as you try to give the home a whole new look and feel. Investing in the kitchen and bathrooms will pay off since buyers will pay attention to them the most. Building your home remodel around the design foundation (e.g., hardscapes such as flooring, tile back splashes, countertops) you use in those rooms will help guide you with refashioning the rest of the home. Here are five easy ways to give your investment property a fresh look, resulting in a home sure to wow potential buyers. 1. LIGHTING Nothing says “old” faster than lighting. Yet new light fixtures can often be one of the least expensive things to refashion in a home. Plus, because many of them hang low, they are more apt to be noticed. Lights make a statement, so be sure to look at design elements such as color, texture, and finishes. Remember, “fashion” light fixtures often begin to look old very fast. 2. BATHROOM FIXTURES Most houses have more than one bathroom. If one bathroom remodel is in the budget, the other bathrooms in the home may suffer if they don’t get updated. However, there are smaller improvements you can make without doing a full-scale remodel of the remaining bathrooms. Changing out the bathroom fixtures is one of the biggest ways to bring any bathroom up to date fast. Bathroom faucet finishes change right along with everything else in the design world, so pay attention to which finishes are in or up and coming. A faucet is a touchable item, meaning more than likely anyone who enters the bathroom
will touch it; therefore, changing out the faucets becomes that much more important .
so changing them out or even taking them off all together might give your room a refashioned look at no cost. Because fabric window treatments fade, rip, and even smell, just pulling them off the windows altogether can give a room an updated look and feel. If window treatments are
3. WINDOW TREATMENTS Window treatments are not as popular as they were in years past,
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