4 Home Improvement Projects You Can Do This 2018
The coming of the New Year 2018 brought everyone new hopes, new goals, and a lot more. But this also means bringing new ways to further elevate your living space to a higher level and create a more relaxing ambiance for your home.
But first, let’s define what a home is: The Cambridge Dictionary defines the word “Home” as “someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong”. With this being said, we need the feeling of belonging to a Home where we can just kick back and relax or have a sense of rest after a very long day at the office, doing your household chores/tasks. Have the sense of security and privacy in a space where you can be free of any stress and just enjoy sipping a cup of coffee (or tea) while enjoying a good book/magazine or just watching a show on your television.
For many of us (and we are afraid to admit this most of the time), our living space is not as relaxing or inviting. Making it more “liveable” is sometimes a daunting task and takes a lot of energy to renovate and make our living spaces worthy of being called “relaxing”.
In this article, we will show you four Home improvement projects that will create a more relaxing and enjoyable space in your Homes that will take you little to almost no effort to do. Just sit back… Relax, and have a good read.
1. Add an Air Humidifier to a room – This little awesome devices makes any part of your home more relaxing by emitting fragrant scents. You can place this little devices in any part of your home where you hang-out most of the time, in your bedroom or even where you feel there’s a need to eliminate any bad odors. There are different shapes and sizes for Air Humidifiers, They usually come in an orb-type or cylindrical shape. Choosing the perfect size and shape differs from where you plan to place these little devices. You may also choose from a wide variety of scents from fresh ocean breeze to your favourite combination of fruits.
Cleaning them is easy and with just a flick of a switch; you can turn your boring-smelling room into an exciting space to hang-out in
2. Install a new pair of window blinds or curtains – If you’re tired of your nosey neighbors or have vampire-like tendencies to be annoyed with sunlight, then installing window blinds is the perfect solution to these problems.
With different styles to choose from, you can pick the best style perfect for your needs. Take Korean Combi Shades as an example, these new and innovative window blind design gives you more than what your money’s worth, combi blinds or combi shades has this unique feature: You get to have full privacy or go semi-private with just a simple pull of a chain. The linear fabric design and a silhouette type of background fabric that goes along with the fabric design or color you choose gives you the best of both worlds.
Installation is a breeze, all you need is a power drill and some brackets and you’re good to go, but having it installed by a professional is still the best option when it comes to installing your window blinds to achieve perfect results.
Cleaning and maintenance is as easy as having it vacuum cleaned every month or so, depending on your environment. Remember that having your window blinds fabric are not washing machine or dryer safe.
If Window blinds are not your thing, then perhaps a touch of elegance with Blackout Curtains is your preference, with modern styles and designs to choose from. Blackout Curtains will give you the full privacy you require, and adding a valance board on top of your curtain and draperies adds more to the elegance these curtains create to your space.
3. Replacing your old lightings with LED Edison-bulbs light fixtures – When you enter a room in your house, whether your living room, dining room or bed room, the right amount of proper lighting sets the mood for any room.
The plain old fluorescent or white LED lighting sometimes creates this office-like mood and may prevent you from enjoying the space you are in. Edison bulbs however creates this homey and relaxing vibe that induces relaxation.
There are different types of fixtures that are perfect for Edison bulbs, ranging from linear, hanging-single bulb to chandeliers with Edison bulbs.
One of the perks of replacing your normal white lights with LED Edison Bulb is that it is more cost-efficient, not only that it gives your room a warm and cozy ambience, it also saves you money.
4. Add small potted plants – Having small potted plants placed, particularly, in your living room, gives it a fresher look, not to mention the additional fresh air it creates. These small additions are perfect especially for people that loves the great outdoors. Small plants like Aloe, Peace Lily, Snake Plant or a small Cactus can be placed in a small piece of pottery, or if you are into a more delicate type of plants; you could go for a bonsai plant. Just remember to water them as needed and be sure to find out more information regarding your chosen plant if this is your first time doing this.
With these Home Improvement projects listed above which ones are you interested to do?
