Interior Home Project Ideas
Now is the time to convert spaces in your home that are unused or not living up to your satisfaction either aesthetically or functionally. Since we are all still staying at home more, it’s important to feel good where you spend the majority of your waking hours. Depending on your budget and commitment level, there are many options to consider. For example, you could redesign with the intention of monetizing a space for rental purposes, spruce up your home office, add a gym, bring the outside in by opening up your home with more natural light and views of the garden, add a wine cellar, figure out a more creative way to display your art and collectibles or simply add more house plants. The possibilities are endless!
Not sure where to start? Here are a few ideas.
Easy Fixes
- Order replacements for items that have faded or yellowed with age or that are an eyesore (replace faded princess wall phones, intercoms or alarm panels)
- Think about reframing your photos and art to match the style of the room and to give them a cohesive appearance.
- Too many frames on the wall? Take down some of your photos and put them in an album and just display those that are most important to you.
- Revisit your collectible/art displays – think about building an area in an existing bookcase or add a narrow display area with battery operated LED lights to highlight your items. You could also buy a display case to mount on a wall or display on a table.
- Paint a wall with a color you love or change the color of your ceiling.
- Replace your dining room or kitchen light fixture with something more current (check out Ferguson Showrooms or Lamps Plus).
- Revisit your wallpaper – if you have velvet and foil wallpaper your pattern may be due for updating!
- Incorporate wall materials such as porcelain, textured wallpaper, wood and metal.
- Add lush greenery and house plants indoors to create a serene atmosphere.
More of a Commitment
- Knock out a non-bearing wall to enlarge your bedroom, office or open-up your kitchen to the family or dining room.
- Increase your ceiling heights
- Make your kitchen chef-worthy by changing your backsplashes to painted glass for a newer look or updating your countertops to quartz or porcelain slab – for ideas check out Dekton.com.
- Recarpet or consider hardwood floors. A 20-year-old carpet that is “still perfectly good” doesn’t mean it is still in style. Pull out your shag carpet and install a more modern low pile. Or just replace one room to switch things up!
- Take a standard window to floor-to-ceiling glass letting the outside light and foliage roll right into your home…
- Repurpose attics, basements, areas under stairs, unused bedrooms or closets for rental, hobby, caretaker or playroom purposes (look for exterior entrance potential). It’s best to step back and look at your floor plan to see how you could rearrange and open things up.
Customizing your existing home’s interior personality and architecture not only improves your quality of life but also enhances the home’s resale value.
Stay well everyone. Trudi
