10 EASY + INEXPENSIVE HOME IMPROVEMENTS 🔨
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30 years as a professional paint & decorating store manager and prior to that YEARS as a licensed painting & remodeling contractor in 4 states I would say to the viewers be VERY careful about the tip with the sample paint on the front door. Pay attention to where you live, how much of a mildew problem you have in the area, and how much sun impacts the front door.
MOST general, run-of-the-mill company paint samples are INTERIOR PAINT! This means that it will NOT have the mildewcide in it which is CRUCIAL in some areas of the country, and it does NOT have the UV inhibitors that an exterior paint will have, so if the door is exposed to direct sunlight that paint will break down fairly quickly. Also, interior paints will generally be what is called a "hard-cure" while exterior paints are generally a "soft-cure", this is intentional so that exterior paint can withstand the constant and sometimes EXTREME shifts in thermal expansion caused by various exterior temperatures. Simply put, if you live in a locale with extreme temperature changes, that INTERIOR PAINT SAMPLE may tend to CRACK on that exterior surface - JUST because it may have worked for this lady and her channel does NOT mean it will be satisfactory for YOU and YOUR situation. And let's not even talk about the QUALITY of paint samples... MOST paint samples are made with very poor quality paint - it's exceedingly cheap, low-quality paint that is just designed to show you the color, because, nothing looks like paint on a wall but paint on a wall... and when you're done viewing the color, you paint over it with high-quality paint. Buyer beware on this tip! Seriously, a quart of exterior door paint is NOT expensive and will last for YEARS! DON'T cheap out on this! Your front door is usually one of the first impressions that guests have when they come to visit!
If you're repainting a door and the lock and deadbolt are out of place (like in post) plug holes sand and redrill in proper locations before painting.
I didn't know that about the paint details. Thx!
I was sus when she said she just painted over a rusty railing. This sounds like flipper renovations, where the next person to move in realizes everything was done wrong/poorly, and they have to spend more money to fix it, and it's more difficult to undo the damage than it would've been if the flipper would've just left it alone or gotten someone who knew what they were doing.
@@horohorosrin precisely! I abhor these hack channels that give out this poor quality information. People eat it up because they just don't know any better, then they end up paying for it in the end.
@@sam2753 Yup! Next advice is probably "paint this brick," considering that's what all the crappy DIY renovation channels keep insisting people do.
I hit the Habit 4 Humanity Restore weekly for light fixtures, cabinet hardware & door knobs/levers. I took them home cleaned, prepped them & spray painted them ( rubbed oil bronze). Totally updated our 1976 Rancher. Slowly ( 1 room at a time) converting old light switches & outlets to euro rocker switches/ outlets is another way to update your home. I 100% agree that Window treatments & rods are Ridiculously priced!! Make your own...in a lot of homes it's difficult if not impossible to find curtain rods that match in a variety of window sizes!!
That place is a goldmine for sure! 💛
This is a goldmine of practical ideas for sprucing up your living space on a budget. I was particularly impressed by the cost-effective solutions that resulted in a significant aesthetic and functional upgrade to the home. Many Thanks!
I was amazed by the creativity and simplicity of these home improvement ideas. The video made it clear that you don't need a huge budget to make impactful changes to your space. It's a must-watch for anyone looking to upgrade their home affordably. Thank you.
This video is a goldmine of home improvement inspiration. The 10 budget-friendly ideas provided fresh perspectives on how to enhance your living space without draining your wallet. I'm genuinely excited to roll up my sleeves and get started on these easy and cost-effective projects!
You two work well together, I must say! Your home looks fantastic. I'm glad for you!
This is a treasure trove of realistic suggestions for improving your home on a budget. I was very delighted by the economical fixes that gave the house a substantial cosmetic and practical improvement. Best Regards!
Love your suggestions! Your suggestions are affordable and useful. We do intend to completely redo our kitchen.
You have done such a wonderful job on your old new home. It looks amazing and so homey that it looks absolutely meant for your wonderful family. God bless you.
Paint works wonders on so many things! Great tips on what to paint to refresh your home, way to go!
I happened upon this channel from my suggestions. Honestly awesome to listen to, you don't overload your videos, and get straight to the point. Loved the ideas! I'm looking forward to trying out a few of them on my house!
