Cooler days and darker nights mean one thing - lots more time spent indoors!
But even with a soft scented candle on and gentle mood lighting from lamps, it can make it much harder to ignore the neglected areas of your home when you are spending more time looking at them.
Forget putting them off, embrace easy home redecorating projects with autumn/winter home DIY and the experts at NWTT!
Easy home decor ideas for the ‘ber months
Interior renovations don’t always have to be large-scale or expensive.
Smaller changes are often the most impactful, without costing precious time and money - which you could be spending on festive fun for you and the family.
This means, no matter how busy you are with Halloween, Bonfire Night, and Christmas, you can still make progress and see a real difference in your home.
Doors
In homes that have children and pets, especially, internal doors can start to look less than their best quite quickly.
As such, replacing your internal doors is a simple, easy task that can make a real difference to the appearance and feel of your home - especially if you currently have mismatched models.
Perfectly suited to an average home DIY enthusiast or even those with low experience levels, with just a drill and a couple of minutes, you can swap out your old doors for stunning new internal doors that match your decor.
Internal wall panelling
If your walls and decor are the issue, how about investing in a wall panelling kit?
You can create warm, texturising panelling (that you can then choose to paint if you like) with everything you need in one pack - including step-by-step instructions! The effect can be very impactful and luxurious once complete.
Or, if you like the idea of panelling but would rather design something yourself, why not go off piste with rough-sawn timber that you can cut and shape to meet your interior standards?
This way, you can go completely bespoke and bring your vision to life with timber that is specifically chosen because it is durable, long-lasting, and easy to work with.
Either way, you’ll create a finished look that lasts for years to come and impresses everyone who sees it.
Acoustic panel boards
Ideal for noisy homes, acoustic panel boards are a great addition to your autumn/winter DIY project.
Incredibly easy to cut to shape and install, these slatted timber panels bring atmosphere and a real focal point to any room. Plus, thanks to their sound-dampening qualities, they can reduce echoes, reverberation, and noise transfer that can spread throughout the whole house - especially in open plan living.
With a choice of walnut, light oak, and smoked oak, there is a panel for every home!
Timber skirting and architrave
Unless you live in a historic home, ‘original features’ might just be a term that you hear banded about on daytime TV.
However, just because they are old, missing, or your new-build never had them, doesn’t mean you can’t add visual interest and a little touch of extra with timber skirting and architrave or timber mouldings for dado rails, picture rails, laminate scotia bead, and more!
Though relatively small additions that are quick and simple to install, these timber features can make doorways, walls, and flooring look more sumptuous, expensive, and ‘finished’.
Insulation
Okay, maybe this one isn’t as visually noticeable - but it will certainly help keep you snug in the cooler months, so it’s well worth consideration! Especially if you are trying to keep your bills low.
Adding extra or swapping low-quality insulation for more thermally sound alternatives can bring many benefits, including:
- Reducing energy consumption - and cost
- Making your carbon footprint smaller
- Improving your EPC rating
So, while you are emptying the Christmas decorations out of the loft, it might be worth checking if your current insulation is still in good order.
Consider home decor as well as decorating your home!
While these are our favourite ways to improve your home, there are hundreds out there, and no matter what your easy home decor idea is - the experts in home and gardens at NWTT can assist.
With nearly 40 years in the business, we can recommend and source almost anything you need to keep your house and outdoor spaces looking good all year round.
For advice or recommendations, email [email protected] or call 01942 720 777, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.