Here are some amazing ways for you to update your dated mountain living spaces in Woodland Park, CO, without doing any major renovation, if you want to refresh your space but you’re not ready for a remodel.
- The Power of Paint
First things first, always consider the power of paint. You can do a ton with it. You can paint brick, tile, wood, your walls, your ceiling, and your floors. You can probably change almost everything about your space just with paint.
You can paint the tile floor in your bathroom, your cabinets in your kitchen, or you can even paint your countertops.
Painting Tile
Painting tile is something that a lot of people don’t consider, but it’s such an incredible thing that you can do. Incredible transformations when it comes to painting tile, like tile floor in the bathroom, maybe tile around a fireplace. The paint change is drastic and it looks incredible, so consider doing that DIY method before ripping out your tile altogether.
Painting Brick
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If you have a brick in your home that’s kind of throwing off your design or looking a little bit tired and dated, paint it either black or white. Colors sometimes throw it off even more, but black fireplaces are stunning, and white brick homes are so beautiful. You’ll definitely get a huge change with very minimal money spent just by using paint.
- Add Molding to Flat Panel Doors
Your interior doors might be the reason your home is looking outdated and needs remodeling. If you have those flat-panel doors, they tend to date your space a bit. You can keep your door as is and just add some detail to it with molding. All you have to do is get some wood molding and install some detailing on that door.
You can use trim to build out a traditional-style door, or you can make them look a little bit farmhouse. This can be done on closet doors, bathroom doors, bedroom doors, or any door around your home that’s lacking a little bit of detail.
- Replace Ivory Switch Plates
There was a time when builders were installing ivory switch plates. Ivory switch plates are just a sign of a dated home. You can update those within seconds just by going to the hardware store and buying a fresh white wall plate.
You can also take it a step further and paint your wall plates to match your wall color. If you have wallpaper in your home, you can also put wallpaper on your switch plate so you don’t see it at all, either. It’s super quick, very affordable, and will make a huge difference.
- Picture Frame Molding for Plain Walls
Sometimes flat, plain walls can look a little bit forgotten about, a little bit tired and a little bit outdated. It’s one of the major challenges in home design. You can add trim and molding to your walls to make it look up to date, timeless, elegant and actually just more expensive. If you have a plain, boring hallway, consider just adding some picture frame molding to frame out your hallway.
You cut all your trim, you measure everything out and you install it on your own. You can do this with construction adhesive or a brad nailer. Picture frame molding is absolutely on trend right now, but it’s also just extremely timeless.
- Update Dated Window Treatments
Something you don’t realize that’s dating your space as much as it is, until you take them down, are your dated window treatments. The swoopy curtains, the heavy drapes, the vertical blinds.
I highly recommend spending a day removing the old window treatments and either keeping your window open and fresh and letting in a lot of sunlight, or, of course, for privacy and style, add in some new window treatments.
You can do roller shades, Roman shades, or you can even just hang some affordable curtains and do a nice rod across the top. Try and pick something neutral that’s going to work with your space and not date it over time.
- Stain or Whitewash Warm Wood Tones
Wood tones usually date your space. You do not need to rip out all these pieces and start again. Think about what you can do with staining or whitewashing. Those two methods of changing the color of your wood will drastically update your home, and it can absolutely be done on a budget.
Try to stick with a stain color that’s more in the middle ground. It’s going to neutralize your space, and having that neutral wood color is going to make your space look updated. If you want to completely get rid of the warm tones of wood around your home and you want to go for a very modern kind of Scandinavian minimalist look, consider whitewashing.
FAQs
What type of paint should you use on brick, tile, and countertops?
All of these different surfaces need a different type of paint, so you’re not going to be using wall paint on your brick and your tile and your countertops, but you can find the right paint that’s going to work for your surface and totally transform it.
Is painting tile a long-term solution?
It’s a lot more temporary. Of course, it’s not going to be your long-term forever solution, but if you’re looking for that update just to kind of meet you halfway, paint would definitely be the right option.
How do you attach molding to a flat-panel door?
You pretty much just need construction adhesive to attach those wood pieces and then paint right over top.
Where can you buy pre-made picture frame molding?
There are Etsy shops, Home Depot, and Amazon that sell pre-made picture frame molding so that you don’t have to build any of it; you just have to install it.
What is whitewashing?
Whitewashing is kind of like staining. You use a very watered-down either paint or a white stain. You can also do this with a kind of bleach mix that will help bleach your wood and take out those warm saturated tones.
Conclusion
This gave you some ideas on ways that you can update and upgrade your mountain living spaces in Woodland Park, CO. Consider doing any of these DIY projects in your home instead of remodeling.