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| DIY Projects for your North Shore Home |
As the weather gets chillier quickly (boo), you may have
more indoor time coming your way. This is the perfect time to turn your
attention to making your house a home and adding some fun finishing touches
with Do It Yourself projects. Here are just a few ways to add character and
class to your North Shores home.
Wainscoting
Putting wainscoting in some rooms in your home is a
relatively inexpensive way to add character to your home. This feature is not
something new—far from it! Dating back to the 1300s, the Dutch used wainscoting
on the bottom half of their walls for practical reasons—to protect the walls
from things like spurs on riding boots and chairs from leaving marks.
Today, most of us just think of class when they think of
wainscoting. Clean lines and a crisp finish. However, it can also have
practical uses today (though protecting walls from boot spurs is usually not an
issue). Protecting dining room and kitchen walls from kiddo fingerprints and
scuffs from chairs is definitely helpful.
Under the Cabinet
Lighting
Another inexpensive project for you to tackle this winter in
your North Shores home is under
the cabinet lighting. This is not a project that takes a lot of time and can
add so much light to your home. These lights are hidden beneath your upper
cabinets. Not only is the light aesthetically pleasing but so helpful for
kitchen tasks like dicing veggies or baking.
Crown Molding
Though this project may not be classified as “simple” because it requires some
skills with miter saw angles, it is definitely worth all the time and effort.
Crown molding is oftentimes a feature at the top of people’s remodeling wish
lists and it adds value to a home in case you are concerned with increasing the
home’s value for resale one day.
If you are thinking of selling your North Shores home or looking for
a North Shores real estate agent
to help you select a new home, give me a call!
Janie BressYour North Shore Real Estate ExpertNorth Shore Real Estate
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