Any homeowner wants to keep their home clean, beautiful, and organized. You want to make it a haven for you and your family, so whenever you come home, you feel relaxed and energized. If you want to have a beautiful house with low-budget, check these out below!
1. Use Mail Organizers to Store Shoes
Mail organizers or magazine holders are a perfect place to store flip-flops and flats.
2. Use a Shoe Organizer in the Pantry
Hang a plastic pocket shoe organizer in your pantry, and fill it with snack items. This will cut down on the number of boxes you have to fit in your pantry and utilizes a space that wasn’t being previously used.
3. Stop Buying Swiffer Pads
Use a pair of fuzzy socks instead of buying Swiffer pads. You can toss this one in the wash and keep reusing it.
4. Create a Bedroom for Your Dog
Save space in your home, and create a bedroom under the stairs for the family dog.
5. Magnetize Your Hammer
Glue a magnet to the bottom of your hammer so you don’t have to always search for nails or hold those dirty things in your mouth.
6. Lower the Living Room
Create a unique feel to the living room by making it “sink.” It’s an elegant design that creates a space within a space.
7. Add Baseboard Storage
Maximize every possible space. This is genius!
8. Stain Your Oak Banister
Another popular feature in a lot of older homes with two floors is oak banisters. Although they’re functional – they aren’t very pretty. Luckily, that can be fixed with a little bit of sanding and some stain.
9. Create See-Through Glass Cabinets
Switch out your ugly, dated kitchen cabinets for ones with a glass front. It gives your kitchen a clean, beautiful look, with the illusion of extra space. Of course, you’ll want to make sure you have dishes and glassware you want to show off!
10. Use Under-the-Bed Storage
This is super creative, and it gives you a relaxation space, as well a bedroom.
11. Change Up Your Wallpaper
Cover the walls in your attic with cloud/sky-like wallpaper. Then put pillows all over the floor to create an awesome nap environment.
12. Add Storage Space Underneath the Staircase
Why should the space below the stairs go to waste? Add a pull-out storage unit underneath the stairs!
13. Add Accordion-Style Windows to the Kitchen
Install accordion windows for easy open and close. This is perfect for the kitchen, as it lets you air out any unwanted odors and provides a warm, cool breeze while you cook!
14. Create A Thicker Baseboard
Much like crown molding, baseboards can completely transform a room. But, if they’re too thin, they can almost look cheap or cheesy.
15. Replace Dated Countertops With Concrete
Most of us don’t think of concrete as being beautiful, but in the right application, like for your kitchen countertops – it can be absolutely gorgeous. A Beautiful Mess explains how they did theirs.
16. Create a Cozy Nook
Find unused space and create a cozy, comfortable nook to take a nap or read a book.
17. Add a Second Dishwasher
Two is always (usually) better than one. In this case, two dishwashers save you so much time. Alternate between the two so that you always have clean dishes readily available.
18. Install a Hidden Bookshelf
Create a bookshelf underneath the staircase.
19. Install a Secret Room
Always wanted that “secret” room from the movies? Try this out!
20. Add Garbage and Recycling Chutes in the Kitchen
Chores just got so much easier.
21. Hide Your Thermostat Controls
Hanging a painting by some hinges to your wall is the perfect way to hide a thermostat box.
22. Hang Your Ironing Board With Coat Hangers
Place two coat hangers about 6 inches apart, and hang your ironing board from it.
23. Use Command Hooks
These babies can work miracles in your home, especially if you live in a place where you can’t put holes in the walls. There are pretty much endless things you can do with Command Hooks, but they work great for storage like hanging bibs from behind the highchair or using them to hang your curling iron.
24. Classy Detergent Bottles
If you buy in bulk and can’t stand the sight of those gigantic detergent bottles, you can put it in one of those fancy glass drink dispensers to make your laundry room look neat and classy.
25. Keep Paint in a Jar
After you’re done painting a room, make sure you save a little bit of paint in a baby jar and have it on hand for when you need to make a touch-up.