Undergoing a major home renovation can feel like signing up for surgery. At its best, coming out of it unscathed means your breathing is easier, your livelihood restored. But any unanticipated hiccups, and you’re dealing with additional procedures both costly and nerve-wracking.
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Consider micro-renovations your answer to the annual check-up: upgrades that are do-able over a long weekend versus weeks on end. Less expensive and less laborious, they require neither contractor nor aspirin, but can go a long way toward helping your home feel young again.
Just remember the micro-renovation rule of thumb: Keep it simple.
“As soon as there is any kind of demo, removal or anything involving a sledgehammer, you are in trouble,” says DwellStudio founder Christiane Lemieux. In other words, don’t let your office-to-guestroom metamorphosis transpire into a tornado of power tools and permits. “Once you open a wall,” Lemieux warns, “there is always a bigger issue than you expected.”
Instead, limit yourself to the tangible: wall and window treatments, furniture and lighting. And leave the sledgehammers on the tool bench.
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