Looking for affordable home remodeling ideas that will make a big difference?
This is a great time for home remodeling projects. You don’t always have to spend a ton of money to make an impressive looking upgrade to your property either.
There are relatively quick, inexpensive remodels you can do that will bring you a love of happiness, and that you’ll enjoy showing off.
In fact, focusing on these projects can actually give you the best bang for your buck, and highest returns on what you invest in your house, condo, or investment properties.
Often the big and more expensive home ‘improvements’ actually lose money, and come with a lot more hassle. As well as taking far too long to see the finished results.
Know Your Why
Before planning or starting any remodeling, or allowing yourself to go browse home improvement stores, online shops, or getting immersed in remodeling TikTok feeds, be clear about why you are doing this.
What’s it for? What do you want or need to get out of it?
Is it just for you? Maybe you just need a little more inspiring or beautified space. Or do you just want to engage yourself with a fun creative project?
Perhaps it is for impressing guests. To hear them gush over your upgrades when friends and family come over for dinner or stay for the holidays.
Others may be focused on making over rental properties, or suites in their home, which can be rented out on Airbnb and other vacation platforms for additional income.
Or you may be eagerly wanting to sell your property, and need to make it look its best for photos, showings, and to maximize its value to potential home buyers.
Knowing your why will keep you focused on the right projects with the best rewards. As well as helping to guide your style and design choices for the optimal results.
The Top Five Inexpensive Interior Remodeling Ideas
1. Reface Your Cabinets
This is one of the most inexpensive remodels you can do in your home. One that can really make your interior pop too.
The kitchen is an obvious room to really make a big difference in. Though this can also apply to bathrooms, bedrooms, wet bars, built in cabinets, and anywhere else you have them.
You may hire someone to do it. There are companies you can send your cabinet doors off to, to have them resurfaced. Or even a local handyman can help.
This may be as basic as sanding and staining or repainting them. You can also make a huge visual difference with new hinges and handles. Each just costing a few dollars.
The same can be applied to other hardware in your home. Including vanities and replacing door knobs on all of your interior doors.
2. Repaint Your Interior
Repainting the interior of your home makes a huge difference. Just a fresh coat of paint can add a lot of life, and help you modernize it, or bring in a new trend and style.
If you plan to rent or sell your home, be sure to stick to neutral colors. You can always add a dash of life with home staging and accents. Including your window treatments, and throw pillows, and indoor plants.
You may tackle just a couple of rooms, or your entire interior. Doing it yourself may just cost a couple hundred dollars depending on the size of your space.
Or you may choose to just focus on one accent wall in each room. Which may be painted or feature designer wallpaper.
3. Flooring
New flooring can be very expensive, but it doesn’t have to be.
The cost will greatly depend on how much floor you are going to update. As well as how you will upgrade it.
Hiring professional installers may cost just as much as the material itself. If you can take the DIY route, then you can halve the cost of this project.
You may begin working with what you have. For example, deep cleaning your carpets. You may be impressed by the results. Hardwood floors can be sanded and refinished for an impressive new look. Concrete floors may be refinished as well.
Take into account what is needed in each room. Some, like mud and laundry rooms just need a functional, easy to clean floor, which you may replace often. In other rooms you may want to add a lot of wow factor. You can balance costs this way. For example, faux tile in the laundry room, and then investing in stunning stone in your bathrooms. While you may spend more per square foot in these rooms, the small square footage means the overall project will still be inexpensive.
Also look out for clearance deals and sales on flooring. You may pick up beautiful, quality flooring very inexpensively, even for large spaces if you shop smart.
4. Kitchen Backsplash
If you don’t have a backsplash in the kitchen, this can make a big difference. It can be a wow feature that really not only brings your kitchen to life, but can make open floor plan homes really impressive.
Adding a backsplash where there isn’t one is also highly functional, and will make cleaning so much easier.
Replacing an old backsplash doesn’t have to be that difficult either. Go take a look at new backsplash material trends and you’ll get inspired. New range vents can also breathe new life into your home. Literally, and visually. Choose something sleek and modern, or a big statement piece.
5. New Appliances
Appliances are typically included in a home sale. They are attractive to tenants and guests. Efficient, new appliances can make every day life easier and more pleasurable, while cutting down on energy bills.
There are plenty of places to start. This may include your washer and dryer, dishwasher, range, or fridge.
Appliances are also often easy to finance to help keep the upfront financial outlay for this upgrade affordable.
More Inexpensive Interior Remodeling Ideas
Here are some bonus ideas if you want to keep on going to make over your home interior:
- Replace and upgrade your lighting fixtures and fans
- Replace and update electrical plates and plugs
- Add built in storage and organizers
- Build or install one or double kitchen islands
Inexpensive Outdoor Remodeling Ideas
Once you’ve got your interior done, here are some affordable outdoor home renovation projects to keep you busy and flexing your creativity.
- Repaint your front door and add new hardware
- Resurface your driveway
- Add new plants and a home vegetable or herb garden
- Add on a new deck or porch for curb appeal and enjoying the outdoors
Summary
There are a variety of inexpensive home remodeling projects you can take on to boost the enjoyment of your home, its rental and resale appeal, and to impress your friends and family members.
Getting a brand new, inspiring look can be much more affordable and faster than you might have thought.
Check out these ideas and tips to give your home interior a makeover this season.
