You have a great home in a great community but it has one or two flaws you would like to "fix" and yet not break the bank to do it. Well, over the next several posts I am going to offer some suggestions on just that topic. I will cover different rooms or areas of the home and some fun and creative ways you may enhance your home.
Let's start in the kitchen - cabinets are usually the quickest and least expensive thing to change and give your whole kitchen a new look and feel.
- You can paint the cabinet faces. It is important to plan and do the proper prep work to do the job right. Remove all the faces, clean them; sand them; prime them and paint them with an oil-based or 100% acrylic paint. Taking the time to do all of these steps are key to a good looking, long lasting result. HINT: use a paint sprayer (you can rent them) to make the job more consistent and faster. You can also add glass panes or contrasting colors to come cabinets.
- Hardware - if you don't have hardware on your cabinets just adding pulls or knobs will give it "dressed up" look. If you have hardware now you can change it for a whole new look. Go to a local hardware store and plan to spend some time looking at all the options, you will find a LARGE range of prices too.
Doing these changes yourself can save you hundreds of dollars - a professional will charge more than $500 for one coat of paint on 150 square feet of base and wall-hung cabinets, you can do it for less than $300.
And you can't put a price on the pride you will feel when you show off your new kitchen that you did yourself!
Happy "fixing",
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