Thanks, happy to have you here 🤗
Hilary, these are all such amazing ideas! I believe the door improvements are my favorite. About eight years ago, my grandparents replaced every door in their 1970s house, which was a very costly project. Nevertheless, this would have been the ideal replacement.
Great ideas! I love how you use paint to make something look new and to make improvements seem like original aspects of your home and furniture. I wish that I had known about painting metal fences a few years ago instead of putting up with the eyesore we had and then tearing it down. Many thanks for this video.
I found your channel when looking for decluttering and inexpensive upgrades/remodels. Thank goodness I did! Your channel is fantastic!
OMG! I never even thought of most of these! This was amazing! Thanks for all the great ideas! Cas
Ah hey girl! Oh yes the power of paint ✌🏼
great concepts I adore the way you utilize paint to update items and make renovations appear to be original features of your furnishings and home. I regret not learning about painting metal fences sooner, as I would have had to put up with the eyesore we had before ripping it down. Thank you so much for this video.
The kitchen painting project was a big one, but it majorly paid off 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hey, it's my favorite CZcams dermatologist! Didn't expect to see you here!
Buying my first home lots of work!!! Obsessed with your channel
All phenomenal and doable tips! Paint really does wonders. Board and batten is also quite simple but high impact!
I adore every video this week! Our closet doors and the wood doors in our hallway are two things I would love to do. Perhaps following summertime tasks!
Double Thumbs up! This was a round up of some of your most impactful projects. We are in need of budget ideas to get a jump on round 2 of our upgrades. This is totally your fortè.
You are so right about the "rounds" of projects!
Love your tips!! Your tips are truly affordable & doable. We do want to completely redo our kitchen some day but in the mean time I’m really considering trying the chalk paint!!
Am new to your channel, we've also done properties up and sold...for a profit lm proud to say. We're now in our forever home and presently doing it up. You do learn a lot by doing it yourself. In England we're not allowed to do electrics unless qualified so we have to bring a electrician in.
Thank you for a great video.
I adore your counsel! Your guidance is sensible and reasonably priced. At some point, we really want to remodel our kitchen completely, but in the meanwhile, I'm thinking about painting with chalk paint!
The outlet in the pantry was brilliant! The doors with the molding gave such high impact for low cost. Great ideas and video!
These are all such wonderful ideas Hilary! I think my favorite is the door updates. My grandparents replaced all of their doors in their 1970s home about eight years ago and it was so expensive but this would’ve been the perfect thing to do instead.
Casa Magnolia We replaced our bathroom door when the old one broke so now we’d like to replace all the hallway doors. But the closets? They’re definitely getting trim and paint 😁
Hilary, these are all such fantastic ideas! I believe the door improvements are my favorite.
Omg I’m obsessed with this video!!!!! Please make more like it! My husband and I have remodeled our entire home ourselves. Currently working on a bathroom
Any topic or project in particular? :D
You and Jen are two of my favorite CZcamsrs! I love your video collaboration. You both always have the best tips and have such lovely homes. Thanks!
Every video this week is so adorable! I would love to do the wood doors in our hallway and our closet doors. maybe after summers chores!
OMG... You gave some wonderful ideas in your video!! I'm not so creative so I love watching people that are lol. From what I saw your home looked lovely!
We have so many improvements to make in our big house. You have inspired me! Such simple things that have HUGE impact. I love the new mailbox idea, especially...it's just not something that ever takes priority.
Tiny House Big Music ya know we didn’t make our exterior a priority in the old house until years after living there and once we did I wished we had done it sooner! Of course you see the interior more but everyone driving by and all your guests see the exterior first 💛
It takes a lot of patience for me to get thru these diys but you're right it is worth it
Great idea on the curtain rod. I said the SAME thing today...why so expensive! I’m doing your idea today. Thank you!
Your previous home I absolutely loved it ! We live in a 80’s home and our room is still not renovated we have missing popcorn on ceiling , no carpet on our floor & a very outdated scary bathroom. What keeps me here is knowing the payment of our home allows me to be a SAHM . Renovating for sure takes money& patience! ❤️
AM Living within your means and having the freedom to be home with your children is valuable 💛
If it's work keeping it,. UPGRADE, I will probably move, but yeah I can't beat the payment also!!
