If you're looking for ways to update your dated home without doing a full remodel, I hope this gives you some DIY ideas that will make a huge impact for less!! What would you love to update in your home??
Thank you. I just ordered the white shower curtain. I knew my bathroom needed something, so glad you had this idea!!! I went with the 96 inch all the way to the ceiling one!!!
It's not a good idea to paint the brick outside one's home. It prevents it from 'breathing' and shortens its life. Staining them is a better choice. Also, you said to paint the mullions on your windows. You may have meant 'muntins'. Mullions are vertical shafts located in between windows. These elements offer structural support for the windows. Meanwhile, muntins are found on the window glass itself. They are vertical and horizontal elements that divide a window's glass into a grid.
I have a small, dated kicthen with upper cabinets and not much storage. I painted the top cabinets ivory which helped it blend into the walls and the lower cabinets sage green. Game changer
My husband and I bought our house a year and a half ago and we have been trying to find a way to make it our own. Watching your videos are a HUGE motivation for me! I am now ready to go and see what I can do with my home. Thank you!!
I really like these ideas! WOW! I think the easiest for me would be swapping out my light fixtures and light switch panels as well as the outlets. Thank you for sharing!
I was amazed at how these videos showcased creative and cost-effective solutions to breathe new life into an old home. From DIY projects to simple decor changes, these ideas have inspired me to tackle my own home improvement projects with confidence.
I'm always on the lookout for cost-effective home improvement ideas and this video delivered. The down-to-earth approach and creative suggestions really made a huge impact.
I added lights to my shower ceiling and they were not expensive and it made such a big difference and it didn’t cost that much, check with an electrician, bright and happy now.
We had our old white PVC windows sprayed black. I wish I could upload a picture. It really made a massive difference and the exterior of the house looks so much more modern. Love black windows! It was surprisingly more affordable than we thought it would be and waaay less than getting new ones! It’s guaranteed for 10 years too. Would highly recommend.
So many great idea. I'm in the process of upgrading out 25 year old home and it's great to see so many inexpensive ideas to offset the more costly renos we are looking at.
I love a house with ALL the rooms: Formal Living and dining, a study, and a combo family room/kitchen, plus a sunroom. I use them on the daily. I also love cream painted cased widows and doorways. My dream house has a staircase similar to your parents' home. I love hardwood floors, built ins and bay windows. I think it goes back to my twenties, when I was a realtor in Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods.
We did practically all of these in our 1970s house we had. All of your advice is sound especially fixture updates and removing the upper cabinets...that absolutely opened our small kitchen space up. It instantly felt so much larger. And the bathroom curtain rod being up high made a huge difference in our current home. Brings the eyes up.
@@kathygreer2097 We had a pocket door pantry in the kitchen (in addition to an accordian door pantry) where I added a storage shelf to hold those items including our trash and recycle bin. I moved my spices to a drawer as well. I did some mental rearranging prior and utilized the space better that we already had. I hope that helps.
When we did our kitchen 5 years ago, we got rid of our upper kitchen cabinets and put in shelving. It looks great! We only replaced 2 of the upper cabinets over by the window and cooker. Glad we were ahead of the game 😂😂
Thank you for more great tips, Kristen. I have learned so much after finding your channel, and it was at the perfect time as we have been building our dream home. You have inspired me and given me so much information and it has made this whole process so much easier, and it's coming together so beautifully. Only a couple more months and we'll finally be living in it and I am just so excited to decorate with all that I've learned from you. Appreciate all of the content and your time into it, it is so incredibly helpful! Have a blessed day!
Hi Kristen! Met ya tonight at the Tarantula Hill as we were all leaving.You're a genuine sweetheart and deserve all of your success. Keep up the good hard work. God bless.
I discovered your channel about 2 years ago & totally love the cozy vibes of it 🥹 You’re such a kind, honest and outgoing person! Your videos are a breath of fresh air!
I love a ceiling fan but want something more modern. I have four rooms with them 3 beds and living room. Any idea for a way to use the fan but have a nice light
Thank you for these amazing tips! Would you please recommend a paint for the window trim (metal). I would love to paint my metal window frames that gorgeous black. Spray paint is out of the question. Thanks so much.
