I don’t know about you, but I get super excited about a DIY project!
DIY home improvements are the best way to go about giving your home a design touch that matches your style. The most amazing part about them is that they are cheap and you have so much fun doing them!
Here are some easy ideas for you to go tackle in your house!
Feature Wall
A feature wall can make a boring room extraordinary! It adds a statement to the room. You can also easily do this yourself.
Pallet DIY projects are all the rage right now! Adding pallet planks to your wall makes the perfect texture to add to a room to make it pop. If you have old pallets around the house or purchase them, they don’t take much to put them on the wall.
Country Living has an amazing description step by step on how to make the perfect pallet wall!
Add Wainscoting
Wainscoting was a way to keep stone walls warm back in the day. In the 18th century, it became a staple part of interior design. Today, we are still using this design technique to add style and texture to a wall.
The most popular places to put up wainscoting is in the entryway, dining room, and bathrooms. There are many different styles you can layout on your wall. DIY Network has this process step by step, along with all the materials and tools you will need for this project.
Floating Shelves
With about your house’s look, you can put up floating shelves to add some dimension to your wall.
Looking for a farmhouse design? Buy a wood plank and stain it a dark brown or paint it white and distress the wood. Find black brackets to hang them up with, and you have yourself a place to put the beautiful knick-knacks you’ve wanted to show off!
Add A Barn Door
Barn doors are another amazing improvement for the farmhouse look! Instead of regular boring doors, add some fun to your closet or laundry room by adding barn sliding doors yourself.
DIY Network gives a detailed explanation of how to put these doors up. The key to making this DIY project phenomenal is picking the right barn door!
If you don’t want to go out and find a barn door, Rustica Hardware has gorgeous doors and hardware that will match anyone’s design style.
Add Crown Molding
There are tons of places to put crown molding to make a huge difference in any room. Give your windows an aesthetic makeover by simply adding crown molding!
Places you can add crown molding…
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Top of Windows
Along with some eye-catching window curtains, add crown molding to the top of this window for some more character.
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Kitchen Cabinets
If your ceilings are tall and your kitchen cabinets don’t quite reach the top, place crown molding around them to give the allusion they are taller.
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Ceiling
One way to cover up painting marks where the wall and the ceiling meet is by decorating this mistake by adding crown molding. Not only does it cover up paint marks, but it gives the room a whole new stylish feeling.
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Around Doors
Decorative crown molding around the doors gives your home some old-time character. If your walls are feeling plain, adding this around the door will give it that touch of fun it needs!
DIY Your Home
These weekend DIY projects will keep you busy and add value to your home. The best part about DIY projects is the money you save and the accomplishment you feel when completing the project!
