If you’re an avid HGTV viewer, you’re probably always thinking about what your next home project will be. Building a deck in the backyard? Painting your living room a new color to spice things up? Replacing the kitchen countertops? In a perfect world, the sky would be the limit when it comes to making your home yours! In reality, however, budgets and a lack of free time and energy tend to get in the way.
So if you’re looking for some small upgrades that can make a huge difference in your space, you’ve come to the right place. Reddit users have recently been sharing simple changes that significantly upgraded their homes, so we’ve gathered some of their best tips below!
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#61
Smart lights in my bedroom lamps! I now have a 'routine' setup so every morning my lights automatically turn on, and my alexa starts playing nice wake up music. It makes waking up in the mornings SO MUCH EASIER. I think the bulbs were like $7 each?
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13points
#62
A whole-house humidifier system.
Used to have nosebleeds all winter and massive static electricity issues - kept a small metal rod in my pocket at all times to ground myself before directly touching anything conductive and my cat was generally terrified of being pet from October - April because of the *powerful* static shocks.
IIRC, it was around $400 for the unit and I DIYed the install in about 2 hours.
EDIT: For perspective, the static electricity issue was so bad that I killed a thermostat, a small stereo shelf system, an Xbox controller, and a television remote through static shocks the winter before getting the humidifier.
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12points
#63
Two things made a surprising improvement to my quality of life:
* For $140 and about an hour of time, I installed a Reverse Osmosis water filter under my kitchen sink. I now have amazing fresh clean filtered drinking water on tap.
* Using a $150 GC my sister gave me for my birthday, I picked up a RoboRock Q5 robot vacuum ($70 out of pocket after the GC). I have it running on a daily schedule at 2pm while i'm at work, and my hard floors are always immaculate.
* Using a $150 GC my sister gave me for my birthday, I picked up a RoboRock Q5 robot vacuum ($70 out of pocket after the GC). I have it running on a daily schedule at 2pm while i'm at work, and my hard floors are always immaculate.
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12points
#64
Bidet. We only put one in the master bath because young grandkids come over and we don't want them to spray the room. Now that bathroom is the only bathroom in the house I'll go poop in. I also no longer like staying in hotels until they catch up. I feel like some kind of caveman wiping with paper now.
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11points
#65
I got a Dorai stone bath mat and never looked back; Never having to think about moldy bath mats were so nice I ended up getting the stone dish mats and those have been serving me well so far.
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11points
#68
Keypads on your entrance with internet connection
* Don't have to take keys when you exercise
* Did I Forget to lock the door? I did and I'm 100 miles away. Beep bop boop done.
* Walk to the front of the house form the back but the front door is locked. No keys, no problem.
* Hey Hon when did you get home last night? Uhuh.. the log says not!
* Did I Forget to lock the door? I did and I'm 100 miles away. Beep bop boop done.
* Walk to the front of the house form the back but the front door is locked. No keys, no problem.
* Hey Hon when did you get home last night? Uhuh.. the log says not!
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6points