When the snow is falling and the temperature is dropping, it can be difficult to think about starting a home renovation project.

The Best Winter Renovation Projects to Start

Although most homeowners prefer to begin their home improvement projects during the summer months, winter is actually a great time to begin tackling your home improvement projects. Without vacations, warm-weather, and outdoor distractions, homeowners are often able to complete a home renovation project quicker and more easily.

There’s no denying that there are certain challenges when completing a renovation project during the winter months, but there’s also many advantages. Since the winter is a slower time for renovations, contractors are less busy. This means that you will have more negotiating power in terms of price and availability. If you’re planning on capitalizing on the busy spring home market, your home will be updated in time to sell. If you’re unsure of what needs to be renovated inside your home, contact a realtor. They’ll help you to determine what factors of your home will hinder its resale price. Plus, if you complete your indoor renovation during the winter, you’ll be able to focus on your outdoor renovations exclusively during the summer months. 

In order to ensure your winter renovation goes as planned, be sure to consider a few factors. Perhaps the most important factor to consider is the weather. Be sure to only focus on indoor renovations. If your renovation project is going to be noisy, make sure to inform your neighbours to avoid any complaints or issues. It’s also a good idea to clear a pathway to your home and salt it. This will help to ensure that nobody falls while walking into your home, especially if they’re carrying materials. 

Here’s five of our favourite home renovation projects that can be easily completed during the winter months:

Interior Painting

Are there any rooms in your home that feel dated or boring? Painting is a simple, effective, and inexpensive way to update a space. All you need is paint, brushes, and a tarp to protect your flooring. Let the darkness of winter inspire you to incorporate lighter, brighter colours into your home. This will help to give your home an updated, open feel. If it’s too chilly to open your windows, try using environmentally friendly, waterborne paints as they do not emit any fumes. 

Reupholster Your Furniture

There’s no denying that furniture is expensive, especially if you have to furnish an entire room. It can also be difficult and costly to move a new set of furniture into your home during the winter months. Reupholstering your furniture is a great way to update a space without spending a lot of money on new furniture. Plus, there’s a lot of opportunities for personalization. When having furniture professionally reupholstered, you are able to select the exact colour, material and design of your furniture. This also helps you to save extra money, which you can put towards another project.

Organize Your Closet 

When the weather gets colder, there’s no denying that it brings out everyone’s lazy side. As a result, our closets and storage spaces tend to get cluttered more quickly in the winter. However, the winter is the best time to reorganize your closets and create a space that is accessible, clean, and most importantly - easy to maintain. Sometimes, it’s as easy as adding some extra shelves or racks. If you’re feeling particularly ambitious, you can even build a new walk-in closet or redesign a space.

New Decor

A renovation doesn't have to mean tearing down walls or redoing your entire kitchen. Revamping a space with some new decor is a great way to spruce up a room. Try adding some colourful new pieces of art to your home, a houseplant, or some monochromatic vases. You can even swap out your couch blankets and decorative pillows in favour of something new and different.

Update Your Lighting Fixtures

Last but not least, update your light fixtures! Whether you’re adding some new pot lights or purchasing brand new statement pieces, updating your light fixtures is a simple and rather inexpensive renovation project to complete. At The Lighting Shoppe, our experienced professionals can help you to transform your space with just a few new lights. We have products for every budget and style.

In Canada, the winter can be an especially dreary and cold time. Rather than pushing off your home renovation projects until the spring, get a head start on other homeowners and begin tackling them in the winter. Trekking through the winter snow won’t feel as bad when you have a beautiful, updated house to come home to.