What a fabulous video! I am going to steal your idea. The new masking liquid in order to paint my huge 80s kitchen windows black. And updating old lighting fixtures in the bathroom! Thank you 😊
Really beautiful spaces. I'll start with ceiling, wall, and trim paint, faucets, light fixtures (all DIY)....but it is still an early 2000s builder tract home. Hard to overcome that without $$$
OK, so I really really like your idea and suggestion of making your living room possibly your office decorating it or making it the room that you need. I’m basically a single almost 60-year-old woman that lives in a house by herself and sometimes I feel like the living room is too much I don’t need it, so the suggestion that you made and showing some of the pictures I’m thinking wow that’s what I should do is I should flip-flop the small bedroom that I was going to make into an office into my living room with being able to leave a lot of my decor in the living room just moving my couch out of it in the TV out of it into my bedroom. Space, lol I really really like that idea! Thanks, Kristen
Hi there, your videos are full of great info, so handy and practical advice….just wanna say though these ideas dont really work unless u do the whole hog. For example changing light fittings isn’t going to look great if you still have an ugly outdated kitchen. Sprucing up your staircase isn’t gonna transform your home if the walls have ugly paint color and furniture and light fittings are horrid and need redoing too…sort of gotta do everything cos if you do one thing it can often look like popping on eye makeup and faux lashes and having gorgeous eyes but omitting lipstick foundation and walking out the house in tracksuit pants with glamorous eyes….
I'm moving into a home built in the early 2000s. What can I do to the narrow fake oak woodwork and trim? I've thought of replacing it but I'm a modern traditional person and this home is really builder grade.
Loved this..we have an apartment with older granite counter tops 😌..all of the other fixtures and cabinets are pretty modern but the countertops really date the place helppp!!
Great video! I absolutely love your content in your videos and your design choices! Your videos are always chock full of great inspiration and information.
She's talking about homes with a formal living room in the front of the house AND a family room in the back. It's known as the room no one hangs out in because it is the nice room with the nice furniture that can't be ruined. You keep your day guests in there cuz it's the only constantly clean room in the house. It dates your house because people don't entertain that way anymore. We have our guests see our mess when we cook in the open to every room kitchen and the kids' toys everywhere in the family room because the hosts want to feel included in the party 😂 If you don't have both, this tip is not for you.
What isa flush mount alternative to the long ceiling fluorescent light. Need ideas. Can’t be pendant - ceiling is too short. Using eyeball lights is not great.
It’s amazing how something as simple as making shower curtains fall from the roof completely changes the energy of the bathroom. I also loved those front room offices! Great video because the examples were excellent 👌
Hi Kristen, my kitchen cabinets have original wood finish. I wanted to paint them with black, but how do I treat the inside color, keep as it or paint all black, that means a lot of work, and a little bit overwhelming. Please advise 🙏
I whitewashed my brick outside wall with 50% diluted outside latex. The brick still breathes, and it ages beautifully and really does not need to be painted in 10.years again.
I think that people will end up regretting storage. Small spaces in particular. Painting out with melamine white paint preferable if you can’t afford to update the space.
Vinyl also works really well and is really affordable. Just takes a bit of time and patience. We had dated kitchen cupboards but liked the layout and the cupboards were /are in good condition. I just took inspiration from pictures of modern kitchens and went from there. There’s so many lovely colours to choose from now as well. I’d definitely do it again!
A friend of ours was moving and gave us his entire living room set, rug included. He has good, clean taste, so we got lucky. Cream white everything. Large rug, matching tables. It was amazing! It was so unexpected. But if you want something new, keep an open mind and be open to good stuff coming to you from unexpected sources. You don’t always need to buy brand new things if what you currently have doesn’t suit you. Just be clear about what you want, keep putting it out there and when the opportunity comes - jump on it!
Thank You for not making me feel absolutely nuts..I literally have your entire video in my to do list , and have already done 5 of them 😂😂because I’ve been trying to save on my Reno ❤
If you're looking for ways to update your dated home without doing a full remodel, I hope this gives you some DIY ideas that will make a huge impact for less!! What would you love to update in your home??
I would love to update my bedroom!
My staircase has carpet and that orange looking wood stain. I definitely plan to get to that.
Thank you. I just ordered the white shower curtain. I knew my bathroom needed something, so glad you had this idea!!! I went with the 96 inch all the way to the ceiling one!!!
Kristen, I just thought of something while watching you show moveable kitchen islands. It would make a great craft island for my craft room 😊
It's not a good idea to paint the brick outside one's home. It prevents it from 'breathing' and shortens its life. Staining them is a better choice.
Also, you said to paint the mullions on your windows. You may have meant 'muntins'.
