SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018
Spring
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Home Improvement
Fr eshen up your home this spring
Spring’s arrival means improvements to home and garden while nature brings out early blossoms and seasonal rain.
Home improvements H
can take just days
ome improvement proj-
ects ramp up when the
weather warms up, as home-
owners channel the rejuvenat-
ing feelings of spring and tack-
le their home to-do lists. Large-
scale renovations can greatly
affect a home, but smaller proj-
ects can yield impressive
results and be completed over
the course of a single weekend.
If time is of the essence,
these weekend or one-day proj-
ects may satisfy homeowners’
desires to fix up their homes.
• Create an accent wall.
Painting a focal wall in a home
can create a serious impact. The
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or require as many materials as
painting an entire room. Accent
walls frequently feature a bold
color, so decide on placement
and tackle this project in less
than a day.
• Install stair runners. Dress
up hardwood stairs with deco-
rative carpet runners. Runners
come in elongated pieces of
carpeting or individual pieces
that can be placed on each step.
If carpeting doesn’t fit with the
home’s design, painting indi-
vidual stair treads also can cre-
ate visual appeal.
• Dress up the entryway. An
entryway is a guest’s first
impression of a home. Many
entryways can use a minor
overhaul, both inside and out-
side. Paint the front door a dif-
ferent color so it pops from the
curb. Install a new mailbox or
decorative house numbers. A
new welcome mat can change
the look as well. Inside, consid-
er laying a new floor. Resilient
vinyl tiles come in many differ-
ent patterns and can mimic the
look of wood, travertine or mar-
ble. Installing a floor can take a
day or two.
• Install a new faucet.
Instantly improve a kitchen or a
bathroom with new fixtures.
New faucets can provide aes-
thetic appeal and low-flow
faucets can help conserve
water.
• Create a gallery on the
staircase. Gather and arrange
framed photos, artwork or wall
accents so that they ascend the
wall of a staircase. This creates
a designer touch and can dress
up an often barren area of wall
space.
• Install a fresh light fixture.
Improve drab spaces with a lit-
tle illumination. Better Homes
& Gardens suggests replacing
an existing fixture with some-
thing new and vibrant. If hang-
ing a new fixture is not within
one’s skill set, free-standing
table or floor lamps also can
cast a new glow on a space.
• Add molding. Molding can
add instant aesthetic appeal to a
room. Molding is appropriate
near the floor, at the top of
walls where they meet the ceil-
ing, or even mid-wall as a chair
rail. Some homeowners like to
create framed molding on walls
in formal living spaces.
• Update kitchen or bath-
room hardware. Replacing
hardware is a fast and easy
project, but one that can have
immediate impact. Swap out
tired or outdated hardware for
newer brushed metals and more
impactful shapes and designs.
Home renovations do not
need to take weeks or months.
Many projects can be complet-
ed over the course of a week-
end.
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Organizational professionals
for This Old House estimate
that only 30 percent of people
store their vehicles in a garage,
while the RAC Foundation
found that, in the United
Kingdom, 53 percent of house-
holds had access to a garage,
but only 24 percent used them
to park their vehicles.
The reason why cars and
trucks are relegated to sitting in
driveways or at the curb is sim-
ple: too much stuff and, in
some instances, larger vehicles that simply do
not fit.
Taking inventory of the items stored in the
garage can help free up space to park cars. This
can prolong the life of the vehicle’s paint and
make it more comfortable to enter and exit the
vehicle during inclement weather. Homeowners
who want to make more effective use of their
garages can give thought to their current usage,
ultimately deciding if certain items can be stored
elsewhere or discarded.
Homeowners can also set aside a weekend to
tackle garage organization — involving the chil-
dren and other family members to make the sort-
ing and cleaning easier. Donate or sell unwanted
items as soon as possible. Recycle items that can
be reused or repurposed, and then consider con-
tacting a bulk hauler to remove the trash.
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