Home Improvement Projects To Do Over The Weekend

Beaded Boards

Beaded boards lend a traditional touch to kitchens and bathrooms with holes cut in the boards or sheets for outlets, phone jacks, and other wall necessities. For a modern take on the beaded board, try wider plank paneling.

Inviting Front Doors

A cheery front-door color and just a touch of landscaping can do wonders for your home’s curb appeal while making a lasting impression on guests. Dress your door with new hardware, and add a welcome mat and some potted plants near the entrance. Consider installing outdoor lighting to illuminate the walkway and enhance your home’s architecture. 

Reorder

Get creative with your drawer space. Outfit yours with divided storage (used in kitchen drawers) and a power strip, to make it serve as a charging dock and daily organizer for cell phones, music players, and other electronics. Drill a hole through the back of your dresser and drawer to accommodate your electrical cords.

Light up your Kitchen

Dress up your eating area with a fresh light fixture, replacing the existing fixture is your easiest option. You just need to turn off the power at the breaker box and connect the wires.

New Faucets

Add some elegance into your daily life with a faucet that ups the ante in looks and quality. Just make sure the configuration matches your existing sink, or you might end up needing to replace that too.

Spruce up your yard

With flagstones, you can easily make an outdoor patio over a weekend; no mortar required. Just add a few potted plants and some outdoor seating, such as a bistro set or an eclectic mix of colorful chairs, to create a quaint backyard escape.   

Wallpaper or Paint

Self-adhesive and repositionable wallpaper can create a romantic accent that’s easy to apply, remove, and reuse. It works like a giant sticker. Tape the pattern on the decorative paper applied to the wall, using a crafts knife to cut around the template. Peel away the paper above the cut.

Efficient Fireplaces

A gas or wood-burning insert adds energy efficiency to your home to quickly and easily rehabilitate your existing fireplace, without needing to tear apart your hearth and mantel.

Ceiling Fans

Add a ceiling fan to save money, since you won’t be not running the air-conditioner on marginal days when all you really need is some air movement.