If you’ve been wondering how to makeover your home under a tight budget, this is the post for you! Whether you’re a seasoned DIYer or just starting out, we believe that making updates to your home should be fun and affordable for everyone. So we decided to share some of our budget-friendly DIY project ideas that will bring new life to your home. Grab your home toolkit and give these ideas a try!
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1. Give Your Walls a Splash of Color
A simple and affordable way to change up any room is by giving your walls a fresh coat of paint. Personally, we like neutral tones all over with a few accent colors in a few areas. Our paint of choice is usually Behr Premium Plus because you are able to get a gallon of primer and paint for $30-$40 each and the quality is really great. Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore paints are high quality paints that may cost more but provide a lasting finish.
You can also save money by doing a DIY paint job instead of hiring a professional painter. If you aren’t quite comfortable painting, use painter’s tape to keep your paint lines clean.
We also used this wallpaper from Wallmur on one wall of our kid’s room to add an accent instead of a different paint color. Wallpaper is not the easiest to apply, but with some patience and an extra hand, it can definitely be done!
2. Upgrade Your Lighting
Another nice way to give your home an update is with some new lights. Now lighting can get pretty expensive, especially depending on your tastes but we usually find that decent options on Amazon or Wayfair. If you have older, dim lights in your home, you’ll be amazed at how new lighting can brighten up your rooms and create a warm and inviting vibe.
3. Repurpose and Upcycle Furniture
When we had a little more time on our hands, we used to go to yard sales on the weekends and find furniture pieces that could be upcycled. This saved us so much money buying furniture (and was part of the start of Hammer and Handsaw too!).
An easy way to do this is to find sturdy pieces that are made of real wood, prep the furniture (by either sanding and/or priming the wood), then stain or paint to your liking.
For example, we found an old yellow desk at a local yard sale and updated it with Minwax Jacobean wood stain on the top and Behr Paint in the color Polar Bear on the bottom.
Another example is our DIY dresser makeover, where we took an old dresser and gave it a fresh new look. Check it out!
4. Add Greenery with Indoor Plants
We have live indoor plants all over our home! They bring a nice touch to any space and best of all, they are good for your health by improving the air quality! We’d suggest finding low maintanance plants to start if you don’t have a green thumb. You can find affordable house plants at your local nursery, home improvement store or even online! You can find a beautiful, live Bird of Paradise plant for under $50 on Amazon.
5. Create Functional Storage Solutions
Once you’ve added new lights and greenery, it’s time to declutter. You’ll be surprised how rearranging the items in a room drastically changes the feel and function in the space. It’s probably easier said than done if you have a lot of stuff. But budget-friendly storage solutions like using various organization bins, baskets, caddys and shelves are easy ways to give your space an instant makeover.
An easy and budget-friendly DIY project for organization is to create your own shelving. In one example, we created a quick shelf in our half bath by cutting down and staining a piece of scrap wood then installing it on the wall with shelf brackets.
Another example is the farmhouse entryway shelf, where we saved money by using old wood pieces. We also stained the top using our signature gray whitewash stain color and painted the bottom using Behr Polar Bear (notice a pattern yet?) to match the other furniture pieces that we updated.
We hope that these budget-friendly DIY ideas have sparked some inspiration and show that it is possible to makeover your home without overspending. You just need a little creativity, patience and DIY enthusiasm to make your living spaces truly shine without breaking the bank!
If you decide to try any of these, share it with us on @hammerandhandsaw on Instagram and Tiktok!