5 Home Improvements & Upgrades For the Winter

When the winter chill begins to creep in to make the days shorter and the cold nights longer, you may find yourself indoors more often – maybe even snuggled under a blanket glued into the next Netflix sensation. Although the winter season somewhat limits your ability to care for your house’s exterior, this is the perfect time to get working on those indoor projects you never got around to doing for the new year.

1. Repaint

We’ve talked here about how subtle adjustments to your living spaces can make a real difference. Re-painting — too — can have a similarly impressive effect on a living area. Perhaps you have a bland wall just waiting to be brightened up. Adding some colour — be it on all walls or through a feature wall — is a perfect way of livening your living spaces up. Winter is a particularly good time to re-paint as it offers much needed colour through a vibrant activity to combat those with the winter blues. It also practical given how little of your time will be spent outside.

2. Work on Your Floors

As another indoor activity, giving your existing floors some well needed care is vital in winter. Perhaps you’ve found your floors exude a cool chill in the winter, so why not install some carpet or perhaps a few rugs to add some needed comfort. Of course, you’re not limited to soft carpeting; you may find your hardwood floors need repairing, some added underlay or a complete revamp.

3. Update Your Bathroom

Perhaps your shower and bath have been developing some ghastly mildew that’s in need of clearing. Now is the perfect chance to get those nuisance jobs fixed. You don’t have to go overboard; there are plenty of low-cost and frugal solutions to grimy bathrooms. Whether you need to re-grout a tile, re-paint a leak stain or replace a shower fixing, the little details really make a difference without breaking the bank. After all, home improvements positively affect mortgage costs by adding more value to your household than they cost to undertake.

4. Add Insulation

Although insulation can be added all year round, you really feel its need over winter. Not only does it help retain energy and heat, it can truly lower your monthly utility bills over winter. Whether you’re looking to insulate your attic, your windows or crawlspaces, this is a perfect job to get done over the colder months. Your family will really feel and appreciate good insulation (and your hard work) over winter too.

5. Update Your Windows

Whether you need to fix up some inner shelf paint or install some seasonal window insulation, winter is the perfect time to update your windows. To keep yourself better insulated without breaking the bank, you can buy self-adhesive rubber weather stripping to seal your windows and keep out drafts, or invest in some cheap insulation film; an affordable plastic film that is easy to apply and won’t interfere with your current window’s aesthetic and setup.