Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

Your home is an investment, but at some point, the investment has to pay off, right? Instead of making frivolous additions to your home in a down economy, consider the following green solutions that can actually save you money in the long run.

• Renovate instead of trading up. Think of your home as a project and try to plan out an efficient yet wallet friendly way to open your floor plan. Sometimes all you need to do is create more storage and reduce clutter.

• Update your old, peeling countertops with ones made from sturdy materials such as recycled glass and paper that have a faux granite finish.

• Color your walls with VOC-free paints that won’t contaminate your lungs or chip over the years.

• Find uses for resources from demolished buildings. It’s easy to find reclaimed flooring and companies with surplus materials.

• Update or fix your windows and doors if the seals are broken. This will lower your energy bill.

These are only a few ways that you can make your home better and reap the rewards over the years (both monetary and health benefits).