Remodeling Savings Tip #405: Stick with Cosmetic Changes
If you’re looking to provide a fresh look in your remodeling project or wish to ready your home for sale, You might want to focus on doing only cosmetic finishes on your house rather than doing a major project, such as an addition. You can find several cheap cosmetic changes that can markedly change the way your house looks. Let’s look at some of these cosmetic changes: Repaint with lighter or brighter colors
- Add chair rail or beautiful crown molding
- Change out your light fixtures
- Remove or put in new wallpaper
- Put in new window treatments
- Put in water saving toilets
- Take out paneling and put in drywall
- Change regular ceilings with tray ceilings
- Replace bathroom or kitchen counter tops with something expensive like stone or butcher block
- Put in ceramic tile instead of vinyl flooring
- Put in hardwood floors instead of carpeting
- Change the windows
- Put in new exterior doors
- Upgrade blinds or shades
- Make windows bigger
- Change the carpeting
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Install storm windows rather than replacing windows
Reface your appliances
Create a wallpaper effect without the cost by stenciling borders
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