Love these inexpensive ideas, that make a huge difference.
Greetings from South Africa
I agree! If you want more tips I interviewed a top realtor here in Chicago who talks about updating a house on a budget and maximizing your ROI when wanting to sell. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/maximize-your-money-into-real-estate-you-own-top-chicagoland/id1506416980?i=1000477931076
You’re truly inspiring Hilary. Thank you for sharing your tips and journey of home improvements. Can you do a video focused on which type of paint to use where in a home? The paint aisle is overwhelming.
Your videos have inspired me to be more handy! We did our own kitchen upgrades and spent under $5k after getting a quote from a company for more than $30k. Thank you! Keep sharing these great videos!
megan burns YESSS love to hear that!!
We’re buying a home that was built in the 60’s, so it needs some serious help. I have to paint the walls, we got lucky with the kitchen ( all new) but rust carpets ugh, mis matched bath cabinets, so many things to do. This video helped me so much . You showed me things I never thought to do, so Thank You So Much!
The great thing about older homes is their solid bones, paint makes a world of difference! 💛
Fantastic, doable ideas. Your home improvements look great and were well worth the investment of cash and effort.
I just finished spraying the air conditioning vents. They look so, so nice. Thank you for this. My next step is the mailbox. Yours looks like a Mayne mailbox post. Love it. Im going for it despite the reviews stating how hard it is to attach the mailbox to it. Might even spray paint my current mailbox to save a little money. Thank you so much.
You and Jen ... two of my faves! 💕
Thank you, wonderful Hillary !🌸🌺🇬🇧🇨🇦M
I could listen to you talk for ever. So much character in your voice. 👍🏼👍🏼
Me and Wifey are in the LONG process of purchasing another home, but for now we have upgrades to do in our preset home to increase value. I'M EXCITED for the upcoming repairs even though I know it's 💰 involved!!! A lot of things I should have dong a LONG time ago!!!!!
Wow! I love this kind of video. More home DIY projects please! Thanks!
Love your advice! Your advice is both practical and affordable. We do have plans to renovate our kitchen in its entirety.
So many practical (both in time and cost) suggestions with such big payout! We’ve done the conduit pipe as curtain rods and I’m even... gulp... venturing out into pvc pipe as curtain rods (I have a larger than average window needing a super long “rod.”) Your front door painting video is still an inspiration for me to finally paint ours, seeing the difference once again on this video may just be the final nudge I need!
Who would even know it's PVC?? And there's nothing like a freshly painted front door :)
We used pvc pipe for kitchen sliding glass doors and it's great! You see nothing but the valances😊
You and your husband are quite a good team! Your house is looking so amazing. Happy for you! 💕
Thank you, yes I agree we are 💛
Hi Hilary! I was looking for decluttering and affordable improvements/remodels and I found your channel. I'm so glad I did! I love your channel! I am now subscribing. I visited Jen's channel and loved hers and I'm following her as well! Thanks so much!
Simply just love the trim on the doors. Great idea. We will definitely be using that one. Thanks☺
Just subscribed. Looking forward to binge watching your videos. We're moving into our newly purchased home in a month after renting for the last 14 years. We're older and owned homes before that but had some bad luck and had to sell and rent. I'm looking forward to making our new home our own. There's only so much you can do to a rental, lol.
Welcome! It sure is a fun ride 💛
Excellent tips. I'm in the process of updating to sell and you have really given me some great ideas
Happy to help, blessings on your sale!
This is great! So inspriring. I don't know why I find so many project intimdiating.
Lydia Senn that’s why it’s so great to have someone show you how to do it, and then you realize I can do that myself 💪🏼
Love your advice! Your advice is both practical and affordable. We definitely intend to renovate our kitchen entirely at some point, but in the interim, I'm seriously considering using chalk paint!
After seeing you paint your cabinets we painted ours and we love it. Totally changed the feel of our home. Love your easy tips.
Kirstie Finley Love to hear that!! 🤗💛
For people interested in budged doors and windows, I would suggest Dako. They are a new and pretty good brand.
I love that you and your husband DIY house projects yourself. My husband and I are currently working on some flooring and countertops. Question for you on your butcher block countertops, are they hard to maintain and how cost efficient are they? Thanks so much Hilary!
