Economical Smart Upgrades You Can Do With Your Tiny House

Let not space or budget hinder you for having a home design that is comfortable, stylish, safe and healthy because by all means—you can achieve this kind of house. Thinking about the possible high cost of this good sounding offer? No worries because today, you will learn about smart home designs and economical home upgrades for your next home improvement project, from the benefits of indoor plants to setting up your own security system.

Repurpose Your Kitchen

Get over with bulky cabinets where you display utensils which are not often used, and switch to hanging floating shelves where you can easily hang your most frequently used utensils. Not only can this type of home design save space, but it also saves money for you can use spare wood or galvanized pipes in your house. Just be creative in putting them together and you can have your own hanging or floating shelf in a very low cost.

You can also use the space saver 16-cube shelving unit to hold different kitchen utensils and equipment. This 16-cube shelf is also stylish and cute.

Start Putting Some Indoor plants

Make a little haven within your tiny house by planting fast growing crops and flowering plants. Do not stress yourself by looking for a garden space because stylish container plants such as pots, clear jars and bowls can do just as well. Choose plants like aloe vera, spider plants and snake plant for they are all capable of making the air fresher. Other than fresh air, bring color to your house by planting orange gerber daisy, white peace lily, shamrock plant, amaryllis, chrysanthemum and paperwhite narcissus. With the proper watering and enough sunlight, these plants and flowers will surely thrive.

Redefine Tiny Home’s Security

Safe and sound—this is how a house should be. If you think that home security is costly, think again. Today, there are readily available, cheap and  even DIY home security installations of surveillance cameras, alarms and alarm systems available. A day and night capable surveillance camera costs from $30 to $90 depending on the brand. Investing on a home alarm system is worthy for it ensures your family ’s security.

This is the same on investing for a DSC alarm system or the burglar alarm system. A single door or window DSC alarm costs at about $30, while a complete DSC alarm kit costs $220. Your one-time investment will go a long way.

Dress Your Windows With Edgy Awnings

Extend the space of your tiny house outdoors by having edgy and stylish sun awnings or awnings for homes. Make it edgy by choosing plain colors or plain patterns of awnings. When it comes to price, one can buy a $200-$300 simple window awning, and benefits of awnings are a lot. You can save money in buying roof materials, you’ll save money from roof repairs and awnings are retractable, roofs are not.

Don’t think that you can only use these awnings outside because you can also use this for your interior home design. Decorate your child’s room with small-sized, pastel-colored awning to make it more attractive and child-friendly.

Multipurpose Furniture

If you really want to save money and space, go for multi-purpose furniture. Nowadays, many creative furniture are being discovered such as a chair which base is made into a bookcase, a table designed to hold wine bottles, a dining table and a pool table in one and even a closet which can turn into a sauna.

The truth is, you do not have to own or buy some of this furniture. What you can do is to look at the present furniture you own and think of another way on how to use it. With that, you won’t lose a cent, and you can exercise your resourcefulness too.

Minimalist home design

Since the space in your home is small, make the furniture and design look spic and span by choosing a minimalist paint color. Black and white home color is popular nowadays because of the elegance and class it gives to a house. If you prefer other colors than these, just make sure to pick three, at most, then mix and match your house wall, floor and furniture color.