If you're looking for ways to update your dated home without doing a full remodel, I hope this gives you some DIY ideas that will make a huge impact for less!! What would you love to update in your home??

@mariamangion21

9 ай бұрын

I would love to update my bedroom!

@ingridmartin7986

9 ай бұрын

My staircase has carpet and that orange looking wood stain. I definitely plan to get to that.

@donnalegrand9133

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. I just ordered the white shower curtain. I knew my bathroom needed something, so glad you had this idea!!! I went with the 96 inch all the way to the ceiling one!!!

@Jade_902

9 ай бұрын

Kristen, I just thought of something while watching you show moveable kitchen islands. It would make a great craft island for my craft room 😊

@leannsmarie

9 ай бұрын

It's not a good idea to paint the brick outside one's home. It prevents it from 'breathing' and shortens its life. Staining them is a better choice. Also, you said to paint the mullions on your windows. You may have meant 'muntins'. Mullions are vertical shafts located in between windows. These elements offer structural support for the windows. Meanwhile, muntins are found on the window glass itself. They are vertical and horizontal elements that divide a window's glass into a grid.

I have a small, dated kicthen with upper cabinets and not much storage. I painted the top cabinets ivory which helped it blend into the walls and the lower cabinets sage green. Game changer

@verawallace9055

6 ай бұрын

Two of my favorite çolour along with blue

@MightyWomanOfGod9050

5 ай бұрын

We have a small kitchen and we added glass to our upper cabinets. Makes it look so much bigger!

My husband and I bought our house a year and a half ago and we have been trying to find a way to make it our own. Watching your videos are a HUGE motivation for me! I am now ready to go and see what I can do with my home. Thank you!!

If you don't have a light source inside your shower, raising the curtain to the ceiling will make it quite dark in there.

@123Rockchild

9 ай бұрын

Mmmmm…never thought of that. Thanks.

@robyntatelman7233

9 ай бұрын

I have an older bathroom, so I added some ceiling lights in the shower and it’s a huge difference🌟Check with an electrician.

@jacquewatson6736

9 ай бұрын

Use a clear liner with white curtains

@annlatham

9 ай бұрын

If you have a sheer shower curtain it will work 👍🏼

@FrankGutowski-ls8jt

9 ай бұрын

It would also cut off fresh air, so, if you should blow a big fart, you might not survive your own noxious gases!

Ceiling mounted shower rod with two shower curtains?!? Brilliant!

I love how these tips prove that you don't need a massive remodel to transform your home. Budget-friendly updates can make a huge difference.

I loooove built-ins!! They’re one of my favorite permanent design features

I really like these ideas! WOW! I think the easiest for me would be swapping out my light fixtures and light switch panels as well as the outlets. Thank you for sharing!

I added lights to my shower ceiling and they were not expensive and it made such a big difference and it didn’t cost that much, check with an electrician, bright and happy now.

I was amazed at how these videos showcased creative and cost-effective solutions to breathe new life into an old home. From DIY projects to simple decor changes, these ideas have inspired me to tackle my own home improvement projects with confidence.

We had our old white PVC windows sprayed black. I wish I could upload a picture. It really made a massive difference and the exterior of the house looks so much more modern. Love black windows! It was surprisingly more affordable than we thought it would be and waaay less than getting new ones! It’s guaranteed for 10 years too. Would highly recommend.

I'm always on the lookout for cost-effective home improvement ideas and this video delivered. The down-to-earth approach and creative suggestions really made a huge impact.

Love the idea of repurposing kitchen cabinets to the garage!

I love a house with ALL the rooms: Formal Living and dining, a study, and a combo family room/kitchen, plus a sunroom. I use them on the daily. I also love cream painted cased widows and doorways. My dream house has a staircase similar to your parents' home. I love hardwood floors, built ins and bay windows. I think it goes back to my twenties, when I was a realtor in Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill neighborhoods.

@KristenMcGowan

9 ай бұрын

Me too!!😊👏🏼

So many great idea. I'm in the process of upgrading out 25 year old home and it's great to see so many inexpensive ideas to offset the more costly renos we are looking at.

Love too but smaller houses do not have an option for a mud room

I was so happy to learn that the windows could be painted and I will certainly give it a try! thank you for such a cost effective idea!

Controversial kitchen cabinets 😅 Yes, I LOVE kitchen storage!

You always give great ideas when there is a smaller budget. Thanks😊❤

Thank you for sharing. Learned a few ideas.

Great ideas! Thank you!

