Sprucing up in the Spring
Now that the days are longer and the weather, hopefully, warmer now would be a good time to take a look at how you can make your home look like the ones in those Sunday paper style guides. Our Top 10 Hints for Home Maintenance and Decorating is a great place to start.
- Get the windows professionally cleaned inside and out. You’ll be amazed how light and bright your home is afterwards
- Give your kitchen a new look – without having to completely refurbish. Buy new cupboard doors, or if you’re happy with the style of your doors, brighten them up with some of the new, durable paints available for such surfaces.
- Update your storage. Employ a carpenter to install shelves in alcoves and dead spaces, build bench seating with storage underneath or a cupboard under the stairs.
- Change the feel of a room by moving the furniture or (even less physical effort) changing the pictures you hang or adding mirror to reflect light from the windows into the room
- Invest in some houseplants. Houseplants can be very beneficial and healthy to our lives. They purify and renew our stale indoor air by filtering out toxins, pollutants and the carbon dioxide we exhale – replacing them with life sustaining oxygen! Not only that you can change the look and feel of a room by simply moving the plants or changing them
- Get the brushes out. A fresh coat of paint does wonders for making things look sharper and clearer.
- See the light. Make dark corners of rooms and hallways more spacious by using carefully placed lamps
- Garage full of clutter and no room for the car? Clear the clutter then talk to a company who specialize in converting the space. You can have an office, kids playroom or extra entertaining space right under your nose.
- Clear the gutters… while the weather is dry get a company round to clear anything that’s lying in the guttering so that if (or rather when) it rains there’s no problem of blockage or overflow
- A window of opportunity…Somemetimes all it takes to revitalise a space is a change the curtains. If you’re not overlooked why have curtains? A draping of a rich velvet material or muslin will completely change the way a room feels. Choose blinds instead of curtains and in kids rooms why not go the whole hog and have a favourite picture printed onto it. The possibilities are endless
If any of these ideas have caught your imagination and you need a bit of help getting into gear give us a call, we’ll find the perfect supplier for you.
