DIY Home Improvement Ideas

Find our DIY Home Improvement Ideas for your home in this application.

#1. Paint Your Trim

We'll start off with the one thing that will give you the most bang for your buck. Painting your old wooden trim. I painted my trim, and it completely transformed my entire house. Nothing will make as big of an impact as painting your trim. All you need is paint and a really great attitude.

Because although painting trim is fairly easy, it takes forever and you will likely want to cry at least twice. That's just a fact.

I wrote a complete tutorial about how I painted my trim, and it shows you step by step how to do it on your own. And trust me, if I can do it, so can you.

#2. Paint Your Tile

Did you know you can paint your tile? This is great news for owners of outdated tile countertops like mine. I found a special type of paint made just for sinks, tubs, and tile, and it totally transformed my kitchen.

Making the Most of What You Have: How To Paint Tile!

#3. Paint Your Old Furniture

After we moved into our house, I quickly realized that my fantasy of shopping for all brand new furniture was not going to be a reality just yet. I was forced to instead think outside of the box and find inexpensive ways to furnish our home. This totally spawned my thrift store shopping and furniture painting obsession.

This french provincial dresser was one of my faves and only cost me $50.

You truly have to see the before picture to understand.

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10 DIY Home Improvement Ideas: How to make the most of what you have (like painting old furniture!). This is great!

#4. Spray Paint Your Doorknobs

If you've been blessed with tons of outdated 1980's brass doorknobs like me, you can easily update them with spray paint. Using the right spray paint will give you a high-end, durable result. And it's much better than paying $20+ a piece for new knobs!

#5. Spray Paint Your Light Fixtures:

I love a great light fixture. And our house didn't have any. So, I found an inexpensive way to upgrade old thrift store chandeliers just by using spray paint. The below fixture cost me $5. I spray painted it silver and it looks like a brand new fixture.

10 DIY Home Improvement Ideas: How to make the most of what you have (like spray painting old brass light fixtures!). This is great!

#6. Paint Your Dirty Tile Grout

This one product has totally transformed our floors. I've used it on 3 rooms worth of tile, and it's held up great for a really long time now. The best part is that it cost me a total of $10.

See how I did it here.

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#7. Paint outdated Bathroom Fixtures

Rather than spend hundreds of dollars on new bathroom fixtures, I just used this silver spray paint and this metallic paint pen (affiliate links) to completely update our outdated two-toned fixtures. It's still holding up over a year later.

You can see more details about that transformation here.

#8. Paint the insides of old cabinets

I used a quart of this chalkboard paint (affiliate link) to completely update the insides of my kitchen cabinets. They were really disgusting before, and it's made a bigger impact on our little kitchen than anything else we've done.

See the full before and afters here.

#9. Create an Accent Wall:

Adding a fun accent wall is one of my favorite things to do in a room. It's basically like making an entire part of the room into art.

See how I turned an old coat closet into a nook in our entryway here, or how I added stripes here and here.

DIY Accent Wall Ideas Anyone Can Do! Great tips!

#10. Paint your boring old walls!

I painted our boring peachy colored walls throughout the entire house. I kept the color palette neutral, but varied the color from room to room. The overall effect is a calm, serene, cohesive looking house! See my favorite paint colors here.