Over the holiday season, DIY and decorating are probably the farthest things from your mind. You are likely to be preoccupied with gift buying, preparation of Christmas dinner, and drinking copious amounts of mulled wine.
Indeed, your home may require a touch-up, but maybe it didn’t occur to you to do it over the festive period. With renovations and DIY, it is easier to leave the work until the warmer months when the weather is kinder.
However, there is no reason why you can’t do any internal DIY and decorating jobs over the Christmas holidays. This might provide you with something to do on the days you aren’t preoccupied with Christmas preparations. This will also free up time in the Spring and Summer for you to get the important DIY, renovation, or refurbishment jobs done.
Here are five top tips that you can use to help give your home a completely new look this holiday time:
1. Repaint
The impact and influence of a new paint job shouldn’t be underestimated. A brand new lick of paint can have an amazing effect on a room, and even on a property itself. If your rooms are looking a little tired and old then it might be time to think about revamping and restyling them.
You can easily add some character and personality to a room by giving it a new paint job and injecting some color. Favoring brighter colors such as mahogany, cream, light blue, or lemon will make the room appear brighter and larger.
2. Change Furnishings
You might decide that you want to go a step further and start rearranging some of the furnishings in your home. New curtains can certainly help as long as you make sure they blend in with the aesthetic of the room. You may even think about replacing your furniture, such as a sofa and coffee table for a more modern, trendy look. This will ensure your home will have a fresh, new look when the new year comes rolling in.
3. Lighting
A change of lighting can make your home appear much brighter, fresher, and more vivid. Get rid of your hanging light bulbs and shades and replace them with spotlights for a sleeker look.
These will also brighten the rooms considerably and make your home more inviting. New lighting will also fit in very well with the new paint job. You can use colors that you know will look good under bright lights.
4. En-Suite
If you are feeling particularly adventurous, you might be inclined to take on a more ambitious project over the holidays. You might decide that you want to add an en-suite bathroom to your master bedroom.
This is an exciting project to undertake and will completely transform the appeal and practicality of your home. En-suites are also a great future investment as they add considerable value to your home.
5. The Garden
This may not seem like an ideal tip for this time of year, but if you wanted to get creative then you could do some work in the garden. Unlike books, homes are judged on appearance and the garden is one of the first things anyone will see.
Simple garden maintenance, such as keeping the lawn trimmed, using a leaf blower to remove those leaves that accumulated during fall, trimming back hedges, and planting flowers, can make a significant difference. This maintenance can also serve as a safety feature, as wet and frozen leaves can create slip hazards, which you want to avoid during the holidays! Of course, you might choose to postpone some tasks until warmer weather arrives, but there’s no reason you can’t start now.
What are some ways you revamp your home for the holiday season?
Great tips Crystal! Repainting really spices things up for sure. Moving furniture around can really make a difference too!
Moving furniture is something that happens all the time in our house. It amazes me how much of a difference it makes in our mood in the house.
all very good tips and idea’s thanks so much for sharing Crystal
Your welcome. I am glad you found some value in them.
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We are hosting a huge family gathering for Thanksgiving this year, and we’ve already started moving furniture around and sprucing things up to get ready. Great tips, Crystal!
That sounds like a lot of fun. I wish my family was close enough to do that.
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I’m not being too adventurous, but I have purchased new pillow covers for the sofa that will go with the area rug we use in the winter to keep our toes warm. It’s a surprise I’ll bring out one day while my husband’s at work. Just a little thing, but it’s what our budget can afford, and it’ll be something new to enjoy.
I can’t believer Christmas will be here so soon already!
Trust me when I say I understand having budget constraints. Del makes a lot of things from pallets and I truly love them. I think we all have the ability to make those little changes that make all the difference with the amount of funds we have.
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These are great especially if you’re hosting during the holidays!
I’m glad you like them.
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Can’t wait to own a house so I can make it my own like you’re describing! We’re in a transitional season of life right now, but looking forward to more permanence someday!
I hope you get the permanence place soon, but I’m confident wherever you live now have your own special touches to it in some form or fashion. I bet they look great too.
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Some great ideas here – we want to revamp our back garden this Christmas so thanks for the reminder 🙂
That sounds like a lot of fun. I would love to see pictures if you want to share them??
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We are hoping to repaint some rooms this month in time for our festive decorations!
Sounds like a great undertaking, but one well worth doing.
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I love these tips Crystal. I moved into my home in January so I don’t need to do any revamping yet. All I need to do is decorate for the holiday. #ProductReviewParty
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing and doing the giveaway.
Your tips are great. I did some furniture rearranging last week. #productreviewmomlinkupparty
These are some great tips. I haven’t even been in my new place for a month though so luckily there is no revamping that needs to be done yet. I’m still trying to unpack lol. #ProductReviewParty
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I really like the essential oils on your gift guide! Those are great things to give someone!!
Absolutely beautiful, makes me want to design my own! Love them all so much.
Glad you like it. I’d love to see yours if you do it. 😉
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