Top home improvement tips for long weekends
Long weekends are often a calendar highlight. The attraction of a ‘4 day week’ or ‘free holiday time’ is a big attraction for most of us. Also, because most UK bank holidays fall in Spring or Summer, it’s the perfect opportunity to take some time out, relax and spend time doing whatever you please. While there are many things that deserve a good proportion of your long weekend, one thing which could improve the value of your property and be time very well invested, is a spot of DIY. Making hay while the sun shines could pay dividends in the long run or at the very least, will improve your surroundings and environment.
Let’s look at a few improvement projects that require just a few of those precious long weekend hours. Best thing about these tips? There are loads of online resources to quite literally guide you through each project step by step. Or you could speak to your local home improvement store, they will be able to give you lots of tips and pointers. Many of the home improvement stores often run specials and promotions over holiday weekends, so you could make some big savings.
Spring Clean with Feng Shui…and maybe even improve your finances
This time of year is when most people decide to get their spring cleaning out of the way. Cleaning is never the most thrilling of tasks but this long weekend, why not spring clean your home with a few feng shui principles for attracting wealth in mind? Cleaning or painting your front door attracts positive energy and the colour green is often used to symbolise growth. In a similar vein, cleaning your windows allows for clarity in your vision and opportunities.
Leaky tap driving you mad? Well, now is the time to fix it. Not only is a leaky tap a waste of water, in feng shui water represents wealth so quite literally your wealth could be going down the drain. Do you have a habit of storing junk under the bed? Well now is the time to clear it out. In feng shui, anything related to work or clutter around or under your bed will give you sleepless nights so clear out all the junk and keep no more than one book by your bedside table. There are plenty of online resources for feng shui so why not add and extra layer of purpose to your spring cleaning this long weekend?
Refresh your walls
Repainting your walls is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to refresh and reinvigorate the interior of your home. Anyone can paint…and make a good job of it. It’s also fairly inexpensive. If you’ve never painted before, never fear, there are lots of online video tutorials available or ask for first hand advice from your local DIY improvement store.
Reupholster furniture
Furniture can often be quite expensive and often first time buyers will rely on hand me downs and donations from friends and relatives to furnish their first home. Also, like everything else, furniture styles go in and out of fashion or become weathered and dated. Reupholstering is a great way to reinvent key pieces and can be done on a small budget. For some reason, reupholstering furniture often seems wrapped in mystery but this needn’t be the case at all. The shape of the furniture and the fit of the existing fabric will give you all the guidelines you need to be able to update it with a new fabric. If you’re worried that inexperience may result in an expensive waste of fabric, buy some cheap cloth to use for practice. Reupholstering really is cheaper than buying new and much cheaper if you can do it yourself. Relish the challenge!
Green fingers
A garden is one of the home’s most value assets, both from a personal perspective of having your own outdoor green space to play and relax in, as well as in the eyes of any potential purchasers. After a wet and cold winter, your garden will be desperate for some love and attention as spring arrives. Cut the grass (or lay a new lawn if it’s in really bad shape), plant some seeds and think about sustainable additions such as a vegetable patch. May is the perfect month to sow tasty vegetable such as runner beans, tomatoes, carrots and broccoli. For herb and fruit gardens, April/May is the best time to plant strawberries, basil, chives, mint and rosemary. Enjoy!
These tips should give you some ideas but there are many other short weekend projects that are enjoyable and could add value and prestige to your home, with many resources at your disposal.
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