The best home renovations don’t just make your space more inviting, they also increase your home’s value! Even if you have no intention of selling your home anytime soon, increasing your home’s value will bump up your own net worth and improve your home equity, which opens doors for better home equity loans and second mortgages. In this article, we’ll go over some of the best ways you can renovate and remodel your home in 2025. Each of these suggestions can modernize your space and make it more efficient. Plus, each one has the potential to up your home’s value.
Eco-Friendly Updates
Few things will add value to your home quite like upgrading it with some new, more efficient technology. But you don’t have to shell out for a bunch of expensive new appliances to reap the benefits of environmentally friendly design. Some of the best eco-friendly home updates involve the basic structural elements of your home: your doors and windows.
Equipping your home with energy efficient windows is a smart move for several reasons. Not only will it boost your home’s value, but it will keep your home more comfortable and save you money in the long-run. Vinyl windows are designed to minimize air leakage and heat loss.
They do this by using a transparent, microscopically thin coating over the glass, called low emissivity coating, which minimizes the amount of heat that can escape through the glass. This helps regulate the temperature in your home so that you don’t need to blast the heat all the time. Not only is that better for the environment, but it’s better for your pocketbook, too.
Making sure your doors are up to date is another simple way to make your home more energy efficient. Old or poorly installed doors may have gaps, poor insulation or even small cracks that let outside air in. New, properly installed doors help regulate the temperature in your home to save on energy costs. They also keep your home protected, and they can add major curb appeal. There are really no downsides to updating the doors in your home, as long as it’s within your budget.
Finally, basic winterizing is a relatively inexpensive way to improve your home’s value without making any replacements. Using caulk to seal gaps in or around your windows, siding, doors, gutters, and more helps trap heat in your home. We recommend using butyl rubber caulk on exterior surfaces like gutters and pipes. For interior caulking, use silicone, acrylic and silicone, or polyurethane caulk. For more on different types of caulk and how to use them, check out our blog on caulking and winterizing.
Adding Color
Neutral colors like gray, beige, and white have dominated interior design trends for a while now, but it seems like this palette is on the way out. Colorful home design elements are in for 2025 and the foreseeable future. While repainting or changing your wallpaper are obvious ways to add color to your home, you have plenty of options.
Adding a colorful door or bright trim to your home’s exterior are just two of the many ways you can show off your vibrant design choices to the world and increase your curb appeal. Even if the rest of your home’s exterior is a neutral color like cream or gray, a colorful door can add a pop of vivid charm. It’ll help your house stand out among your neighbors’ homes, and catch the eyes of any onlookers. If you want to update your entire exterior, new siding may be the way to go. If you haven’t replaced your siding in a while, you’ll be surprised by how much color and variety is available from suppliers these days.
Adding colorful woodwork is another way to bring vibrancy to your home without repainting. If you don’t want to make too drastic of a change to your current walls, find a complementary color and add baseboard, trim, or wainscoting in that color. This is a subtle, elegant way to bring new hues into your home. These details will also add depth and texture to your rooms. Creating more interesting and intricate spaces will increase your home’s value by making it more pleasing to the eye. It also adds to your home’s uniqueness and sense of craftsmanship, two qualities that are very attractive to today’s homebuyers.
Cozy Outdoor Spaces
Coziness is the name of the game for outdoor additions these days. Current design trends emphasize warm lighting, abundant greenery, and furniture that puts comfort first. And of course, you can’t create a warm and inviting outdoor space without a top quality patio or deck.
Warm-toned decking materials are a great starting point. Warm colors like shades of brown and terra cotta have unique visual effects–they appear to advance toward us, and thus make a space look smaller and more snug.
If you like the wood deck look, but don’t want the warping, rotting, fading, and pest problems that come with using wooden boards, then you’ll love composite decking. It retains that wood grain look without all the maintenance required to uphold a wooden deck. Vinyl decking offers a smooth, luxury look and requires almost no maintenance, perfect for homeowners who want a contemporary vibe for their outdoor space.
Also, consider building a deck structure that supports plenty of plants and presents opportunities for soft lighting. Railings, for instance, can be great places for string lighting, as you can wrap the strands of lights around the railing.
Of course, furniture is important for adding a sense of coziness to your outdoor retreat. Wicker, bamboo, papasan chairs, outdoor rugs and firepits are all fantastic pieces if you’re hoping to create a snug deck space. Work with trusted building supply stores and contractors to make sure your deck is structurally sound enough to support whatever you want to put on it.
Make Smart Investments in Your Home with Astro UP
Home renovations are one of the most rewarding investments you can make. Not only can they bring personal fulfillment, they can be financially lucrative, too. Ideally, any home improvement projects should both improve the comfort and efficiency of your space, and improve its market value. The home renovations we suggested in this article, when done right, can check all of those boxes!
To make sure you complete these renovations correctly and with only the best materials available, pay us a visit here at Astro UP in Rock, Michigan. We’ve been in the building supply business for four decades now, so we know what we’re doing! Our friendly staff of home improvement experts can’t wait to share their knowledge with you and help you bring your dream home renovations to life.
