Comments on: 20 Inexpensive Ways to Spruce Up Your Home

By: Ally Macbeal

Ally Macbeal — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:22:14 +0000

Lets move on to the outside stuff!

By: simon

simon — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:03:56 +0000

Thanx for the tips any suggestions re the exterior of a home and sprucing that up?

By: Ruby

Ruby — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:38:06 +0000

Great List, thank you Jennifer for all the clever ideas! The one about plants was just what I needed to remind me that, yes, I have been thinking of getting a new houseplant for a certain room, and now I finally will!

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:52:07 +0000

good ideas! Paint can really do wonders for sprucing up a room and making it look fresh!

By: minny

minny — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:30:55 +0000

I love the clean up advice. I was going to repaint my woodwork and washed it in preparation.

How it gleamed, how it stayed unpainted!

All it needed was a cloth – as we say in the North of England when something needs cleaning.

By: Leila

Leila — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:56:04 +0000

I found that cleaning light fixtures made them newer and brighter.The brass on my front door was messed up beyond repair so I painted it with brass color spay paint and it looks great.I sprayed a sealant on top.

By: Ameraclean

Ameraclean — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:35:21 +0000

As far as “Flooring” and always having your home “spruced up”, I think it’s very important to vacuum regularly. Soils and other dry particles won’t get grounded into the carpet. Plus, fresh vacuum lines always add value in the minds of your guests

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:45:07 +0000

I have the oldest kitchen cabinets in the world – they are metal (white). Could not afford new cabinets so I painted them bright white and have added magnets, family pictures, favorite sayings…etc to the cabinets. Now when family or friends come over they check to see if their pictures are on the cabinets. It has made my kitchen even more colorful, and very inexpensive! Truly a fun thing to do in a kitchen that can not afford much. Plus I bought a blank magnetic calendar page (the kind you can change from month to month by writing in dates and I put the phrase “These are the good old days” on it…surrounding it with pictures – everyone loves the look!

By: Mike from Cash Flow Moe

Mike from Cash Flow Moe — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:29:39 +0000

No doubt. Fresh paint provides the most bang for the buck.

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:55:20 +0000

Good advice. I'd also throw in to go to the greeting cards section to look cards that can be artwork and simply put into a cheap frame found at a thrift store. Or, buy wallpaper in a pretty pattern and frame that as well. You can even frame scarves! I talk about these types of things too at my blog