Quick Indoor Home Improvement Projects for the Winter Months
1. New light fixtures can always bring a much-needed change to any room. Maybe a strip light above your bathroom vanity or some task or accent lights under your kitchen cabinets is just the touch you will need to lighten up a dreary cold day. Vanity lights and track lights can run as low as $10.00. Dependant upon the style of lights you get will determine the amount of time it will take you to install them. This could easily be a day project though. The materials you would need for the worse case scenario would be a Phillips and a flat-head screwdriver, measuring tape, stud sensor, hammer, circuit tester, wire stripper and cutters, drill, wire nuts and safety glasses
2. Give your kitchen cabinets a face-lift wit a coat of paint and add some new hardware to add that final change. Paint will run you as low as #13.00 a gallon, the amount needed will be dependant on the number of cabinets you plan to overhaul. The materials needed are paint, paintbrushes, roller, or sponge dependant upon look you are going for, drop cloth, fine-grade sandpaper if cabinets need a buff, primer if going from dark to light color and cleaning supplies. Period to complete this project will vary skill level, and how many cabinets. This project could easily be a day project or a weekend project dependant upon cabinet count and coats require to get the effect you want.
3. Organize your closets, Closet organizers can be as simple as adding a shelf, sliding drawers, or a freestanding shoe rack. When one is better organized, they have a better sense of control over their surroundings. Materials needed to accomplish this task are a tape measure, flat-head, and Phillips screwdrivers, closet organizer you have chosen for your closet, possible hammer, tape measure, plum line, and possibly a drill. Some freestanding organizers will not require any tools and just need to be placed in your closet. The rest is up to you to rearrange and organize. The time frame to complete this project is dependant upon how much organizing needs to be done and how extensive of a closet organizer you purchased. You can purchase organizers as low as $10.00 but can go up as high as $250.00 or more
4. Replace your flooring with a glueless laminate floor. This project can be done in one weekend and make a new impression on an otherwise drab room. Glueless laminate flooring is very popular now days and gives a look of a hard wood floor without the expense. You can purchase 12 square ft. of glueless laminates for as low as $42.00. The materials needed for this project are a pencil, tape measure, safety glasses, hammer, miter saw, drill, and a jigsaw. Most glueless laminates can be placed over your existing floor as long as it is solid and flat, otherwise you may have to purchase luaun, which runs about $4.00 for an 8×10 ft. sheet.
5. Add a touch of style to a room and install crown molding. Crown molding is an easy and quick change to a room that be accomplished in one weekend, if not quicker. The materials needed for this project are crown molding, utility knives, coping saw, measuring tape, wood putty, finishing nails, hammer, and a miter saw. Crown molding can be purchased as cheap as $8.00 for 8 ft.
6. Maybe all you need to add some sunshine on your cold winter days is a simple window treatment change. New curtains or shades add a nice accent to a room and liven up a room. For a this real quick home improvement project you will need curtains, curtain rods, a hammer, tape measure, possible a drill, and a screw drivers (style dependant upon hardware). Curtain and curtain rod prices vary tremendously dependant upon where you purchase them, but you can get an 8 ft. curtain panel as low as $12.00 if you shop around. Time frame to complete project is one afternoon.
These are just some suggestions of quick indoor home improvement projects for the winter months one could do to make a lasting impression and great use of cold winter days.