Davee Kilian awesome! They are not hard to maintain, just clean with soap and water and don’t let any water soak on them for too long. Otherwise they were very inexpensive, I think we paid $700 for all and then about $350 to the carpenter who cut, stained, sealed, and installed them. It was cheaper than laminate!!
Great, amazing 👍👍
Great video !
Great ideas! I will use a few for sure. Now, I really like the X placed on the sliding closet door but I think it would be better if X was more precise - meaning not side to side but positioned in the view field so it does look like X. Kitchen spice was the redone counter, which is $$ to $$$ of dollars.
Great Job !
Wow! I am extremely impressed how you are able to make your home into a dream home with inexpensive tools and product. Thank you for inspiring me. I am sure to pass this along.
Love that old school kitchen with that new countertop
Good morning Hilary!! Awesome tips as always!!! Everything you and Dan have done looks absolutely beautiful. If the previous owners saw it now...they’d want it back 😉. Have a great day!! 👍🏻😁
Great video! Thank you!
I love the board and batten! I’m hoping to try that someday. The difference in your doors is phenomenal too. Great tips!
Sweet And Simple Home Can’t wait to see when you do! 💛
Hello Hilary! This is just what I needed to watch! I love all of these way that you updated your home! We will definitely be adding wainscoting to this home, it adds so much to the look and feel. Wonderful ideas, I'll be revisiting this video soon :) Wonderful and creative collaboration! ~Nikki
Inspired by Nikki You guys will work wonders in that house, I am SO excited to see all your future projects 🤗
Very well done!
Really nice!
We painted our kitchen cabinets with chalk paint after watching you do it and they have held up amazingly well! Love all of your ideas 😊
CapeCodBudgetMom yeah!! 🤗💛
I just LOVE the board & batten❣️
Thanks Hillary! I am now a new subscriber.
Welcome! 💛
Great tips! Saving this video, to watch while renovating our new home!
I love the trim y'all did on the doors - it makes them look so expensive! The previous home owners of our house painted our kitchen cabinets and I love it! They're in need of a touch up so that's a project for next spring/summer. First I want to tackle our bathroom cabinets and laundry cabinets. Have you done a gel stain? Really interested in trying that on cabinets!
I have not but I know Cas from Clutterbug has an awesome gel stain tutorial on her channel, she did her kitchen and it turned out great!
Such an awesome video! I really like all of your ideas. My first step is to paint all the baseboards in common living areas (goodbye knees!) and that’s a great idea to paint my front door while I’m at it!
She’s Gone Coconuts that will make a HUGE difference 🙌🏼
Love the idea of a dimmer switch in baby's room.
Love the trim on door idea.
This is such a good video, it will give me something to do at home and you are so inspirational.
Jen is soooo good! I love her!!!
Thank you for sharing
Very nice!
Such great tips Hillary, I am in the process of restoring my historic home and I so love it. I love a home that has character and if there isn't any then these tips will work great. I was so inspired by the board and batten video vlog that you did that I tried my hand at it in my kitchen and family room area and it turned out amazing. The kitchen tour will be up this weekend. You are always so inspirational to me in so many ways and I just really enjoy your channel and family. How are you feeling by the way, you look amazing. Thanks so much for sharing your always helpful and inspiring tips.
That is so awesome, nothing quite like a historic home. I am feeling great! :)
I like it!
Video summary: spray paint the entire home.
Nice thanks!
Love the content! Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing!
These are brilliant! We are in the process of doing minor upgrades to the house we are selling and I can't wait to really customize our new one 😍
Hi! Really loved the ideas 💡 My husband and I are doing updates to the home we are living in to just bring it up to date and sell it!! What paint did you use for the doors? Also did you sand it down before painting?
I can imagine that's a job, we are also in that process
Jen recommended yo. I’m so glad.
Welcome! :)
Here from Jen!! Love the video....now gotta look through all yours!
Welcome! Enjoy 🤗
Your home is always lovely, Hilary! My husband and I are the least handy people, but we also can’t afford to pay for home improvements right now. Channels like yours do give me inspiration to want to try a few things in our modest little home (starting with the very easiest ; )). Would you say painting doors & trim are significantly easier than painting cabinets? Also not sure how painting furniture compares in difficulty.
