Do you have a free weekend and $20? Maybe you just want to change the appearance of your home and make it more your current style. Well here are 20 DIY home projects you can get done in a weekend, and they are all $20 or under.
1. A New Window View
Your curtains can get old and dingy as time goes by or maybe they are just not your style anymore. Well, you can replace them on a budget by using fabric or even old cloth napkins and sewing them into new curtains. This can easily be quickly done in a day and all of the windows in your home can probably be done on a weekend.
2. Keep Mud Away
Mud comes into your house during the fall and winter no matter how much you prevent it. Now you can be stylish and also keep the mud at bay by putting a boot and shoe tray at your door and instructing everyone to take their shoes off when they walk in. You can make this by buying a small plastic serving tray and filling it with colored beads or polished rocks that fit your style.
3. Colorful Organization
Wash out and paint old food cans, to create a stylish and fun home organization system that can be as big or small as you need. Arrange the cans any way you want and then attach them to the wall using screws or heavy-duty wall-mounting tape.
4. A Bedside Office
Do you have any storage by your bed? Probably not, well do this project and you will. Simply find a basket that fits your style and is big enough to fit all the things you want to put into it. Then take a phone charger and wire it through the basket. The last step is to simply screw it to the wall using a heavy-duty screw.
5. Reorganize Your Closets
Buy some clear bins and organize the things in your closet by category. It will make it look much more eye-pleasing and will save you time when you are looking for something specific.
6. An Adorable Door
Paint your door to match your style. This will boost the curb appeal of your whole house. All you need to do is take the door off its hinges, sand it and then paint it.
7. Enhance Your Entryway with Shelving
It is hard to keep all the things that you need to leave with in the morning if it isn’t organized. Add a shelf to your entryway to put keys or important papers on. You can even add a shelf with hooks on it to hang up coats, or keys on. This will make your mornings or afternoons after work or school much quicker.
8. Prevent Water Damage with Caulk
If your bathroom caulk is cracked or completely gone it could end up causing damage to your entire bathroom. Things like water damage or mold could form causing you a major job that costs hundreds of dollars to fix. This can all be prevented by just taking a weekend to recaulk the bathroom.
9. A Proper Address
Change the house numbers on your house so people can find your home easily. You can purchase new stick-on numbers, or create your own to fit your style. You can go as fancy or as simple as you want with the project.
10. Renovate The Garage
Garages are very good places for storing things. You can put baskets, shelves, or hooks on your garage walls with screws for storage. You can put rakes, shovels, Pails, or anything you want on your garage walls. Even buy signs and decorate it to fit your personal style.
11. A New Home Office
Find a corner in your home that you can use for an office. You can use this area to write, pay bills, or even start a home business. The first thing you do is find a table and repaint it. The next step is to find some storage baskets or shelves and attach them to the wall. Last you can decorate it with printable artwork and pictures to motivate you. This project will help you stay on top of your goals and crush them.
12. A Safe Driveway
Fix your driveway with a patching compound made with cement. This will make your driveway less dangerous for your family, visitors, and even people just walking by. A bad driveway can lead to popped tires, children getting injured or even costly damage to your driveway over time. It is better to fix it when it is a cheap fix than wait until it is hard and expensive to repair.
13. A Cleaner Laundry Room
Your laundry room gets filled with stuff that is not even laundry related. It is kind of the catch-all room of the house, and it gets hard to find things you need. You can fix that by adding storage to that room. Pull everything out and categorize it and label the storage containers with the category name. Laundry and Cleaning supplies in their own bin, Sewing supplies in another and so on. This will save you time and energy when you are needing a specific supply right away.
14. Make Your Bookcase Exciting
Bookcases are a great way to add decoration to your home or even a child’s bedroom. All you need to do for this project is to add a piece of fabric or scrapbook paper to the back of the bookcase. If you don’t want to stick to one theme you can add a piece of poster board to the back of it and then put the fabric or paper down that way you can change the theme as often as you want to. This is a great way for parents to update their child’s room with their favorite superhero or cartoon character. If you have multiple children consider a themed look or just put a different character on each shelf so you can make everyone happy.
15. Keep Things Straight with Dividers
Dividers are great for keeping pans, plates, and cookie sheets standing straight in your cabinets, to keep them from breaking and just give a more organized appearance. You can buy them at almost any major department store. Some dividers match cabinets perfectly so you might want to do some research before you buy them. There is a wide price range on these, but they start at just $5.
16. Custom Flooring
Using vinyl floor remnant you can make a custom flooring design by painting the remnant. Add different sized stripes for a casual look, or a solid brown color for a rustic feel. Remember that you can make different moods by using different patterns so pick one based on the mood you want to feel. Maybe a soft blue for a kids’ bedroom so they can sleep easily.
17. A Modern Backsplash
You can use a map of anywhere, or really anything you want as a backsplash in your kitchen. It will make the kitchen brighter and cheerier and you might even have more fun in the kitchen. If you don’t want anything permanent due to renting or you just want to be able to change it up you can use a peel and stick backdrop.
18. Within Reach
Place a towel bar or robe hook on the wall near the shower. All you need to do is purchase one and screw it in with heavy-duty screws near your shower. This will help you avoid puddles on the floor and help you prevent mold in the bathroom.
19. Hit it with a Touch of Paint
Old furniture with chipping off the paint can make your house look outdated. Freshen it up with a fresh coat of paint. To paint wooden furniture the first step is to remove dirt and wax with an all-purpose household cleaner. Then you need to sand it with any grade of sandpaper you want, the rougher the paper the smoother the wood will be. Apply two coats of stain-blocking primer and allow it to dry fully dry between each application. Then you can finally paint it any color you want using a brush or a roller for the first two coats, and then only a brush on the last coat to make smooth strokes. You can even use a fine brush to create small details. This project will get all of your wood furniture looking brand new.
20. Small Details Matter
You would be surprised to find out just how much small details of your house matter. Things like broken trim, missing handles, and broken tiles can really get your house looking like it is in worse condition than it really is. You can easily be replaced with stick-on ones from the home improvement store, in its design that matches your decor. Buy ready-made wooden trim pieces at the hardware store if it is a standard size, but you might have to recreate substandard sized trim pieces using a saw and a sheet of wood. You can buy handles for almost anything at the home improvement store. These small improvements will make your house look so much more eye-pleasing and might even add market value to your home.
Final Words
By following these simple steps you can improve your home a little bit at a time each weekend. Maybe you just don’t like the style your home has or maybe it has a few flaws you need to deal with but if you keep working on it each weekend you will end up with an amazing house no matter what your budget is.
