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Simple DIY Renovation Projects You Can Do While Staying At Home

Posted On Friday, 15 May 2020 20:08
Simple DIY Renovation Projects You Can Do While Staying At Home

If you have time on your hands while you’re stuck at home, you try having some home renovation projects that will not only make your home more functional and more aesthetically pleasing but also help you stay occupied so that you won’t be bored. 

The good news is that there are indeed simple do-it-yourself projects that you can do in your home, even if you’ve never tried a DIY project before.

Temporary Versus Permanent

When you opt to go the DIY route, not every project needs to result in a permanent fixture or furniture. Some projects help fill in a function within your home on a temporary basis so that you can save up to afford a more permanent home improvement idea. Since they’re temporary, you get to experiment with ideas and materials that are usually assigned to professional renovation experts, such as Watara Homes. 

So, try out some of these projects and see whether you can hold your own:

1. Update Your Kitchen Cabinets

Kitchen cabinets are usually one of the most important home improvement projects because cabinets really go through some years of wear-and-tear, especially if your kids are often venturing into the kitchen. 

Some may recommend that you just paint your cabinets with a new color that appeals to you more. Others may recommend removing the cabinet doors so that the hinges can be replaced. 

Cabinet doors may be ordered from your home improvement depot in the style and color you want. But, if someone in your household has great carpentry skills and the right tools, then you can make your own. Take note that you still need to order for new wood. 

2. Create Your Own Raised Bed Vegetable Garden

Some people like to grow ornamental plants as decoration for different parts of the house. If this sounds like you, why not take that one step further and grow a vegetable garden? 

To do this, you need to have an area within your front yard or backyard that gets plenty of sunlight and has a reliable water supply. 

If someone within the house has great carpentry skills, you can ask for a raised bed to be erected in either yard. A raised bed is often made out of wood and helps delineate the space you’ll be devoting towards raising vegetables. This way, you won’t have that much of a problem with vegetables spreading all over the yard. This implies that you need to get wood and soil delivered to your home so that you can get started. However, you can also use the scrap wood laying around your house. 

If your area tends to get cold a lot, you may have to wait until summer to start planting anything. Use the months before the planting season to construct your raised bed. Some people also get their vegetable seeds delivered through courier services so that they can pick which ones to grow in certain months. On the other hand, those who live in warm weather climates can easily plant at any time of the year.

3. Transform A Corner of Your Yard Into a Vermicompost Hub

If you’re already starting a vegetable garden, you can also create your own vermicompost hub. In this project, you’ll just need a sturdy box made out of wood. This means tapping the household member who has the right carpentry skills to make this for you. 

You should look for a corner of your yard to put it in, preferably where there’s a lot of cool shade and that doesn’t get disturbed by animals or people. You may use leftover scrap wood from your two previous projects to make your vermicompost box.

Ideally, the wooden box should also have a close-fitting lid so that earthworms cannot escape. Make sure the box has drainage holes so that water from your veggie and fruit peelings will eventually drip down into the ground. There should also be air holes on the sides, but make sure earthworms can’t crawl out of those. 

For those with no carpentry skills, look for any relatively large container that you can drill drainage and air holes in and that won’t fall apart when it gets wet.

You’ll need some soil for the box as you’re preparing for its new occupants. The soil ideally should fit only half the box so that there’s still room as you keep adding fruit and veggie peelings into it. You’ll probably just need a kilo of earthworms to start your composting project. 

For it not to dry out, you may need to spray the soil inside the box with a bit of water daily. If they need additional soil and nutrients, the vermicast can be used for both your indoor plants and your outdoor plants.

The great thing about vermicomposting is that it’ll only demand a lot of your effort at the start – when the worms have settled down and started eating the compostable material you put in. You can probably start harvesting vermicast within 3 weeks of starting the vermicomposting project.

Final Thoughts

Many people may be bored just sitting at home doing nothing, so this could be the right time for you to set out on a DIY renovation project. The tips given above will help you in your projects and reduce boredom. 

With a minimal cash outlay, you can easily make these projects come to life so that you and your household will be able to benefit for the long term.

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