8 Mini-Projects to Improve Your Home's Marketability

If you want to increase your home's value but you don't want to break your back or the bank, consider completing one or more of these projects. Completing one of these "mini-jobs" in your home will definitely perk up your home's appearance. Plus, prospective buyers are constantly looking for quality updates and improvements in homes.

Pick one or two of these "mini-projects" that will best resolve any issues your home has in terms of attractiveness and home sale value.

Make everything look new inside. Paint all the interior walls and replace the doors. When you have all new-looking walls, trim boards and doors, let's face it, the home will look shiny and new. Yes, it will take some planning and work on your part, but it's doable and will have a profound impact in terms of how your home looks to all those who enter.

Clean up, clear out and organize. These three mini-projects will go far in staging your home to appeal to the discerning buyer, if that's what you're looking for. Thoroughly clean each room. Then, de-clutter room by room.

Next, focus on making closets look spacious and dust-free. Clean and polish all cabinet doors. Clean out cabinet interiors. If you choose this project, you'll be doing a lot of sorting and tossing of unneeded, unwanted items.

Update appearances. Change the style and look of the main rooms of your home to reflect the times. Consider re-arranging the furniture. Then, add some new pictures, lamps and collectibles to spruce up the place. Select a few trendy items to place in strategic areas to achieve an updated look.

Bring in the sun and turn on new lighting. Make your windows squeaky-clean inside and out, get new lighting fixtures and replace window coverings. You'll get an overall light, sunny feeling and newer appearance in each room with this re-do.

Trash and replace all old flooring and carpeting. Get rid of old-looking, worn carpeting. Then put down new, more resilient carpeting. Or install new tile throughout the house and purchase new area rugs to highlight each space. This mini-project creates an easy-care, homey look.

Install luscious hardwood flooring. Speaking of floors, wow prospective buyers by installing hardwood flooring throughout the house except for your kitchen and bathrooms. Stick with tile for those spaces. Hardwood flooring provides a "high-end" look and value to your home.

Put your efforts into the exterior. If you seek a clean, new appearance for your home, pressure-wash and paint it. When you're done with the house, tackle the yard by weeding and mulching planting areas. You'll have a curb-appealing property when you're done.

Cool it down and heat it up. To have an impact when the temperature rises and falls, install ceiling fans in every main room and a fireplace in the family room. This little "re-do" is all about maintaining your comfort while pumping up your home's worth. Beautiful room-cooling fans

Have an impact on all who enter. With an eye-catching fireplace to warm up the place, you've just completed home projects that appeal to all buyers.

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