4 Home Makeovers for a Family on a Budget

If your home looks outdated you can change its appearance without doing an expensive, major renovation. It pays to assess how various projects will affect your home’s curb appeal and what the return on investment is for various projects. It’s wise to put your largest amount of money on improvements that have a high return on investment. Small updating projects can make a noticeable visual difference in your home. These projects give you an opportunity to use your DIY skills and creativity.

Adding New Siding

The addition of new siding can make a dramatic change in the appearance of your home. Siding is one of those improvements that may require you to stretch the budget but will be worth your investment when the time comes to sell your home. Typically, companies like Four Seasons Home Products and similar companies have more or less expensive options depending on what you’re going for, so if cheap is what you’re going for then buying some and installing it yourself could be a good option. A large updating project such as siding will help showcase the smaller, less expensive projects.

Front Entrance

Painting your front door is a simple, affordable updating project. Once you’ve painted the door, you may decide that replacing outdated hardware with a newer design would further enhance your front entrance. A door knocker that reveals something about your personality would be a nice addition to your door. When you step back and view the overall appearance of your home with its updated entrance, you may want to paint your shutters or window frames to add cohesiveness to your home’s exterior.

Adding a Porch

Adding or expanding the size of your front porch can have multiple benefits. It will change the basic appearance of your home. You can expand your living space if you add furniture to the porch. A porch opens up opportunities for letting your personality shine. You can add hanging baskets, planters, a door mat, decorative house numbers and many other details to the porch to make it a more personalized space. If your home has a porch without railing, simply adding railing will change the appearance of your home.

Replace an Old Roof

Roof replacement is another project that may require some pre-planning and extra saving, but it’s a wise expenditure. It’s a project that can immediately change and improve the appearance of your home. It can also protect the structural aspects of your home as well as its contents. Adding a new roof to your home is a home improvement that yields a high return on investment.

When finances are tight, you have a opportunity to display or discover your creative side. There’s an almost endless number of magazines, websites and television programs that you can turn to for updating ideas and inspiration. Changing the appearance of your home is not a project that has to be done in one big step. It can be an ongoing project done at a pace that is comfortable for your budget.