5 Weekend Makeovers

In this blog, we’ll look at how you can refresh your home’s decor over a weekend with these five exciting and rewarding DIY projects.

Of course, you should still hire a professional tradesperson if unsure about any aspect. Also, whatever the case, ensure the work being considered is DIY-friendly. All the below examples are generally fine to perform as a DIYer. So, without further ado, let’s explore five-weekend makeover ideas!

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1. Replace Furniture Items

One job that can be completed in a weekend is replacing furniture. If you have old and worn-down furniture installed in your home, you may find it's time to have them replaced with newer alternatives.

Whether this means replacing garden furniture, kitchen table chairs, bookcase, living room table or fully replacing one or more sofas, just be sure to take the right approaches to ensure a safe and effective outcome.

Safety is particularly important if you wanted to replace large furniture like a sofa. In this case, you’ll need a second person to help carry it in with you or/and assemble from inside the room. As for throwing out old furniture, be sure these items are disposed of correctly.

2. Give Your Front Door a Splash of Paint

You may also want to consider repainting your front door, whether with the existing colour or a new option. Either way, repainting can revitalise an old front door and enhance the exterior of your home with a more striking focal point that visitors can appreciate.

3. Declutter Your Home Throughout

You should also consider decluttering your home. To achieve this, you’ll want to plan out an approach that is both effective and works for you.

Here are key points to take on board:

• Ensure you drink enough water and eat enough throughout the day to stay hydrated and sufficiently energised
• Come up with a rough schedule for the one or two days needed
• Plan out what rooms you’ll declutter and (if you’d like) what specific order
• Use well-labelled binliners to separate items (e.g. one for items you want to put away into storage, another for items you wish to recycle or/and a binliner for items to give to charity) *
• Stop when you feel you’ve done enough and be aware that the work may or may not take longer than expected

*Aside from placing labels on the binliners, you may want to use different colour binliners to differentiate them even more. Either way, you should double check every binliner before putting them away, throwing them out or/and donating them.

4. Install a New Floor

Note: Key safety steps that must be taken include staying out of your home after a stain or/and seal coast has been applied for a several days period. The manufacturer’s instructions should clarify the exact steps and safety approaches needed including how long to stay out your home and how to air it out well after applying a stain or/and seal. If the instructions do not, check with a professional for clarity.

If in doubt about any aspects, safety or otherwise, hire a professional or at least seek their expert advice and proceed only if sure.

Fitting a new floor is generally possible DIY once you know what is involved. Some of the more popular options right now include luxury vinyl flooring, terrazzo tiling, stone effect flooring, Herringbone pattern flooring, Chevron pattern flooring, black and white tiling and wide plank wood flooring.

While it’s possible to replace a floor DIY over a weekend, it may take 3-5 days or more depending on what is needed.

5. Freshen Up Your Bathroom

Another weekend makeover idea you may want to consider is to refurbish your bathroom. Tasks that are usually DIY-friendly in this department include regrouting and replacing one or more tiles.

However, do not attempt any electric works DIY. Work such as shower replacements must be dealt with by a qualified electrician.

In order to perform DIY-friendly refurbishments like regrouting, ensure you are aware of exactly what is involve including safety steps, the tools required and what to look out for throughout the process.