Ever considered taking on a bit of house remodelling? To change the look of your room or space, you don’t have to dismantle everything or knock down walls. In fact, there are lots of things you can do to renovate your home under your own steam. There are tons of great DIY room décor ideas online if you scour Instagram and Pinterest.
DIY has exploded in a big way in the UK as a result of the lockdowns – and if you do have any plans for any bigger house modification ideas, CanCan is always here to lend a further helping hand. Sometimes, getting help from leading experts can save you money in the long term. Here are five of our favourite budget renovation ideas you can kick off on your own.
Rethink your stairs
Chances are, your staircase is going to be one of the very first things visitors spot when they enter your home. If your stair carpet is already looking a bit drab, or if your wood paint is starting to peel, then it might be a good idea to think again on how to decorate.
One of our favourite DIY room décor ideas is to replan your staircase with something like a runner or a central piece of fabric that runs up the stairs. Actually installing a new carpet is going to take time and effort, and likely a handyman on hand to support you. However, taking up your current carpet and replacing with a runner, and a few well-placed tacks, is likely to create a fantastic new look that really ties your entrance hall together.
Of course, if you do want to replace your carpet completely or to pull up the carpet and paint the woodwork beneath then a CanCan handyman can help.
Don’t forget the front door
Before people even get to see your stairs, of course, they are going to see your front door. These vary in terms of look, colour and general impression, but it’s likely if your current façade is starting to crack, peel, or fade, you will probably want to change it out. Here’s a quick tip – don’t. One of the golden rules of DIY home remodelling is ‘make do and mend’. There are millions of ways you can improve the look of a front door – paint, sanding, even just making a few adjustments here and there – you’re only really going to need to change it out if there is a major structural issue, or if your current door really isn’t standing up to the test of time.
Make use of vertical space
One of the best home renovation ideas on a budget we can recommend is to go wild for shelving. Vertical space is something that we all seem to have plenty of, but which isn’t always that obvious to us. For example, if you find that you are constantly crammed for space in your kitchen, then you should probably think about setting things up so that you put more on your walls, and less on your worktops.
This might be as easy as setting up a few shelves, or hooks where you can hang pots and pans. If you already have a particularly small room that’s going to struggle with even a little bit of clutter, then try and pile things as high as you can – or, at least be smart about how you arrange it all.
Again, if you’d like help with setting up shelves or any kind of DIY home remodelling based around creating space, the experts at CanCan are here to help.
Let in the light
It’s amazing how much good natural light can do. We all need it, whether it’s for daily vitamin D or to wake us up on a morning and start the day. However, what you might find is that your blinds are doing too good a job of blocking everything out - even during the day! If your blinds are keeping your rooms dark during the hours of daylight, then it might be time to change them up with a different look - either new blinds that can let in more light or curtains which can be opened in the morning to let the light flood in.
Go full restoration
Lastly, another one of our favourite cheap home renovation ideas is to go for full-on restoration and strip back everything to its original state and start again. You may be lucky and find that under your carpets or lino there are beautiful floorboards or Victorian tiles ready to be brought back to life. And even if not, then you finally have a truly blank canvas onto which you can project your own style.
This list may have been options that you can do yourself to improve your home, but if you are time poor or just lack the skills or tools to do the job, then there are always the professional carpenters, painters and decorators, and handymen at CanCan who are up for the task.