Mullions are vertical shafts located in between windows. These elements offer structural support for the windows. Meanwhile, muntins are found on the window glass itself. They are vertical and horizontal elements that divide a window's glass into a grid.
I have a small, dated kicthen with upper cabinets and not much storage. I painted the top cabinets ivory which helped it blend into the walls and the lower cabinets sage green. Game changer
Two of my favorite çolour along with blue
We have a small kitchen and we added glass to our upper cabinets. Makes it look so much bigger!
My husband and I bought our house a year and a half ago and we have been trying to find a way to make it our own. Watching your videos are a HUGE motivation for me! I am now ready to go and see what I can do with my home. Thank you!!
I really like these ideas! WOW! I think the easiest for me would be swapping out my light fixtures and light switch panels as well as the outlets. Thank you for sharing!
I loooove built-ins!! They’re one of my favorite permanent design features
If you don't have a light source inside your shower, raising the curtain to the ceiling will make it quite dark in there.
Mmmmm…never thought of that. Thanks.
I have an older bathroom, so I added some ceiling lights in the shower and it’s a huge difference🌟Check with an electrician.
Use a clear liner with white curtains
If you have a sheer shower curtain it will work 👍🏼
It would also cut off fresh air, so, if you should blow a big fart, you might not survive your own noxious gases!
Ceiling mounted shower rod with two shower curtains?!? Brilliant!
I was amazed at how these videos showcased creative and cost-effective solutions to breathe new life into an old home. From DIY projects to simple decor changes, these ideas have inspired me to tackle my own home improvement projects with confidence.
I'm always on the lookout for cost-effective home improvement ideas and this video delivered. The down-to-earth approach and creative suggestions really made a huge impact.
I added lights to my shower ceiling and they were not expensive and it made such a big difference and it didn’t cost that much, check with an electrician, bright and happy now.
I love how these tips prove that you don't need a massive remodel to transform your home. Budget-friendly updates can make a huge difference.
but every after picture she showed is a completely renovated room. kind of defeat the purpose
We had our old white PVC windows sprayed black. I wish I could upload a picture. It really made a massive difference and the exterior of the house looks so much more modern. Love black windows! It was surprisingly more affordable than we thought it would be and waaay less than getting new ones! It’s guaranteed for 10 years too. Would highly recommend.
So many great idea. I'm in the process of upgrading out 25 year old home and it's great to see so many inexpensive ideas to offset the more costly renos we are looking at.
I love a house with ALL the rooms: Formal Living and dining, a study, and a combo family room/kitchen, plus a sunroom. I use them on the daily. I also love cream painted cased widows and doorways. My dream house has a staircase similar to your parents' home. I love hardwood floors, built ins and bay windows. I think it goes back to my twenties, when I was a realtor in Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods.
Me too!!😊👏🏼
Love the idea of repurposing kitchen cabinets to the garage!
Staircase runners are good ideas for my home. Thank you!!
I love the idea of painting the windows black.
Any tips on upgrading patio door vertical blinds?
We did practically all of these in our 1970s house we had. All of your advice is sound especially fixture updates and removing the upper cabinets...that absolutely opened our small kitchen space up. It instantly felt so much larger. And the bathroom curtain rod being up high made a huge difference in our current home. Brings the eyes up.
Nonsense based on wishful thinking.
What did you do with all the stuff that was in the uppers?
@@kathygreer2097 We had a pocket door pantry in the kitchen (in addition to an accordian door pantry) where I added a storage shelf to hold those items including our trash and recycle bin. I moved my spices to a drawer as well. I did some mental rearranging prior and utilized the space better that we already had. I hope that helps.
I was so happy to learn that the windows could be painted and I will certainly give it a try! thank you for such a cost effective idea!
Love too but smaller houses do not have an option for a mud room
When we did our kitchen 5 years ago, we got rid of our upper kitchen cabinets and put in shelving. It looks great! We only replaced 2 of the upper cabinets over by the window and cooker. Glad we were ahead of the game 😂😂
I have no desire to have open shelves in my kitchen. I use my upper cabinets, and a closed door keeps things in them cleaner.
And you're telling me this because? @@sharons5714
Thank you for more great tips, Kristen. I have learned so much after finding your channel, and it was at the perfect time as we have been building our dream home. You have inspired me and given me so much information and it has made this whole process so much easier, and it's coming together so beautifully. Only a couple more months and we'll finally be living in it and I am just so excited to decorate with all that I've learned from you. Appreciate all of the content and your time into it, it is so incredibly helpful! Have a blessed day!
