{"id":4751,"date":"2019-01-17T08:13:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T14:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2020-01-30T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T16:55:39","slug":"we-love-these-home-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/we-love-these-home-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"We Love These Home Upgrades!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You should always be thinking about the different ways that you can upgrade <\/span>your home<\/span><\/a> in our opinion. There\u2019s just so much you can do to try and improve it on a day to day basis, but we bet you\u2019re put off the idea purely down to the fact you feel like it\u2019s a hell of a lot of effort. We think this is without a doubt the main reason why people don\u2019t do anything to their home for so long, yet there are so many wonderful home upgrades that you can actually do. All you have to do is have a little bit of motivation to want to do them, and a little bit of a DIY head on you. But if you\u2019re not sure what type of home upgrades you’ll going to need, or even where to start, you\u2019re reading the right article. We love DIY and what it can do to your home, and even if you don\u2019t do it yourself, there are still some fab home upgrades below that we think you should try and put in your home!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Simpler Things<\/b><\/p>\n

There are some simple things that you can do to your home that will really make a difference. For one, you can think about all of the accessories and fun things that your home might be lacking, that will definitely add a bit of character. One we bet you haven\u2019t thought of before, is a real life games machine like you would find in the arcades. They\u2019re so much fun to have in your home, and even bring that vintage sort of vibe that you might have been missing up until now. <\/span>Pinball<\/span><\/a> is just one machine that you could get, and we guarantee it\u2019ll transport you back to your younger years, and give you endless hours of fun in your home. Of course, there are plenty of other lovely home accessories that we think you\u2019ll benefit from, and you can find plenty inspiration for those if you visit websites such as Pinterest.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bigger Projects<\/b><\/p>\n

If you know your home needs something a little more substantial, then it is time to don your scruffs and get to work. A substantial change that you can make to your home without having to bring in professional, is a complete redecorate of a room, and we think it\u2019s about time your bedroom had some TLC. Take down the wallpaper, or sand off the paint<\/a>, and think about the colour scheme that you would like. White and grey is all the rage still, and it\u2019s so easy to make a bedroom look super sophisticated by using it. It\u2019s <\/span>easy enough to decorate<\/span><\/a>, you just have to take your time to make sure you\u2019re doing it properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Making Sure You DIY Properly<\/b><\/p>\n

Now.. we just said to make sure you\u2019re doing it properly, and if you\u2019ve never done it before, you might not know what properly is. Our best advice would be to watch some Youtube tutorials, or bring in family help to guide you. There will no doubt be an experiences decorator in your home that can guide you, but if not Youtube should do a fantastic job.<\/span><\/p>\n

This post is a collaborative effort by St. Louis Dad.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You should always be thinking about the different ways that you can upgrade your home in our opinion. There\u2019s just so much you can do to try and improve it on a day to day basis, but we bet you\u2019re put off the idea purely down to the fact you feel like it\u2019s a hell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"We Love These Home Upgrades! #dadbloggers","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[12,100,147,833,19],"class_list":["post-4751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-inside","tag-blog-2","tag-diy","tag-family","tag-home-improvement","tag-inside-fun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/home-diy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-1eD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4751"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4999,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4751\/revisions\/4999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}