The Coronavirus pandemic has everyone across the country staying indoors and away from others to prevent its spread. As you social distance, you will likely get bored of your limited routine. More time in your home also translates to more attention to your home. If you’d like to change up your routine and do something productive, here are some home improvements to do while stuck at home.
Rearrange & Organize
While you’re sitting on your couch, you may want to see what it’s like to get another angle. Rearranging your space can give new life to your home and make your time spent in it more enjoyable. Move furniture into different rooms and be creative with your spaces. Overall, consider what you value in your home—you can reorganize to prioritize seating, simplicity, aesthetics, storage, comfort, and more. As you rearrange your rooms, take the opportunity to organize as well. As you move your shelves, reorganize your books by genre or even color. Creating a rainbow of color on your shelves makes a big impression and makes your storage both functional and attractive.
Give Your Walls Some TLC
Your walls sustain damage slowly. Small dings and scratches from moving things accumulate over time. Take this time to improve your walls’ appearance. First, look for areas that need patching. After this, you can turn to repainting projects. As your walls bore you, don’t be shy about taking the risk to try an unconventional color scheme or painting method. Try sponging your walls to lend them texture. If you’re a painting pro, challenge yourself to marbleize.
Dress Up Your Furniture
One less-common home improvement project to do while stuck at home involves touching up your furniture. Applying a finish brings a faded wood corner table back to life. As you reconfigure your home, imagine what your furniture would look like with a different paint color, too. Finally, to take on a bigger yet doable project, add trim to your pieces. There are several considerations for adding wood trim, including properly preparing the surface and clamping new trim after installation.
