10 Simple Ways To Renovate Your Home In Ghana On A Shoestring Budget

It’s natural you want to renovate your home after some years. However, you don't need to worry about how much it will cost you to renovate your home because with the simple steps you can do about 75 per cent of the work yourself and 25 per cent with contractors.

Whether you’re unresolved to take action on your renovation desires or you have less budget you cannot afford to increase. That's ok because our DIY home renovation tips would guide you throughout the process. 

In this article, we’ll take you through 10 simple ways to renovate your home in Ghana on a shoestring budget that never fails.

10 Ways to renovate your home in Ghana                      

1. Change the covers of an old sofa

One of the affordable ways to renovate your home in Ghana on a budget is by changing the covers of your sofa. A complete set of living room sofas can be costly, even more, expensive depending on the design and colour.

However, they can get dirty along the way, mistakenly. A child may split a drink and even though it undergoes dry cleaning, the stain remains, subtly. 

Some homeowners avoid eating or sitting on the sofa to avoid situations like this, but rules surrounding comfort in the home are hard to follow, sometimes. A cleaner may split a detergent on it, you may offer guests water or wine around the sofa, and a child will insist on sitting on the sofa to munch on his snack.

When this happens, your sofa begins to look old, faded and uninteresting. But you still love the design and the sofa after all. You also do not have a new budget for a new set of sofas. 

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The best way to renovate is simply to add or change the covers. A good décor or home stylist should be able to recommend a designer. If you choose to use the same fabric and colours, that’s fine. Nevertheless, changing the colours for a new one will be an ideal, and purposeful renovation technique.

2. DIY what you can

Besides, one other cheap way to renovate your home in Accra is opting to DIY what you can. If you don’t have a budget, gather family, discuss ideas and let everyone volunteer what they can do uniquely to change the atmosphere in the home.

If grandma loves to garden, she can volunteer to take care of the flowers in the home, of course, recruiting little grandkids to help water, prune and cut the greens. Some adult children can also offer to take care of painting, exploring different colours that bring the family together.

If you can mow your lawn and ornamental plants, why not dedicate a few hours or days, consistently working to renovate.

I believe you can take care of cleaning the whole house too. Dedicating a day so the whole family comes together to entirely clean the home; bring out everything in the cabinets, cleaning, wiping, sweeping and mopping everywhere. Your home at the end of the day will definitely sparkle.

 
3. Change your old Door

Further, one home renovation tip and trick in Ghana is to change your door. Doors do not only serve as security but welcome everyone home, especially guests. Doors speak volumes to your guests and tell them how much you value their presence.

Choose between battened and ledged doors, framed and panelled doors, flush doors, glass doors, steel doors, fibreglass doors or wooden doors.

4. Fix a Skylight

Creating a skylight is not common in Ghana, considering the effects of unpredictable weather. But it can be the beginning of low-cost renovation to brighten your home. Skylight serves as an avenue for more fresh air to travel to the rooms, natural light and classic design.

5. Adopt a Garden

Correspondingly, gardens beautify homes. Especially when they’re well taken care of. Renovate your homes in Ghana by investing in flowers, lawns, ornamental plants, pots or even keeping a backyard garden.

If you don’t have space for such, there are a lot of innovative ways to plant flowers or keep a garden; recycle unused plastic containers and pour fertile soil in them, add homemade manure made from organic waste if you can, and ask your neighbours for a few plants or buy some from a gardener. Use ropes to attach these containers and hang them between walls on the balcony or anywhere desirable.

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You can do the same with tomato, pepper, or herb seeds. Water them often, morning and evening. Watch your home transform into green and natural scenery, and some free foodstuff!

6. Change the splashbacks

Moreover, another affordable way to renovate your home in Ghana 2022 is to change the splashback of your kitchen. Splashbacks can get old, tired and dull. Bring life into your kitchen by changing them between five to ten years after the first installation.  

Installing new designs is cost-effective as your home stylist will be able to work on your budget. 

It doesn’t cost much to renovate your bathroom in Ghana. One approach to renovating your home in Ghana as a foreigner is to power your shower. Installing a boiler, and heater in the bathroom will surely excite your household as the harmattan season can feel so cold.

8. Use Striking curtains

Changing the fabrics of your curtains as well as the colours is another way to renovate your home in Ghana on a shoestring budget. It doesn’t cost much to do these changes. If you’d used plain fabrics in the past, why not choose flowered pleated fabrics this time around? Or if you’d curtain hooks, why not renovate to curtain sticks?

9. Transform floors with bespoke rugs

When we fix floor tiles, we out of necessity use bathroom rugs or doormats at vantage points throughout the home. We don’t bother much about placing a bespoke rug in the middle of the living room or just under the centre table.

Try getting a bigger size of bespoke rugs to renovate your living or bedroom. It doesn’t have to be a neutral colour like the wall paint. Make statements with it opting for semi-loud colours that somehow complement the artworks on your walls.

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10. Painting

Finally, repaint both the interior and exterior parts of your home. You’ll be amazed how much transformation painting alone can do to your home. Anyone at all can DIY when it comes to painting, as long as you have the right information to do a good job. It’s one of the quick ways to renovate your home on a low budget.

Don’t be afraid to explore different shades of colours and what they mean to your environment. You can paint your kitchen cabinets like a pro with the right information.

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For painting ideas, reach out to a professional at Prophunt.

Conclusion

There are various ways to renovate your home in Ghana on a shoestring budget as discussed in this blog. Some of these innovative ways are;

1. Change covers of an old sofa

2. DIY what you can

3. Change your old Doors

4. Fix a Skylight

5. Adopt a Garden

6. Change the splashbacks

7. Power the shower

8. Use Striking curtains

9. Transform floors with bespoke rugs

10. Painting