Home improvements are basically adding or renovating things in your home. Usually it is carried out by a professional tradesman or handy man but more often people are trying to go it alone to save themselves extortionate fees. When home owners do home improvements they are known as amateurs and it is no longer called home improvement, it is known as DIY (Do it yourself).

Bob Villa is one of the most well-known authors and televisions hosts when it comes to home improvement books and television shows; there is also a television show called “Home improvement” which uses this theme for humor, the show stars Tim Allen. There are lots of different types of home improvement, wallpapering, upgrading units, laying new carpets, transforming cellars and attics into other rooms and adding new extensions on to the house are just some of the types of home improvement that you can do.

Many people often get confused between home improvement and home repair; they are both different from each other. Home repair is basically finding problems then fixing them. Most repairs are doing it yourself kind of things but sometimes, just occasionally may be your pipes will burst and you will need to call in the professionals!

Home improvement on the other hand is bettering your home, adding new things to it, changing the style of it or just adding a bit of a theme to it. When people embark on a home improvement project they more often than not draw up a financial plan of some sort, basically this is to save them money. If you don’t have a budget then you are likely to spend much, much more than you need to! Often money can be saved by purchasing things that have promotional offers on them such as half price offers or buy one get one frees.

These are the best things you can do to save you some money! Before starting out on any home improvement project make sure that you have the basics covered; you know what you want done! You can afford to have it done! And it’s going to be done in a set amount of time! These points are essential in a project, but most of all make sure at the end of it you have the home that you want, not someone else’s idea! Make your home suit you!

Home decorating

Utter the two words home decorating in a crowd of women and the place will go mad. These two words seem to breathe fire in women’s bellies. Most women love the idea of home decorating. When discussed in a crowd, there will likely be all sorts of ideas and tips passed around. For some strange reason the female population enjoy making changes, especially to their homes. The idea of getting rid of the old and bringing in the new gets women all excited.

Many people like change, women and men, boys and girls. Home decorating is a great way to make immediate changes in a person’s space. Even slight changes in home décor can make a space seem new and refreshed. Home decorating is an excellent way of taking a tired looking space and transforming it into a bright, happy atmosphere. It is a terrific way to bring people up when they are feeling down.

Home decorating can involve all kinds of different colors, fabrics, furniture, flooring and accessories. Some people spend thousands of dollars decorating their homes while other people use only imagination to make magnificent changes. Home decorating depends on the individual’s taste, their intentions and of course their finances.

When people have plenty of money to use for home decorating, often they will hire a professional home decorator. Hiring a professional home decorator is a great opportunity to have a home transformed into a trendy environment. Home decorators are in touch with the latest trends and styles in home decorating. With their talent and experience they are able to take a plain, boring room and transform it into a happening, exciting space to hang out in.

With regards to home decorating, if a person desires something totally unimaginable, they might want to hire a professional home decorator. Home decorating is very important to some people. In fact there are those who make changes in their home each and every season. Most people like to do a little home decorating at Christmas time but there are those who like to jazz up their home in the spring, summer, fall and winter.

Using home decorating tips and ideas, people transform their homes to fit the each season. When a homeowner is trying to sell their home, a bit of home decorating may increase their chances of success. People viewing a home are often attracted to the cosmetics of the space. Home decorating provides a homeowner the opportunity to give their home a face-lift before putting it on the real estate market.

With a few slight changes to the furniture placing in a room, perhaps a calming color on the walls and a bouquet of flowers in a lovely vase on a table, a potential buyer might be won over. When a home is nicely decorated, there is evidence that the homeowner takes pride in their home and cares for it. This would certainly make a good impression on a potential buyer. Just a few little home decorating tricks may be responsible for selling the house.

Home improvement stores

On every high street and every Shopping Centre there is at least one home improvement store. They cater for everything from nuts and screws to designer bathrooms! They offer a wide range of services and they are reasonably cheap. There are lots of different types of these stores as well, there are the larger more general stores and there are the family based home run types of stores.

The larger stores are able to sell their goods a lot cheaper than the smaller stores as they buy in bulk and that allows the customer to make a much larger saving. People tend to turn to larger home improvement stores when they are shopping for larger items such as fitted kitchens and bedrooms. They sell everything from tiles, glass, hardware, materials and much, much more. Larger home improvement stores are built like large warehouses and are usually staffed by around 100 people or so.

The smaller home improvement stores usually tend to be called DIY (Do it yourself) stores. The don’t offer the larger items like the new kitchens and so on, but they offer great quality and great service as they are a family run business and have more of a personal touch with the customer. Their items may be a little bit more expensive than a large store but that is because they cannot buy in bulk as they could never store or sell it on.

Many people who use smaller home improvement stores tend to stick with them for all their hardware needs and don’t tend to shop around, this is because they love the service and get on great with the shop keepers. These kind of stores have only about 2-5 staff working there, because of the fact the store does not have too much business, unless is it very well known and loved.

If you want a personal touch and a laugh with the store keepers then choose a smaller home improvement store as the larger ones offer rows of tills and workers that are all generic and never seem to have an expression on their face, also the staff don’t always know what they are talking about. Smaller stores offer great knowledge as they are owned by actual tradesman and not some big shot executive. I’m not saying that larger home improvement stores are bad, they are not. They are just a bit plain. They may be cheaper but going to a smaller store is well worth the money!

Excerpted from the book How To Decorate Your House Like A Pro by Wings Of Success.

This excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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