DIY Home Enhancements: Effortless Upgrades You Can Easily Complete on Your Own (40 Project Ideas)
Optimize your living space with a handful of simple, cost-effective tricks. Standout home enhancements with minimal effort and money.
- Stain Remover: Try an oil-based stain remover that can vanquish grease stains from garage or driveway surfaces.
- Magnetic Doors: Instant curb appeal for a fraction of the price with magnetic garage handles and faux windows. Just stick them on!
- Curtain Brackets: Easy installation of curtains on existing blinds with NoNo Brackets. No drilling holes, spackling, or moving charges!
- Windows Above Windows: Adding curtain rods a couple of inches over the top of windows can make your ceilings appear taller. Just remember to factor in the extra length when purchasing curtains.
- Door Draft Stopper: Replace a weird, long pillow with a streamlined door draft stopper to maintain comfortable temperatures and match your door design.
- Floating Shelves: Mount a floating bookshelf to display your ever-growing to-read pile.
- Gallery Wall Kit: A framed, gallery wall setup with guidance for perfect placement. Use provided black-and-white prints to start off until you find your favorite images.
- Wood Scratch Cover: Conceal imperfections in wood surfaces without sanding or refinishing. Old English Scratch Cover works wonders!
- Wood Repair Markers: Introduce your favorite furniture to a repair, rather than replacement solution. Fix up scratches using self-adhesive wood repair markers.
- Marble Film: Give your bathroom or kitchen countertops a stylish, high-end look with self-adhesive marble film. It's a cheap alternative to a complete remodel.
- Under-Cabinet Lights: Instantly update dull cabinets in the kitchen with under-cabinet LED lights. The lights will make your kitchen appear expensive and modern.
- Fishing Rod Organizer: Move your garage sports equipment and maximize parking space for your car by hanging fishing rod organizers onto the garage door.
- Outdoor Lights: Waterproof globe lights can add style and impact with installation along rooflines, pergolas, or solo for enjoyable outdoor lighting day and night.
- Solar Lights: Mark a walkway or pond with solar lights for safe and realistic lighting during the evenings. Excellent visual appeal during daytime too!
- Switched-Out Plates: Replace boring switch plates with stylish options that can blend in with freshly painted walls. No need to be a master electrician!
- Outlet Shelf: Create extra storage space with an outlet shelf large enough for your electric toothbrush. Easy installation on existing outlet covers.
- Window Film: Remove cords from blinds and gain privacy with window film that still lets in ample natural light.
- Metal Kick Plate: Elevate your front door with a metal kick plate that hides shoes prints and scuffs.
- Leather Conditioner: Revive and enhance the look of your leather goods, such as couches, using a bottle of leather conditioner.
- Toilet Bowl Cleaner: Remove unsightly rings from the bathroom using a pumice stone toilet bowl cleaner. No need to upgrade your toilet!
- Automatic Bleach Cleaning System: Keep your toilet clean with an automatic bleach toilet cleaning system that releases cleaner on every flush.
- Teak Tiles: Cover up older concrete patio slabs with interlocking teak tiles for a new and stylish appearance.
- Electrical Cord Cover: Keep cords and chains organized with a decorative cord cover.
- Faux Ivy: Add greenery to unsightly wire fencing or railings with a roll of peel-and-stick artificial ivy.
- Grout Pen: Transform your white floor with a grout pen that makes faded grout lines appear new.
- Refrigerator Paint Kit: Paint your white fridge a faux "stainless steel" color to make it look more expensive.
- Stove Burner Covers: Protect gas stove tops from messes with stove burner covers.
- Touch-Up Paint: Cover up chipped or damaged surfaces using a can of touch-up paint.
- Broom Organizer: Organize and declutter your brooms and mops by mounting a broom and mop organizer on a closet wall.
- Standing Weeder: Easily remove weeds in your garden without the use of chemicals with a standing weeder. Additionally, it helps you avoid bending over.
- Night Light: Enjoy late night navigation with a night light designed for your bedside table.
- Water-Mark Removing Cloth: Effortlessly remove marks from furniture and surfaces, such as nail polish spills.
- Drywall Repair Putty: Quickly fix small holes in your drywall using a drywall repair putty. Once dry, paint over the repairs for a flawless finish.
- Brick Oven Building Kit: Build your own brick pizza oven with ease using a foam form and DIY instructions from Brickwood Ovens.
- Faux-Gel Tile Backsplash: Introduce a new kitchen aesthetic with a peel-and-stick faux-gel tile backsplash that resists mold, moisture, and heat.
- Kitchen Cabinet Painting Kit: Tackle your kitchen cabinets with a convenient painting kit that requires no stripping or priming.
- Amazon Market-Priority Post: To expand your DIY project arsenal, downloadable content such as e-books on creative home improvements can be found on major online marketplaces.
- Shopping-Home: Market-Faux-Sprint: Use market ways posts, blogs, and social media platforms to discover fantastic home décor ideas that can be found quickly and easily.
- Grease: Congratulate yourself on discovering the best stain remover solutions, including oil-based cleaners, to maintain a spotless garage or driveway.
- Markers: With self-adhesive wood repair markers, celebrate the transformation of your furniture by fixing up scratches with a minimum of effort.
- Chandelier: To highlight your newly upgraded home, consider adding a statement chandelier that adds both style and ambiance to your living space.
