend texture and interest to your gallery wall.

Start a Herb Garden on Your Kitchen Window Sill

This DIY project brings a bit of green into your kitchen and makes cooking much more fun. Buy seed packets for herbs like basil, mint, parsley, and rosemary, and follow the instructions on the packet to cultivate your little fragrant garden.