Let us know your thoughts or if you have more ideas or photos of your own, feel free to send them in the comment section below.
But first, let’s define what a home is: The Cambridge Dictionary defines the word “Home” as “someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong”. With this being said, we need the feeling of belonging to a Home where we can just kick back and relax or have a sense of rest after a very long day at the office, doing your household chores/tasks. Have the sense of security and privacy in a space where you can be free of any stress and just enjoy sipping a cup of coffee (or tea) while enjoying a good book/magazine or just watching a show on your television.
For many of us (and we are afraid to admit this most of the time), our living space is not as relaxing or inviting. Making it more “liveable” is sometimes a daunting task and takes a lot of energy to renovate and make our living spaces worthy of being called “relaxing”.
In this article, we will show you four Home improvement projects that will create a more relaxing and enjoyable space in your Homes that will take you little to almost no effort to do. Just sit back… Relax, and have a good read.
1. Add an Air Humidifier to a room – This little awesome devices makes any part of your home more relaxing by emitting fragrant scents. You can place this little devices in any part of your home where you hang-out most of the time, in your bedroom or even where you feel there’s a need to eliminate any bad odors. There are different shapes and sizes for Air Humidifiers, They usually come in an orb-type or cylindrical shape. Choosing the perfect size and shape differs from where you plan to place these little devices. You may also choose from a wide variety of scents from fresh ocean breeze to your favourite combination of fruits.
Cleaning them is easy and with just a flick of a switch; you can turn your boring-smelling room into an exciting space to hang-out in
2. Install a new pair of window blinds or curtains – If you’re tired of your nosey neighbors or have vampire-like tendencies to be annoyed with sunlight, then installing window blinds is the perfect solution to these problems.
With different styles to choose from, you can pick the best style perfect for your needs. Take Korean Combi Shades as an example, these new and innovative window blind design gives you more than what your money’s worth, combi blinds or combi shades has this unique feature: You get to have full privacy or go semi-private with just a simple pull of a chain. The linear fabric design and a silhouette type of background fabric that goes along with the fabric design or color you choose gives you the best of both worlds.
Installation is a breeze, all you need is a power drill and some brackets and you’re good to go, but having it installed by a professional is still the best option when it comes to installing your window blinds to achieve perfect results.
Cleaning and maintenance is as easy as having it vacuum cleaned every month or so, depending on your environment. Remember that having your window blinds fabric are not washing machine or dryer safe.
If Window blinds are not your thing, then perhaps a touch of elegance with Blackout Curtains is your preference, with modern styles and designs to choose from. Blackout Curtains will give you the full privacy you require, and adding a valance board on top of your curtain and draperies adds more to the elegance these curtains create to your space.
3. Replacing your old lightings with LED Edison-bulbs light fixtures – When you enter a room in your house, whether your living room, dining room or bed room, the right amount of proper lighting sets the mood for any room.
The plain old fluorescent or white LED lighting sometimes creates this office-like mood and may prevent you from enjoying the space you are in. Edison bulbs however creates this homey and relaxing vibe that induces relaxation.
There are different types of fixtures that are perfect for Edison bulbs, ranging from linear, hanging-single bulb to chandeliers with Edison bulbs.
One of the perks of replacing your normal white lights with LED Edison Bulb is that it is more cost-efficient, not only that it gives your room a warm and cozy ambience, it also saves you money.
4. Add small potted plants – Having small potted plants placed, particularly, in your living room, gives it a fresher look, not to mention the additional fresh air it creates. These small additions are perfect especially for people that loves the great outdoors. Small plants like Aloe, Peace Lily, Snake Plant or a small Cactus can be placed in a small piece of pottery, or if you are into a more delicate type of plants; you could go for a bonsai plant. Just remember to water them as needed and be sure to find out more information regarding your chosen plant if this is your first time doing this.
With these Home Improvement projects listed above which ones are you interested to do?
Let us know your thoughts or if you have more ideas or photos of your own, feel free to send them in the comment section below.