Great tips! Always so smart! Thanks Kristen! My background is in Interior Design. I LOVE all your videos 💕
Hi Kristen! Met ya tonight at the Tarantula Hill as we were all leaving.You're a genuine sweetheart and deserve all of your success. Keep up the good hard work. God bless.
Love your videos, Kristen. Can you do more room makeovers?
I agree! I have to do everything myself and everything on a budget. This was a great video with great before and afters.
I discovered your channel about 2 years ago & totally love the cozy vibes of it 🥹 You’re such a kind, honest and outgoing person! Your videos are a breath of fresh air!
You are fabulous with very educational information. You are a delight! Thank you.
I love a ceiling fan but want something more modern. I have four rooms with them 3 beds and living room. Any idea for a way to use the fan but have a nice light
There are sooo many new and fun ceiling fans. Even chandeliers that convert into ceiling
fans!
Thank u for all your lovely n sustainable ideas , lots of luv n bestest wishes for u dear Kristen , from Mumbai, India ❤❤
Hi Kristen. Love your ideas. I love the reading nook the best. ❤
You always give great ideas when there is a smaller budget. Thanks😊❤
Can you make this into a series?
Thank you for these amazing tips! Would you please recommend a paint for the window trim (metal). I would love to paint my metal window frames that gorgeous black. Spray paint is out of the question. Thanks so much.
What a fabulous video! I am going to steal your idea. The new masking liquid in order to paint my huge 80s kitchen windows black. And updating old lighting fixtures in the bathroom! Thank you 😊
I love the idea to paint the windows black
Thank you for sharing. Learned a few ideas.
Build-In shelves would be amazing in my home.
I agree to remove those upper cabinets that are a visual block but not the wall mounted ones.. impractical.
….a glass door on some upper cabinets and painting them the colour of the wall is a good idea tho’…☺️
Great tip…window masking paint had never heard of it!
Thanks, always enjoy your videos.
These tips are amazing. Thank you. I never know where to start with my home and you've helped so much!
Controversial kitchen cabinets 😅
Yes, I LOVE kitchen storage!
Thank you all I can tell you because I have learned so much inches our watching your videos. Thank you so much.
Really beautiful spaces. I'll start with ceiling, wall, and trim paint, faucets, light fixtures (all DIY)....but it is still an early 2000s builder tract home. Hard to overcome that without $$$
Kristen you know sooo much about decor n I love your chnl. Love to watch! So many great tips!! Thank you.
OK, so I really really like your idea and suggestion of making your living room possibly your office decorating it or making it the room that you need. I’m basically a single almost 60-year-old woman that lives in a house by herself and sometimes I feel like the living room is too much I don’t need it, so the suggestion that you made and showing some of the pictures I’m thinking wow that’s what I should do is I should flip-flop the small bedroom that I was going to make into an office into my living room with being able to leave a lot of my decor in the living room just moving my couch out of it in the TV out of it into my bedroom. Space, lol I really really like that idea! Thanks, Kristen
i switched out the dining room 90s chandelier for a ceiling fan here in florida lol
You are loaded with brilliant ideas. I really enjoy your videos.
Handy and generous, Thanks Kristen!
Hi there, your videos are full of great info, so handy and practical advice….just wanna say though these ideas dont really work unless u do the whole hog. For example changing light fittings isn’t going to look great if you still have an ugly outdated kitchen. Sprucing up your staircase isn’t gonna transform your home if the walls have ugly paint color and furniture and light fittings are horrid and need redoing too…sort of gotta do everything cos if you do one thing it can often look like popping on eye makeup and faux lashes and having gorgeous eyes but omitting lipstick foundation and walking out the house in tracksuit pants with glamorous eyes….
I'm moving into a home built in the early 2000s. What can I do to the narrow fake oak woodwork and trim? I've thought of replacing it but I'm a modern traditional person and this home is really builder grade.
Hi Kristen, what are your thoughts of a shower curtain vs a shower door for showers?
…interesting!…did u do it?…☺️
Great tips.
Loved this..we have an apartment with older granite counter tops 😌..all of the other fixtures and cabinets are pretty modern but the countertops really date the place helppp!!
Floor to ceiling, install it on the ceiling w a thin track and use a long liner with a long sheer window panel ❤
Great ideas❤Thank you ❤
Kristen you are the best
Great video! I absolutely love your content in your videos and your design choices! Your videos are always chock full of great inspiration and information.
I love your ideas! These are exaclyt what I need right now! thank you!
