Improve Your Home’s Beauty and Functionality with These 6 Big-Ticket Improvements

The raging pandemic crisis has given rise to an explosion of home improvement activities in the U.S. and many countries worldwide. For some, it was a complete surprise given the financial volatility of local, and even the global, economies. However, many saw it coming given that homeowners are stuck inside their properties for a long time and had to find ways to combat boredom and anxiety attacks. If you are among the millions of home-quarantined Americans, with lots of extra cash on your hands and a large property to work on, you should consider doing some much-needed improvements. These add-ons can greatly improve your home’s beauty and functionality and make it more livable and inviting.

Here are six home improvement ideas for a more beautiful and functional home:

Home theater

Getting stuck at home means you’ll have plenty of spare time on your hands after your daily activities are done. With the pandemic’s terrible effects on a person’s psyche, having amenities in your home that would lessen these psychological impacts would be an awesome project to start.

If your family is big on movies and TV series, then you should invest in building a home theater from scratch or by converting one of your rooms into your home cinema. You can do a simple setup consisting of a projector, a surround sound speaker system, and a laptop or tablet. If you want to go all-out, then you could throw in some authentic or custom theater seats plus a popcorn stand and beverage stand for a realistic theater setting.

However way you approach this project, it will surely make your home more livable and functional since you won’t have to go out to enjoy a movie experience.

Event center/conservatory

Do you fancy turning a spot in your property into an income-generating place? Then go now and look around for event center builders and installers who can build a nice events venue on your lawn. With such a unique amenity, you can take requests for weddings, birthdays, corporate events, and anniversaries. Of course, you can always use the event center for your events where you can spend a great time with family, friends, and colleagues (with the appropriate COVID-19 protocols, of course).

Additionally, you can hire the same contractor to install a conservatory as an attachment to your home or as a stand-alone unit. You can treat the conservatory as your extended dining room, library, or even a greenhouse for your plants. Splurge a bit and give your conservatory modern features such as remote and automated blinds control and temperature adjustments.

Home office

If you’re working remotely or if your kids are studying from home, you should have a place on your property that is conducive for such purposes. You can convert one of your rooms into a home office where you can work on one corner and your kids to study on another.

For this amenity, you’ll need the essential tech devices and office furniture: laptops or desktops, a wifi router, fiber optic internet, tables, chairs, and bookshelves for reference materials. It should be a fairly easy project that you can complete in a day or two, depending on the setup that you need.

Interior and exterior landscaping

Your home should be stunning to look at, both from the outside and indoors. With this, you should hire a landscaper to create a captivating landscape atmosphere in your yard, as well as inside your home. It doesn’t matter how simple or extravagant the setting would be; it would nonetheless put your home’s aesthetic merits several notches higher.

Fire and waterscapes

Hand in hand with your landscaping project should be the addition of firescapes and waterscapes in your home. The beauty of these amenities is that they can be installed both outdoors and indoors, and you can even install them on your own since there available kits for DIY-savvy homeowners. You may choose from a Koi pond, pondless waterfall, and swimming pool for your water amenities. For your fire features, take your pick from a fire pit, fire bowl, and fireplace.

If you don’t have the skill and tools for a DIY installation, you can just tap professional installers and communicate your ideas with them for a custom appeal.

Garage and entry door replacement

You can achieve a great first impression among your guests and improve your home’s curb appeal by replacing your garage and entry doors with stylish ones. There are a lot of skilled artisans who can create custom doors to achieve optimum visual impact, as well as practical benefits. They may cost higher than factory-made doors, but the benefits they can provide are more than worth the money you’ll invest in.

These home improvements will help you and your family breeze through the pandemic more easily, so be sure to consider them soon.