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

Rice cooker. I save so much time and energy. Plus there's less washing up to do since all I need to wash is the pot inside, instead of a saucepan, a wooden spoon, and a colinder.

I only have one bedroom in a rental house with three roommates, but for my bedroom, organizational storage.

I bought a small shelf, I bought a small coat rack, I bought short rolling bins that go under my bed, I bought tall square bins that sit on the shelf in my closet.

Removed a lot of the clutter with these things, almost like my room is bigger now.

We painted several rooms in our house. My husband and I gained a new skill, saved a lot of money by doing it all ourselves, learned how well we work together, and we love the results!

Doggie door… game changer.

Basically anything you touch or interact with daily. Creaking door/handle? Adjust and oil it up. Small hobby/work stuff laying around constantly? Buy a small cabinet of drawers. Cant look at horible wall while sitting on a shitter? Do some diy weekend remodelling. I can go on and on. Basically there are a lot of minor things that you even dont think about that you dislike in your home. Last example would be a nice non-slip and correct size bathroom mats that we bought. I may be getting old but I was more excited about them than the last luxury items I bought. Roombas are cool. Good coat hangers are cooler.

Mine are mostly kitchen based because I cook dinner pretty much every night.

A couple of those magnetic wall mounted knife holders, frees so much room on my countertops.

Wall mounted spice rack and glass jars. Keeps my spices where I can see them and monitor levels. Much easier to access than storing them in a cabinet or in the pantry.

Wall mounted hooks for pan storage. No longer need to make a ton of noise grabbing pans from the corner cabinet, pots are still down there, however.

All three cost me *maybe* $70 and have vastly improved my quality of life in the kitchen.

A built into the wall bench in the walk-in shower. Now i walk into the shower fully clothed to pensively sit on my bench while brushing my teeth. I also sit on my bench while showering my toddler, shooting water at him from the handheld shower head, just sitting on my bench resting while he's having fun. Helps kill the time and entertain the toddler. I'm sure it will also be very useful if we get sick or old. Just shower sitting down on our bench.

Insulation from walls to ceiling and roof. It cost a small fortune but its so worth it. Cool in summer warm in winter.

I dont know if it counts as small but the cost was fairly small as i provided all the labor. i think i have about 2500 total into a 6,000 gallon koi pond in my back yard, this includes a huge sunshade so the fish dont get over exposed to the sun and helps with birds while providing a nice shady place to sit and watch the fish.

not only is it nice to have a pond to watch fish but the water/plants have attracted all kinds of wildlife that were not present before. koi were babies when introduced to the pond, are roughly 2ft with one being closer to 3ft.

Motion activated light switch for the laundry room. Never have to worry about turning off the light when leaving with an arm full of clothing.

Those little battery powered lights that light up only when someone passes.

just enough to not to kill yourself because some little s**t left a wooden train on staircase, but not enough to wake up whole family.

Bought an espresso machine cuz i was tired of how expensive Starbucks got. Life-changer if you’re into coffee.

Dimmer switches on all lights and heated towel racks.

A riding lawnmower. 45 minutes to cut instead of 2.5 hours.

Raising the countertops to 42" in my kitchen and bathroom. It's not really an upgrade, but for a tall family, it really makes a difference in comfort.

Smart outlets for Christmas lights, both inside and outside. I have them scheduled to turn on at sunset and turn off at midnight.

A fold down table on the wall near the dryer to either use to hold a basket or fold clothes on. A wall mounted drying rack that pulls out when needed.

Light switches that have a remote to dim/turn off the lights. It’s great when we’re watching tv and don’t have to get up. It’s so lazy, but so great.

Removing the very small, old ground level deck that was here and having a new concrete patio installed. This is our first house having an actual backyard and now we have a nice patio to spend time out there.

Replace the toilet seats and locks.

Paint before you move in.

Remove popcorn ceilings if you have any.

Gooseneck kitchen faucet.

When we built our house we raised our kitchen bench to be 105cm instead of the standard 90cm and it honestly makes such a difference to our back when doing meal prep and washing up.

Going to other peoples homes where they have the standard bench height is awful, bending over..