How to Improve Your Living Space with Cost-Effective Changes
We all want to live in a nice house but sometimes bringing the house up to scratch can cost a lot of money: money that many of us don’t have to spare, and so a renovation can simply prove beyond budget. Fortunately, there are things that you can do to improve things without spending too much money. In our experience, taking care of the little flourishes can go a long way to improving your living space. Today, we're going to take a look at some of the ways that you can improve your home while sticking to a very tight budget.
A Lick of Paint and Some Pizazz for Your Skirting Boards
Take a look around the skirting boards. How do they look? do they have scratches, dents and damage? are they coming away from the wall at all? if you answered yes to any of these, then this is the first place to start. A simple coat of paint can go a long way to improving your skirting boards.
Another common problem is skirting boards coming away from the wall or creating cracks in the plaster. Often skirting boards come away from the wall because they've been installed too tightly. To avoid this you can remove the skirting board and reattach it, but only reattach it on one plane: if you're attaching it to the floor you only glue/pin it to the floor; if you're attaching it to the wall you only glue/pin to the wall. You don't do it to both the wall and the floor. This is the cause of cracking, which happens as the house naturally contracts and expands.
If there are cracks above the skirting board and you don't want to take them off and on again, then you can use some decorators caulk to fill the gap, or some polyfilla if it's torn the plaster above. This will breathe new life into your skirting boards they look great
Banish Those Grubby Wall Stains
Next if your house is anyway lived in then are you likely to have marks on the wall, and if you have kids then you probably have quite a few marks. Many people choose to paint the walls every year or two, but at £100 a room that cost can soon add up.
If your decoration still looks quite good, and the only issue is grubby stains, then instead of repainting you can buy these fantastic gadgets called magic erasers. All you do is get them wet and then rub them on the wall where the scratches/blemishes are. They’re very good at getting rid of unsightly stains. You do have to be careful to test a bit first in case it ruins the decor but we've used them at home and they’ve always done really well.
Cleaning the marks off the wall in this way can stop you from having to repaint the walls too often.
It’s the Little Things that Count
Next, you can try changing some little flourishes around the room. These little changes make a massive difference. For example, if your radiators looking a bit tired you can spruce them up by buying new angled valves, cleaning them of rust, or can even repainting them.
Other areas that you can improve with simple changes include door knobs, curtain ties, electric switches (sometimes they can look old fashioned),door stops, and the addition of a few decorations – a vase of flowers is always a great way to boost the look of a room.
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