Unusual Home Improvement Ideas To Help You Spruce Up Your Home

Whether you are living in a boxy apartment that has no soul or struggling to do-it-yourself on an old home renovation, you are sure to be hungry for interesting, affordable home improvement ideas that will give your home personality and save you money. In this article, we will share a few inexpensive, easy tips that will help you make your house or apartment a home with style. Read on to learn more.

If you need new lighting in your bathroom, try shopping in the outdoor lighting section of your home improvement store. Some outdoor lighting options are attractive and less expensive than indoor lighting, and let's face it, most bathroom lighting options are pretty similar and not really very attractive. Wall lanterns and other outdoor lighting options can give you a unique look in your bathroom. If you are renting, go for something that you can hang from a wall hook for a very interesting and unusual look that you can take with you when you go.

When painting your kitchen, try using contrasting colors on your cabinets. Who says cabinets all have to be the same color? Use a darker color for the lower cabinets to help hide incidental scuffs and spills between wipe-downs. Use bright or light colors for the upper cabinets to open up your kitchen and give it a cheerier appearance. If you are strapped for money, you can often find some interesting colors in very high quality paints on the bargain rack at your local home improvement store. These are paints that a customer had made up for a big job and then returned unopened product after the job was finished. These are usually sold for about $5 a gallon.

Drapes can be expensive, and they can be kind of a pain to hang sometimes. If you have large windows in your bedroom or other rooms in your house, consider using fabric shower curtain panels instead of standard curtains. They are huge (72" long) and they come in lots of very gorgeous colors and patterns. What's even better, if you shop sale tables you can often get very high quality, beautiful shower curtains for under $10 each! Keep an eye out for fancy shower curtain rings on sale to complete your look.

When it comes to floor coverings, instead of rugs, consider paint. This is equally true for battered wood floors and for decks. Using tough, outdoor quality paints you can add gorgeous color to your room or your deck. You can even get artistic and paint on a rug or create some other sort of pattern. One very attractive treatment for floors involves epoxy paint first applied in a solid color, allowed to dry and then splashed with a contrasting color. These paints are durable and affordable when compared with carpet. If your home improvement store happens to have some good choices on its clearance rack, you can have dazzling wood floors or decks for just a few bucks and a little elbow grease.

When you think outside the box and practice diligent bargain shopping you can come up with some interesting, unusual ideas that will give your home personality and flair. Follow the tips presented here to save money and spruce up your home.