Yes a door or trim are very easy, although cabinets + furniture are not more difficult per se, just maybe more time consuming and you have hinges and hardware to remove or work around. YOU CAN DO IT!!
Great tips
I really loved the idea of adding trim to the slab doors. I grew up in a house full of them in the natural tone and just painting them would have improved them, but adding the trim would have been a real step up. I wish I had seen this when we were fixing my parent's house before we had to sell it. The other idea I love is adding the board and batten with the nice plate rail on top. May I ask- is it just the wall in between the strips of wood or did you go the full wainscotting boards with strips of wood?
In the 1990s my brother and his family and I once lived on an old farm. I was in what was originally the chicken house and converted sometime in the 1940s or 50s to an apartment. There was a lot of light in the apartment so it was really cheerful. It had hardwood floors and the old thick, wide, knotty pine boards were installed vertically (with a bead in between each board), throughout the apartment. My living room was huge, 14' x 25' (for an apartment). I loved how it all aged perfectly together. I used to host Italian Night once a month for my friends. Some music from Italy, with tacky red, white, and green decorations outside. I was always dressed up with a pillow under one of my grandmother's dresses, a white apron with authentic sauce stains on the front, and a babushka on my head. The most authentic idea was a picture of Frank Sinatra with a novena candle lit in front of it. I saw this idea in a couple of family-run restaurants at the cash registers when I backpacked through Italy 5 years earlier. Sorry, I get carried away. Anywho, my brother and his family rented the old main house which had huge rooms and a high ceiling in the living room. There was a fieldstone fireplace with built-in glass-front cabinets on either side of it. Now, to the best of it all. The walls were covered halfway up to the 10 ft ceiling with hand-carved, dark, rich walnut panels that each had different wildlife scenes carved into them like bears, moose, raccoons, bunnies, and even loons in a couple of panels depicting a lake scene. This was original, well everything was original to the lodge which was built in 1809 for the then Governor of CT,(but the mechanics had been "updated" sometime in the 1940s to push button light switches and the like). The story is the governor was from old money and commissioned the panels from some well-known craftsman who lived in Montreal and then had them shipped to the home. By the way, this lodge was built across from the oldest stone house on the eastern seaboard. The stone house was built in 1647 and has a slit window at the very top so the wife of the sea captain who owned it, could watch him come into port after long trips carrying goods back and forth to Europe. Unfortunately, long after my brother lived there, the owner's daughter and her son were living there when the large beautiful porch with its bare cedar posts caught on fire from a lit cigarette, and the entire house was engulfed in a matter of minutes and burned to the ground. Luckily the two occupants got out alive, but both had serious injuries. The mom had severe burns on her hands from hanging outside of the third-floor window and was rescued by a fireman. The son was worse. He jumped out his bedroom window and hit an oil tank fill pipe which caused injuries to all of his internal organs, along with seared windpipe and lungs. Years later they both are doing well. The house was all timber, including a new cedar shingle roof, and that's why it went up so quickly. I'll never forget the house and those panels, and the beautiful handmade and carved woodwork that was everywhere in that house. Just the foundation and half of the stone fireplace stand today.
Tip from someone who used to work for a paint company, don't use the sample quarts for your final color. Yes they are cheap but they aren't true paint. You'll end up needing to repaint every few months, espically if you use the sample on a front door.
Thank you! Perhaps it depends on the brand, and also your sun exposure, both valid. We used a Behr sample with no storm door and it has held up for three years.
Thank you! Just have one question. I just finished painting my cabinets and the front face of them all, but didn't paint the inside. I've seen both ways just wanted to get your opinion.
I thoroughly enjoy your channel Hilary and your informative and enjoyable videos...so glad I found you and look forward to your posts 😀🙏
Just put in an offer for my first home. These tips sound amazing.
happyflowers1212 hope it all goes well!
Came to your channel via Lydia Senn. 💗
So glad you’re here Jane! 🧡
Definitely plan on painting the bathroom vanities and kitchen cabinets in the home we are buying. I'd love to do the board and batten in our dining room. Already have plans to update our fireplace with high heat spray paint too and I'm gonna whitewash the brick. 😬 The list grows but it'll be so much better once these things are done.