Kristen you know sooo much about decor n I love your chnl. Love to watch! So many great tips!! Thank you.

Thank you for more great tips, Kristen. I have learned so much after finding your channel, and it was at the perfect time as we have been building our dream home. You have inspired me and given me so much information and it has made this whole process so much easier, and it's coming together so beautifully. Only a couple more months and we'll finally be living in it and I am just so excited to decorate with all that I've learned from you. Appreciate all of the content and your time into it, it is so incredibly helpful! Have a blessed day!

Loved these ideas!!! Thank you!!

Staircase runners are good ideas for my home. Thank you!!

Black windows are a passing fad…like open shelving in a kitchen.

@vaderladyl

9 ай бұрын

Yes, only few houses can look timeless with black casing, besides it is ruining very nice looking wood

@123Rockchild

9 ай бұрын

But if you like it, why not?

@anotheramy71

9 ай бұрын

And PLEASE do not paint over wood window casings.

@maryannemckay3606

Ай бұрын

@@123Rockchild…becos it is a “fad” ?…☺️

You are fabulous with very educational information. You are a delight! Thank you.

Great tips, as always. Thanks so much!

Great video! I absolutely love your content in your videos and your design choices! Your videos are always chock full of great inspiration and information.

These tips are amazing. Thank you. I never know where to start with my home and you've helped so much!

I love all your decoration tips, and definitely I can use a few of this ❤, thank you 🙏

Hi Kristen. Love your ideas. I love the reading nook the best. ❤

Happy Sunday Kris✌

I love the idea to paint the windows black

Kristen another fabulous video with excellent, inexpensive decorating ideas. Thank you!

Thank you, Kristen. Very helpful ideas .

Great points to consider! 👍

Thank u for all your lovely n sustainable ideas , lots of luv n bestest wishes for u dear Kristen , from Mumbai, India ❤❤

I love your ideas! These are exaclyt what I need right now! thank you!

What a fabulous video! I am going to steal your idea. The new masking liquid in order to paint my huge 80s kitchen windows black. And updating old lighting fixtures in the bathroom! Thank you 😊

Hi Kristen! Met ya tonight at the Tarantula Hill as we were all leaving.You're a genuine sweetheart and deserve all of your success. Keep up the good hard work. God bless.

You are loaded with brilliant ideas. I really enjoy your videos.

Great tips.

Yay! I'm here for it!

So many fabulous ideas! I love your channel and cannot wait to get started!😊

Great info! Thank you!

Thank you for your great advice! Love it! ❤

@FrankGutowski-ls8jt

9 ай бұрын

She steals most of it.

Handy and generous, Thanks Kristen!

Thank you! What great ideas.

When we did our kitchen 5 years ago, we got rid of our upper kitchen cabinets and put in shelving. It looks great! We only replaced 2 of the upper cabinets over by the window and cooker. Glad we were ahead of the game 😂😂

@sharons5714

Ай бұрын

I have no desire to have open shelves in my kitchen. I use my upper cabinets, and a closed door keeps things in them cleaner.

@kirstymacfarlane1620

Ай бұрын

And you're telling me this because? ​@@sharons5714

I love the idea of painting the windows black.

Great update ideas .

Always great ideas from you. Huge fan 😊

Great ideas❤Thank you ❤

Great tip…window masking paint had never heard of it! Thanks, always enjoy your videos.

Love your videos, Kristen. Can you do more room makeovers?

@louisefromNY

6 ай бұрын

I agree! I have to do everything myself and everything on a budget. This was a great video with great before and afters.

Thank you all I can tell you because I have learned so much inches our watching your videos. Thank you so much.

Fantastic vid so helpful and informative Aldo inspiring loved it . Will be using some of them for sure 😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Great ideas, thanks.

We did practically all of these in our 1970s house we had. All of your advice is sound especially fixture updates and removing the upper cabinets...that absolutely opened our small kitchen space up. It instantly felt so much larger. And the bathroom curtain rod being up high made a huge difference in our current home. Brings the eyes up.

@FrankGutowski-ls8jt

9 ай бұрын

Nonsense based on wishful thinking.

@kathygreer2097

9 ай бұрын

What did you do with all the stuff that was in the uppers?

@missfizz2386

9 ай бұрын

@@kathygreer2097 We had a pocket door pantry in the kitchen (in addition to an accordian door pantry) where I added a storage shelf to hold those items including our trash and recycle bin. I moved my spices to a drawer as well. I did some mental rearranging prior and utilized the space better that we already had. I hope that helps.

