Sometimes thoughts about doing ahome renovationmight sound scary. Or expensive. However, with enough time and effort, turning your space into a reflection of your personality can become an exciting journey that also adds value to it.So we atBored Pandaput together a list of pictures that people took before and after they redid their kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, and other living areas. Hopefully, they will inspire more creative endeavors!This post may includeaffiliate links.
Sometimes thoughts about doing ahome renovationmight sound scary. Or expensive. However, with enough time and effort, turning your space into a reflection of your personality can become an exciting journey that also adds value to it.
So we atBored Pandaput together a list of pictures that people took before and after they redid their kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, and other living areas. Hopefully, they will inspire more creative endeavors!
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Reasons for beginning these projects vary. When asked why they’ve worked on a project in the past year or plan to work on one in the next year, 36% of homeowners say they need to make repairs as their house ages, 27% say their improvements are relatively small and 21% say they’re doing the repairs in preparation to sell their home.
According to LendingTree senior economist Jacob Channel, there are a few reasons why Millennials are the most likely to start these projects.“One could be that they’re buying less expensive homes that need more work,” he says. “While there are certainly well-off millennials, members of the generation typically don’t have much wealth compared to their older peers. Owing to this, the only homes that some can afford might be fixer-uppers. Also, millennials may just have more energy to spend on home improvement projects than their older peers.”
According to LendingTree senior economist Jacob Channel, there are a few reasons why Millennials are the most likely to start these projects.
“One could be that they’re buying less expensive homes that need more work,” he says. “While there are certainly well-off millennials, members of the generation typically don’t have much wealth compared to their older peers. Owing to this, the only homes that some can afford might be fixer-uppers. Also, millennials may just have more energy to spend on home improvement projects than their older peers.”
According to Channel, people usually prioritize projects that involve easily visible and/or high-traffic areas. “The more eyes that something has on it, the more likely people might want to make it as presentable as possible,” he adds.“Similarly, the more often a person uses something, like their kitchen or bathroom, the more incentive they have to make sure that it’s working as well as it can. On top of that, some of these projects might be more manageable than others, so people might be more willing to take them on.”
According to Channel, people usually prioritize projects that involve easily visible and/or high-traffic areas. “The more eyes that something has on it, the more likely people might want to make it as presentable as possible,” he adds.
“Similarly, the more often a person uses something, like their kitchen or bathroom, the more incentive they have to make sure that it’s working as well as it can. On top of that, some of these projects might be more manageable than others, so people might be more willing to take them on.”
The good thing is that most homeowners don’t just have enough cash on hand to pay for improvements. If they encountered a $5,000 emergency expense, 53% say they’d pay for it with their savings.
I had to rip it all out and decided to do everything myself, from plastering to tiling and plumbing. It was very stressful, and I don’t think I’d ever do it again.
We did a full rewire, stripped the wallpaper, re-lined the walls and painted, pulled up the carpets, sanded and oiled the floors, stripped the doors, replaced the fireplace with a salvaged one of the same era, and fitted a new ceiling rose.
My wife and I had no experience doing anything with our hands. I’m a software engineer in my day job, so I just spent a lot of time on YouTube learning what to do. My dad is a pretty handy guy, though, so I leaned on him a lot for help, but he’s out of state, so there is only so much he could do. This is inside an 1890 Denver Victorian, and we tried to keep the design elements relevant. We probably spent about $15k on materials.
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I grew up in this house and it’s now mine. I love how much brighter and happier it is for this new chapter!
It took around 9 months from ripping the first tiles out to putting a new toilet seat on and calling the job done. The cost ended up being around £1500, with most of it going towards the Ikea sink and the tiles, of course. The process was an effort for sure; removing the old tiles without damaging the walls was impossible, so I ended up ripping it all out, putting new plasterboard up, and then tiling over a few weekends. My father created a great frame for the back wall for the inserts, which I boarded over and then tiled. And then just odd bits here and there.
My brother is a plumber. I did most of it apart from the tiling, so I saved a lot on other trade costs.
The only thing that didn’t go to plan was the vanity mirror lighting globes. We wanted them on either side of the mirror, but this couldn’t be achieved. It looks better as is, but not as functional.
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