My Top Home Renovation Tips

Are you a fan of the home renovation / DIY programmes and fancy putting what you see into practice? By following a few tips and keeping it simple will help you be a design hero and not design disaster.

If you have only just moved in, which is when, many people decide change the look of a room then consider living in the house / flat for a while first. By living there and getting to know the space you begin to appreciate what changes could work best. There is nothing more annoying than finishing a project stepping back and thinking 'oh why didn’t I think of that first'.

If you need a professional to come and finish things off then try not to just pluck a random name out of the yellow pages. Ask friends and family for builders / plumbers etc that they have used and that have done a good job. The cheapest option is rarely going to be the best option and will in the long run cost you more.

Taking time to plan is very important and I will also suggest that once the planning in finished to leave the project for a couple of weeks. That way you can come back to it with relatively fresh eyes. You then be able to spot something that is not quite right before starting the work on it. You can also find some handy planning tools online, just so a search in Google and you will find a host of kitchen planning programmes that are free and really good.

Sometimes you can roped into to stores telling you that they only have a few left in stock and if you don’t buy today then you will miss out. If you are still not convinced it is right for your project then walk away and look elsewhere. The alternative you find may in fact be better value and work better for you.

Cutting corners rarely ends well. For example if you and planning to paint a room and don’t to the preparation properly you could end up with a sub standard finish. It will probably mean you will just need to do it again.

Just because you have seen a chap on the TV convert a plank of MDF into a magnificent piece of hallway furniture with a few slices of his saw and a bit of wood clue, doesn’t mean you can. Unless you know what are design then the chance are you are going to create a worthless piece of junk. Start with the something simple like a shelf of coffee table.