Great ideas, thank you

Great ideas!

Build-In shelves would be amazing in my home.

Great vid. Ty

Great tips 😊

Great ideas

Great idea

Whoa! This was a GOOD one. Really!

I enjoyed very much this video.

Great ideas! ❤

Great ideas and so true!

@lauriepayseur5897

9 ай бұрын

When did anyone EVER think that fluorescent lights were a good idea…. And WHO? I feel the same about LEDs. So unnatural and cause headaches!

Floor to ceiling, install it on the ceiling w a thin track and use a long liner with a long sheer window panel ❤

Great ideals

Great video ❤❤❤❤😊

Very helpful.

Kristen you are the best

Any tips on upgrading patio door vertical blinds?

Thanks 🙏🏼

Fantastic 😀👍

Loved this..we have an apartment with older granite counter tops 😌..all of the other fixtures and cabinets are pretty modern but the countertops really date the place helppp!!

OK, so I really really like your idea and suggestion of making your living room possibly your office decorating it or making it the room that you need. I’m basically a single almost 60-year-old woman that lives in a house by herself and sometimes I feel like the living room is too much I don’t need it, so the suggestion that you made and showing some of the pictures I’m thinking wow that’s what I should do is I should flip-flop the small bedroom that I was going to make into an office into my living room with being able to leave a lot of my decor in the living room just moving my couch out of it in the TV out of it into my bedroom. Space, lol I really really like that idea! Thanks, Kristen

You are amazing!

Really beautiful spaces. I'll start with ceiling, wall, and trim paint, faucets, light fixtures (all DIY)....but it is still an early 2000s builder tract home. Hard to overcome that without $$$

I do not like open shelving. I have too many dishes. Plus the items on the open shelves will get dusty. But I love the shower curtain idea.

@FrankGutowski-ls8jt

9 ай бұрын

Smart. Exactly right. She’s clueless. Steals others’ ideas. Loser.

@kathygreer2097

9 ай бұрын

Same

@cherrybb3888

9 ай бұрын

Agree. I am definitely going to look at a new more subtle shower curtain as mine is a loud color with geometric patterns.

❤❤❤thank you - you are the best. My safe card !!!!

I discovered your channel about 2 years ago & totally love the cozy vibes of it 🥹 You’re such a kind, honest and outgoing person! Your videos are a breath of fresh air!

i switched out the dining room 90s chandelier for a ceiling fan here in florida lol

Thank you for these amazing tips! Would you please recommend a paint for the window trim (metal). I would love to paint my metal window frames that gorgeous black. Spray paint is out of the question. Thanks so much.

I think that people will end up regretting storage. Small spaces in particular. Painting out with melamine white paint preferable if you can’t afford to update the space.

@aquarius3703

9 ай бұрын

Vinyl also works really well and is really affordable. Just takes a bit of time and patience. We had dated kitchen cupboards but liked the layout and the cupboards were /are in good condition. I just took inspiration from pictures of modern kitchens and went from there. There’s so many lovely colours to choose from now as well. I’d definitely do it again!

@FrankGutowski-ls8jt

9 ай бұрын

Right. She’s clueless.

Can you make this into a series?

Always good ideas! Thank you Kristen 😎🐈‍⬛🐕‍🦺

@FrankGutowski-ls8jt

9 ай бұрын

She just copies stuff off of other sites. Not original.

@doudou53d44

9 ай бұрын

@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt well than, go and watch those channels and don’t look here. I don’t understand.

This was very helpful🙏🤍do you have any recommendations for affordable large and neutral rugs?

It’s amazing how something as simple as making shower curtains fall from the roof completely changes the energy of the bathroom. I also loved those front room offices! Great video because the examples were excellent 👌

So helpful! Especially the shower curtain hack 🚿 ❤ 🏠

@KristenMcGowan

9 ай бұрын

I’m so glad💗

I agree to remove those upper cabinets that are a visual block but not the wall mounted ones.. impractical.

@maryannemckay3606

Ай бұрын

….a glass door on some upper cabinets and painting them the colour of the wall is a good idea tho’…☺️

Such great ideas, Kristen! Your videos are so beautiful and fun to watch.

@kristenmcgowen thank you for the fantastic videos!!! Do you ever do private consultations?

As always, a very interesting video, thank you Kristen

The thing about taking your shower curtain up to the ceiling is you lose light unless there’s one in the shower it’s too dark

Thank you for this amazing video! Great tips! Have a great week, Kristen!