Increase Your Home’s Value without Breaking Your Budget

From kitchen upgrades, bathroom renovations, finishing a basement and updating flooring, these are often touted as the key renovations to make to increase your home’s property value and provide a greater return on your investment. However they can also come with a big price tag. So while you save to make a bigger renovation every few years, what are some updates that you can do that you can enjoy, add to the value of your home and not break your budget.

Replace light fixtures

Updating older builder installed light fixtures with a more up to date light fixtures can make a big difference, you can light the room better and show off its character. For kitchens you can also consider adding some task lighting underneath cabinets and for bathrooms adding a complimentary mirror to the new light fixture helps to update it.

Hardware

Replacing or updating cabinet hardware in the kitchen and in bathrooms will result in an immediate change. Along with floor vent covers, door knobs and hinges. This small, but effective upgrade helps to revitalize the entire home.

Add floating shelves

Installing floating shelves combines the functionality of extra storage space with a bit of style and personal flair. Floating shelves can be mounted on walls in many different patterns, and they come in various materials to give your rooms a unique touch. For a small room choose shallow shelves to display framed photos; for a larger room you can afford to use deeper shelves to hold vases, books and unique trinkets.

Paint, Paint & More Paint

This is single-handedly the best bang for your buck. A fresh coat of paint on walls, trim and baseboards and even on older kitchen or bathroom cabinets, goes a long way. Painting an accent wall can give a plain room some life. If painting isn’t your expertise or you don’t have the time, hire a professional. We have contacts for professionals to assist you, give us a call if you would like their contact info.

Install decorative molding

Adding decorative molding around your home can add an extra touch of elegance. Install molding to the ceiling by capping walls, columns and cabinets, or add chair molding lower to the ground. With detailed molding you can add character to your rooms while also making them feel taller and more finished.

Adding an Area Rug

Updating a room with a new area rug, not only gives the room warmth but also can change the look. There are lots of options to find one that either neutralizes a room and puts the focus on your furniture and art or adds interest to a room.

As experienced realtors^®, we would love to have a discussion with you to determine the best options to increase the value of your property! We can also provide contacts of different professionals, i.e. painters, handyman, renovators, to assist you.

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