Getting tired of how your home presents? Want to instantly refresh it quickly or on a budget? Transforming a home needn’t involve complete refurbishment or an overhaul, so consider these following top tips on how to update and bring a new lease of life to your home.
1. Declutter
It is easy to accumulate ‘stuff’ over time. Whether that stuff is magazines, ornaments, or shoes, take a step back and survey your home to see what cuttering culprits are. Decide whether you can live without it and if you can’t, find a suitable home for items to free up space. Use clever storage solutions to put items away and most importantly keep on top of it to save having to go through the decluttering process all over again.
2. Rearrange furniture
Move the dining table to the window, swing the sofa around 90 degrees or even just move a lamp to the other side of the room. Changing where furniture is positioned is a quick fix to create a different feel to your home. Even in a small place there is still room to make changes, simply reorder the books on your bookshelf from height order to colour coordination matching each spine up with the same colour to quickly change the look of your room.
3. Repaint
Whether your paintwork is scuffed or in tip top condition but in a dated shade, a fresh coat of paint makes a real difference. Consider neutral colours with a grey tone for a more modern look or a feature wall in a sophisticated tone to create a real impact to the room. Paint wood work in a matt rather than glossy finish, paint the brown handrail white and in smaller rooms paint the ceiling the same colour as the walls – all instantly produce a contemporary feel.
4. Add greenery
Plants immediately transform a home. There is no need to create a jungle inside if you are limited on space, but adding fresh flowers, a house plant or even terrarium will create new focal points as well as providing a calm feel. If you have a balcony or suitable window sills, buy window boxes or hanging baskets for plants or even kitchen herbs for you to cook with.
5. Update pictures and photos
Your frames are already hung on the wall or placed on the shelf, so replacing the pictures and photos is childsplay. Art can date, pictures can fade from the sunlight, and photos can be replaced with more recent family events, holidays or milestones. With the frames already in place, pick out some new images and a quick swap later to update your room!
