50 People Share Small Upgrades They Made In Their Homes That Made A Massive Difference

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Yes!!!! A cat makes life worth living.

It's funny. This cat is the same colors as Audi, in pretty much the same distribution and shades, but looks nothing like him.

What a great choice.

I miss my boi 😢

Rolladen

I just added these yesterday in the bedroom - sooo much nicer to sleep! And the blazing Midwest sun isn't blaring through making the air conditioner work overtime

The apartment I'm moving into has blackout curtains on all the bedroom and living room windows and it's great

Eye marsk ... portable for travel

I just close the window shutters.

It is! For us, it's 3 dogs, 2 cats :D

Well, dogs are okay, as long as they don't sneak up behind you and lick the fur off your head.

Bought? Always rescue from the shelters, never buy.

Yes! Don't rush it though. Find pieces you like over time. Add and rearrange as needed.

After renting for years, I have finally bought a place to call my own. It's not a big place, but it's enough for a single man. It's cosy. I am thinking of decorating my walls as well. I don't have much eyes for arts though, and I don't like taking pictures, so there's nothing on the wall yet.

Before I moved in, my dude only had a Reds pennant, an in box GI Joe, and a framed snippet of Beethoven. Things have changed.

Renting in Australia, there was very little option to decorate walls, unless there were already nails in the walls. Now they have thankfully changed the laws (in Vic at least) so you are able to put them up without landlord's permission, though you are still supposed to notify them. I was so excited when I bought my house because I could decorate it how I wanted. Problem is, I still haven't done much because I want to paint before putting pictures up and because of my chronic illness I can't do the painting myself, so it will cost me to get it done and I haven't had time to organise it either :(

Making a home look like a home is a skill that I don't have, but one that I admire.

And you don't need a plumber to do it either.

If you can unscrew the shower head? Do so and wash it out weekly, or at least monthly. The amount of gunk that can collect in there is surprising! Keep an old toothbrush for this to get into the sides etc and such as parts where it screws on.

I installed an extender to raise the shower head in my apartment. No stooping to wash my hair.

If you have low water pressure, no shower head will produce a great shower stream.

My parents have 2 twin beds pushed together inside a king sized bed frame. When it's made up it looks like a regular king bed. But they each have their own mattress, sheets, and blankets. They've been married for 54 years, so I guess it works. :)

We've had that since day one. Can still cuddle but no cold 'tunnel' in the winters.

I never used but separate blankets. I don't even know if I could buy one here, it's not used here to my knowledge. I'm in Hungary.

I've lived this way since 1982. It only took a week of marriage before I realized she was always going to be cacooning in the blankets every night.

Using king sized top sheet and blankets on a queen bed make it easier to share.

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Nope. I just means you have baskets of random stuff all over the house, and they all get full so you end up having almost as many baskets as individual things...

I have what I call my littles box. That thingy that you need to open the sim card holder on your phone. Sim cards. Tiny little batteries. Fuses. That tiny screwdriver set that you need to adjust your glasses or open the battery compartment on something. One of a pair of earrings. Lenses for the trail camera I use to photograph hedgehogs and squirrels. Lots of small things.

I have a bowl for the little stuff on the couch table...now I only put sth away if it overflows. I am not sure if it's better or worse

Great ideas, Thank you

Haaahaa OK Mom

A little change goes a long way.

I wash immediately after use. Three of my four siblings do the same as Mother taught us. Other sister is a rebel, lol.

I wash my dishes right after I get done eating breakfast otherwise I wouldn't get them done for up to three days.

I am the opposite. Washing dished while the coffee or tea brews is so calming. Makes me feel like i have accomplished something right off the bat, which helps.

That’s the #1 rule in our house - kitchen is to be clean before we go to bed for the night. There’s nothing like waking up to a clean kitchen to help from keeping the day feeling overwhelming before you’ve really even begun

40 bucks ????

What I used was greaseproof paper, it was around £1.80 and I had sellotape already. It works. It doesn't leave any sticky residue either.... Well, the sellotape might but the greaseproof paper doesn't 🙂

The hardest part of this is what to do with the small crate of surplus short cables which accumulate. Answer, get rid of them.