Your home is an extension of your personality. It is where you are going to retire from the pressures of life, and you want the interior of your home to reflect the things you love. When you first buy your home, you’ll look around the rooms and immediately see the changes you’d like to make to some of them. Home renovation projects are something that every homeowner undertakes at least once.
Home renovation is an ongoing process for most homeowners. As you get older, your tastes change and your color preferences change. The blue walls you have today may look gaudy to you in a few years. You will continually change paint colors, decorating styles, and furniture arrangements.
The one type of remodel that is only rarely done is a kitchen remodel. Kitchen remodeling is one of the most expensive types of remodeling projects. This is one of the reasons why most people put off their kitchen renovation for so many years.
You can set a future cooking jar in your kitchen. Each week you can deposit a few dollars in the jar of the kitchen of the future. You can even put your loose change in the jar. When the jar starts to fill up, it will be tempting to use some of the money, but resist the urge. Later, the money from this jar can be used to buy new appliances, new flooring, new cabinets, and other new features in the kitchen.
You can shop for clearance deals at interior stores and building supply stores. These stores often have very low-priced ceiling fans, floor tiles, and light fixtures. Buy your items when they’re on sale and save them until you have time to remodel your kitchen. You will have saved thousands of dollars by purchasing discounted items.
Another great money saving tip is to refinish the old cabinets in the room instead of making new cabinets. If your old cabinets are made of solid wood, then it is possible to strip the old paint or varnish them and give them a completely new look. You can sand the wood after removing the old varnish and you’ll have a new color of kitchen cabinets that cost a fraction of what new cabinets would cost.
New hardware on old cabinets can also freshen up the look. New drawer pulls and hinges can create a new look in a room for very little money.
You can always buy stencils and paint your own borders over the chair rail in the room, or along the top of the wall, or even on the cabinets. The unique stencil can make the room more your own and save you a lot of money on the renovation.
A kitchen needs a lot of light, especially natural light. Consider installing larger windows in the room for an additional light source. The added electricity will allow you to save on the electricity bill each month.