It’s all about curb appeal, and a stunning garage can really make your home look a lot more impressive and a lot more expensive. If you are buying a home or just looking to revamp your existing one, updating your old garage makes a huge difference. We’ve had it with old builders garages, garage maintenance, bad paint jobs, and plastic window inserts that have turned yellow over the years. It’s time to give your garage a new breath of fresh air with these 7 easy garage makeover ideas:

Create a Faux Wood Finish

Apply a wood colored glaze finish with a simple rag or brush to mimic the look of real wood. This painting technique even works well with steel garage doors. You can’t tell the difference and your doors like the costed thousands!

Photo: Kurt Baum & Associates

Paint on Fake Windows

No windows or your garage door? No worries, just paint them on and transform your doors into brand new looking garage doors! These windows look surprisingly real even up close. To see the whole DIY click the link below this pic!

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Slather on a Bright Coat of Color

To make your home stand out from the rest make it pop with a hot color that can’t be missed. We love fuchsia, China red, and any jewel-toned colors. You’ll make your home the eye candy on the street and plus it will be easy for your guests to find you!

Create Carriage Style Garage Doors

Carriage garage doors where popular in the 1900s but are far too inconvenient and expensive for modern homes today. You can still get the look at home on the cheap by attaching some wood and hardware to your garage that mimics the look of a carriage door. You can purchase this kind of hardware at specialty stores like Garage Door Nation which will ensure you get exactly what you need for your door.

Photo: Rivertown Homes by Design

Add Trim to Windows

Makeover simple garage door windows by adding trim to create additional panes. This is an easy project that can instantly turn your garage door windows into architectural features!

Create a Pergola

A pergola right about your garage door is the perfect way to accentuate your door and make it stand out from the rest of your home. Pergolas are great in adding a little bit of extra shade and they are perfect for letting climbing vines grow and frame your doors. Making a pergola is easy and only takes some simple wood working skills.

Photo: Three River Stone 

Hang Flower Baskets

Sometimes giving your home a makeover just means adding a little bit of plantlife. You would be surprised at what a HUGE difference hanging flower baskets can make to your home. Hang a few on either end of your garage door or even from your newly constructed pergola!

Photo: Jan Hiltz Interiors

A new season marks and new beginning, which also means that it’s time to switch up your home décor and give it a whole new style. Redecorating doesn’t have to mean drastic changes; with a few tricks you can give your home a whole different style. We’ll help you turn your ideas into a well-designed room, rather than just a collection of your favorite things:

Photo: Jan Hiltz Interiors

Get a Professional Opinion

You don’t have to get a full design firm to redecorate your home, but just hiring an interior designer to give you some insights on what works and doesn’t can make a huge difference and set you on your way. If you are an amateur interior designer, you can take the lead of a professional that can help you implement your ideas in your home like a pro.

It always helpful to get another perspective on your design ideas anyway and a good interior designer will be able to offer you solutions that you might not have considered, such as adjusting the furniture arrangement so that the room flows better and more space is created.

Photo: Jan Hiltz Interiors

Choose Big and Bold

Something big and bold like a large painting, a big fur rug, and even a glamorous armchair can take your home to a whole new design level. Not only will it turn your décor up a notch, it will also make your place look magazine worthy, showing your not afraid to take risks when it comes to design.

Photo: Jan Hiltz Interiors

De-clutter and Add a Few Accessories

Clear out your bookshelves, tabletops, and mantels from junk and you’ll be surprised at how big of a difference this can make to your home. Your space will look bigger, cleaner, and sleeker. To fill in your space, purchase a few metallic décor accessories, a nice vase, and a few hardcover designer coffee table books.

Photo: Jan Hiltz Interiors

Promote Natural Lighting

Natural light can make a huge difference to your space and can light up those dark corners, making your space look even bigger. To promote natural lighting in your space, choose light pastel colors that make sunlight bounce off the walls, like light pink, mauve, peach, lilac, lavender, or dove grey. These colors make a room look endless and make way for spicing it up with accessories.

Photo: Jan Hiltz Interiors

Collect Inspiration and Copy What You Like

Pinterest is the perfect place to spark your imagination and scour gorgeous design. If you like a room you see, just pin it and use it for inspiration for your own project, or just try to remake the whole design at home. Flip through design magazines like Architectural Digest, Veranda, and Beautiful Home and start off a scrapbook full of clippings. If you are out of ideas, just crack open your book and you’d be surprised at how fast your creative juices start flowing.

Play with Textures

All the pro’s swear by this decorating trick to make their spaces look cozy by adding textures through accessories and furniture. If you have a sleek linen colored room, a soft velvet chair with a studded trim is just va-va-voom! Add some silky cushions, a fuzzy fur throw, and a few rattan storage baskets for a texturized combination that looks priceless.

Add a Finishing Touch with Natural Arrangements

It’s a no-brainer that plants and flowers add life to a room, but they also scream “an interior designer has been here!” No design is complete without a touch of Mother Nature. Real floral arrangements can be pricey, but investing in some high-quality silk flowers is well worth the money and can last for years. Even natural items like seashells or bouquet peacock feathers work wonders as well.

Photo: Jan Hiltz Interiors