Does your home need a dramatic makeover but you don’t have the dramatic budget to match?
Giving your home a facelift doesn’t have to cost the earth, and there are ways to easily change the appearance of your home without needing an enormous budget. Here are 5 top tips for making your house more aesthetically pleasing in the long-term.
1. Clad or Render Your Home
Cladding and rendering are an easy way to change the look of your home completely. These methods are often used for houses that have had extensions installed and potentially have mis-matched bricks or tiles.
Cladding or rendering can give the outside of your home a more uniform appearance, as well as helping with weatherproofing, insulation, fire resistance and structural strength to name just a few.
2. Replace the Roof
The roof of your home can be one of the most characteristic elements of your house. Not only will a new roof improve the weatherproofing of the overall structure, but it will also change the whole appearance of the house, especially if you opt for a different colour, or tile shape.
3. Fit Larger Windows
Windows are the gateway to your home, and changing the size of your windows can give you added light inside your home, as well as modernise the exterior.
You could choose bi-folding doors for patio areas, skylights or stained glass, all of which will give essential character to your abode.
Companies like Period Home Style offer an array of bespoke stained glass panels that can be installed into your windows, giving your house a unique and distinctive look.
Whichever window styles you pick, you can feel rest assured that functional high quality windows will add to your home for years to come.
4. Enter a Raffle for a New House!
Completely unhappy with your existing house? Why not enter a raffle for a chance to win a new one? Organisations like Raffle House hold prize draws that enable you to win a brand new house, or a cash alternative.
Whether your dream house is that of a luxury bungalow, a chateau or a town house that would rival Taylor Swift’s frequent hang outs, entering a Raffle House draw gives you the chance to win big for a very small contribution.
5. Knock Down Some Walls
Knocking down walls can be one of the best ways to modernise the architecture of your house.
By removing walls, you will create more of an open plan living arrangement. Open plan living creates additional space, and greater light in your home. If you’re planning on selling your home in the near future, this is a great way to increase the worth of your house.
Open plan arrangements are particularly popular in kitchen-diner rooms. As times have moved on, the traditional dining room has faded out of fashion, as combined kitchen and dining spaces tend to be better for socialising and hosting gatherings.
Using expandable dining tables like those sold at retailers like Ikea can further lend your house to fantastic social gatherings and dinner parties that will boost your social life.
Do you have any tips for changing the architecture of your home? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
