50 People Share Small Upgrades They Made In Their Homes That Made A Massive Difference

Cat. She's pretty small but easily the most important thing in here.

Blackout curtains for sleeping. Such a game changer.

A dog. Best thing I've ever bought.

Wall decorations. Literally anything at all. I lived my whole adult life without decorating at all because it seemed pointless and like a waste of time and money but man after meeting my soon-to-be wife and helping her move in and put up her decor, its astounding how much my house felt more like a home. The improvement of my mental state and comfort level was unexpected and eye opening. It inspired me to decorate my basement with common man-cave stuff like a flag of my favorite football team and bar signs and LED lights and its my favorite space in the whole world now. I feel dumb for scoffing at the idea of putting stuff up on my wall and wonder how much more I would have enjoyed living in my previous places.

A better shower. If you can't redo the whole bathroom, just replace the head. This also works if you rent, just keep the old one in a box, so you can bring the nice one to your next house.

My wife and I getting separate blankets. No more fighting about who takes the covers while we’re sleeping. Highly recommend 10/10.

Some of these answers aren't small at all!!

An actual small upgrade... Look at what areas of your house collect random piles of things, and put a basket or holder of some kind there. Example: My coffee table has the remotes, coasters, random books, etc. all laying around, so I got a pretty decorative basket that now I can put those items in. Another example: My kitchen counters were collecting random dog treats and dog-related items that I used frequently and wanted easily accessible, so I bought a breadbox-like-thing that holds them!

Things look so much more organized when you just put them in a container in the spot that they naturally get placed.

Creating the habit of washing my dishes before bed. It took me 30+ years to develop the habit but it really changes the feel of the kitchen and my desire to upkeep everything else.

I had a window above the stairs the neighbors could see through, so I went on Amazon and spent 40 bucks on some plastic window film that makes it look like stained glass. It turned out AMAZING and lasted forever.

Methodically buying phone chargers with long enough cables to not have to ever move one again.

Getting rid of grey walls when I started feeling the black dog rear its ugly head again. Life's too short to spend it living in a fogbank. Bring colour in wherever you can.

A decent pillow.

Plants.

Improved its curb appeal. Fixed up the front flower bed. Power washed the walkway. New shudders. New storm door. Redid the driveway. New mailbox. Sounds like a lot but if you do a new project every 6-12 months, it’s financially feasible.

Edit to add: shutters* because I’m a dumb a*s.

Soft close cabinets and toilet seats.

Attic heat exhaust fan. Our attic used to get up to 140F on the hottest days, and on those days our ceilings were hot to the touch. The whole house was consequently uncomfortable. Now the attic fan is thermostatically controlled to 90 degrees, and the whole house is cooler.

Lost my neighbors. Everything got instantly better around me!

Raised every piece of furniture off the ground with little metal legs, just enough for the robot vacuum to get the dust under there too. Still new to the place, but it should help with my allergies on the long run.

Short term, guinea pig is now allowed floor time in the entire living room and she loves it.

We replaced our shallow double kitchen sink with a single industrial sink. So much easier for filling pots and doing dishes.

Under cabinet lighting in the kitchen. Huge, huge impact on the look and feel of our home, minimal cost and work involved.

Fitted 4 solar panels to my shed roof attached to a lithium battery and inverter. Not the cheapest upgrade at about £1000. But unlimited free electricity in my shed. Can plug all my power hungry man stuff in there and it’s guilt free! and when there’s a power cut I just run an extension lead into the house and I’m good! and way simpler than grid tie in system .