Whoa! This was a GOOD one. Really!
The bedrooms walls at 7:02...what color is that please?
I love all your decoration tips, and definitely I can use a few of this ❤, thank you 🙏
Most people front room is the TV/ living room ,what happens to it if you transform the room in an office ?
She's talking about homes with a formal living room in the front of the house AND a family room in the back. It's known as the room no one hangs out in because it is the nice room with the nice furniture that can't be ruined. You keep your day guests in there cuz it's the only constantly clean room in the house. It dates your house because people don't entertain that way anymore. We have our guests see our mess when we cook in the open to every room kitchen and the kids' toys everywhere in the family room because the hosts want to feel included in the party 😂
If you don't have both, this tip is not for you.
What isa flush mount alternative to the long ceiling fluorescent light. Need ideas. Can’t be pendant - ceiling is too short. Using eyeball lights is not great.
I do not like open shelving. I have too many dishes. Plus the items on the open shelves will get dusty. But I love the shower curtain idea.
Smart. Exactly right. She’s clueless. Steals others’ ideas. Loser.
Same
Agree. I am definitely going to look at a new more subtle shower curtain as mine is a loud color with geometric patterns.
Always great ideas from you. Huge fan 😊
Yay! I'm here for it!
Great video.
Great points to consider! 👍
It’s amazing how something as simple as making shower curtains fall from the roof completely changes the energy of the bathroom. I also loved those front room offices! Great video because the examples were excellent 👌
Hi Kristen, my kitchen cabinets have original wood finish. I wanted to paint them with black, but how do I treat the inside color, keep as it or paint all black, that means a lot of work, and a little bit overwhelming. Please advise 🙏
Window seat built ins
I whitewashed my brick outside wall with 50% diluted outside latex. The brick still breathes, and it ages beautifully and really does not need to be painted in 10.years again.
Such great ideas, Kristen! Your videos are so beautiful and fun to watch.
Kristen another fabulous video with excellent, inexpensive decorating ideas. Thank you!
Thank you for your great advice! Love it! ❤
She steals most of it.
This was very helpful🙏🤍do you have any recommendations for affordable large and neutral rugs?
Is it practical to paint old aluminum sliding door frames and windows?
Black windows are a passing fad…like open shelving in a kitchen.
Yes, only few houses can look timeless with black casing, besides it is ruining very nice looking wood
But if you like it, why not?
And PLEASE do not paint over wood window casings.
@@123Rockchild…becos it is a “fad” ?…☺️
So helpful! Especially the shower curtain hack 🚿 ❤ 🏠
I’m so glad💗
Loved these ideas!!! Thank you!!
Thank you, Kristen. Very helpful ideas .
Happy Sunday Kris✌
I think that people will end up regretting storage. Small spaces in particular. Painting out with melamine white paint preferable if you can’t afford to update the space.
Vinyl also works really well and is really affordable. Just takes a bit of time and patience. We had dated kitchen cupboards but liked the layout and the cupboards were /are in good condition. I just took inspiration from pictures of modern kitchens and went from there. There’s so many lovely colours to choose from now as well. I’d definitely do it again!
Right. She’s clueless.
Especially remove the upper cabinets over the bar or the peninsula whatever that is
I enjoyed very much this video.
Great video ❤❤❤❤😊
What do you recommend on using to paint the windows. I can't find anything that works.
A friend of ours was moving and gave us his entire living room set, rug included. He has good, clean taste, so we got lucky. Cream white everything. Large rug, matching tables. It was amazing!
It was so unexpected. But if you want something new, keep an open mind and be open to good stuff coming to you from unexpected sources. You don’t always need to buy brand new things if what you currently have doesn’t suit you. Just be clear about what you want, keep putting it out there and when the opportunity comes - jump on it!
Such advanced thinking! Waaay beyond typical clueless YT viewers like hers.
Fantastic 😀👍
Hi. Can I get info on the wall paintings/art shown? ( in the home offices)
Fantastic vid so helpful and informative Aldo inspiring loved it . Will be using some of them for sure 😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Very helpful.
Great ideas, thanks.
Great info! Thank you!
Great update ideas .
You are amazing!
❤❤❤thank you - you are the best. My safe card !!!!
Thank You for not making me feel absolutely nuts..I literally have your entire video in my to do list , and have already done 5 of them 😂😂because I’ve been trying to save on my Reno ❤
The thing about taking your shower curtain up to the ceiling is you lose light unless there’s one in the shower it’s too dark