Five Halloween Home Improvement Projects

Halloween means trick or treaters, candy and plenty of great costumes. But it’s not for everyone. Put out the bowl of Halloween candy early and get your home improvement on! With one or all five of these great weekend warrior home improvement projects, you should be able to keep busy throughout the holidays.

Replacing your Old Popcorn Ceiling

If you have an old popcorn ceiling in your home, it can make you feel like you just stepped back into the 1980’s. These messy old school ceiling textures can be difficult at best to remove and replace. Opt out for using a stomp ceiling texture and save the day! In just hours, using a stomp brush and with a little mess, you can easily create a stomp ceiling texture that can make your home look like a million bucks.

Painting Styles

There are a million colors of paint available for your home. But boring and bland colors can make your home look just like everyone else’s, leaving little to the imagination. Instead of painting just one single color, use a painting technique to really make it stand out from the crowd. From antique crackling to sponge paints, there are a huge number of ways to turn a conventional bucket of paint into a masterpiece. Use one of these great books on painting techniques to get the most out of your next painting job.

Kitchen Backsplash

This is one of the easiest and most dramatic changes that just about any DIY aficionado can create on their own. And because tiles come in a huge variety of colors, sizes and materials, you can bet that you’ll find the perfect combination of tiles for your new kitchen backsplash. From glass tiles to mosaic tiles, you can be sure that you’ll get a great home improvement over your Halloween holidays.

Floating Flooring

This project may seem like it would be tough to complete on your own, but with a little elbow grease, a miter saw and the right materials, you can have the look of an all wood floor in any room of your home nearly overnight. Floating flooring is cheap, easy to install and makes any room look like a million bucks.

Crown Molding

This home improvement project is a great way to add a special touch of class to any existing home. While this project is a little more advanced that the others in this guide, it’s not impossible. Using a miter saw and some classy crown molding, you can quickly attach this high class trim to any room in your house in just a few days.