5 Fast & Cheap Home Upgrades

If you are looking to impress your guests when they enter your home, make sure to spend some time doing these quick cheap home upgrades. They may be small, but they will make a world of difference for you and any guests you have over for dinner or drinks.

5 Cheap Home Upgrades

Keep Your Home Warmer Using Your Ceiling Fan

That’s right, your ceiling fan has a little switch on it that reverses the direction of the blades. By flicking that switch, you will push the warm air down from the ceiling to the rest of the home. This will also help you to save money on your heating and electric bills.

Double Shower Curtains Give Extra Luxury

Is your bathroom looking a little bland? Spruce it up by adding a second shower curtain. This will give your bathroom space that extra bit of drama that is sure to impress your holiday guests.

Luxurious Feeling Carpets for Cheap

Are your carpets feeling a bit…thin? If you want them to feel amazing under your guest’s feet, grab some carpet padding, cut it to size and place it underneath your existing carpets, instant luxury.

Hide Cord Clutter With a Shower Rod

Thanks to FreshCrush for this one. Hide all those unsightly cords using a simple shower rod. Just grab a rod that matches your wall’s paint color, cut, and hide all your cords away. We are sure you and your guests will appreciate a clean looking space.

De-Clutter for Cheap

The best way to make your home more inviting to guests during their visit is to de-clutter areas that will be most used. If your garage is full, rent a self storage unit, some can be had as low as $15 per week. To get this process started, check out our great de-cluttering guide.

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Mike Olsen

18:58 16 Oct 19

This is inexpensive storage that operates 100% as advertised - they do not offer 24/7 access and do not charge 24/7 access pricing. They are incredibly responsive to requests to unlock doors and provide access. It is not fancy but if you need a clean, dry place to store your stuff, you can't beat these guys. Don't expect bells and/or whistles but you also won't be paying for them.

Dave Shirlaw

01:54 10 Jun 19

Have to phone to have buildings unlocked. Annoying.

megan chow

23:06 21 May 19

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01:04 25 Sep 18

Prices are 1/2 the price of other storage units but it shuts down (locked gates) from 10 am - 6 pm except if you have the enormous ground level outside facing units. Those hours are impossible. The technology getting items up to the second story is an actual forklift thats made stationary. You balance your items up the forklift (and you raise the wooden pallet up yourself) Then you must walk up stairs and hope their is a dolly available to wind precariously around tiny turning hallways. Budget carpentry and ancient carpet in the units. The trolleys sound and feel like their from 1980's and are either coached to disobey or they keep their own counsel. They say its secure but I had a neighbor pick something up and they weren't even asked for permission. I explicitly stated only I was to have access. They said they do not let it happen. The locks are your own, but the flip closure is attached by 3/4 wood screws easily and possibly quite quietly could be opened and emptied with no one batting an eye. A kid could detach it with anything. They have "24 hour security" which means a guy lives on site. Does he/she have CCTV access? Probably not, nor would you want that job. Are there motion sensors? Not likely as sometimes the lights won't turn on and finding a switch in the straggly wandering corridors is impossible. They do not offer insurance. You have to sign forms saying all the things you will and won't do, but they are not liable if anything happens: theft, fire, water, vandals, pests etcSo despite all those complaints, its still 4/5 only because of the prices.