5 Home Improvement Projects

Feeling like making a change to mark the New Year? Why not make it your resolution to tackle one (or all) of these five easy home improvement projects to renew your space and prepare for another year of making memories in your home. 

Amp up your street appeal

As the first thing you see when you arrive home each day, and responsible for creating initial impressions for guests and passersby, your home’s façade is a worthwhile place to start in your home improvement journey. A great way to add value to your home is by painting your front door. Perhaps opt for a bold colour, or a pastel tone to set your home apart from others on your street. Alternatively, adding greenery and landscaping goes a great way towards creating visual interest and softening your home’s façade. Adding a garden path that leads from your front gate to your door is another great way to add interest and create a really clear and easy thoroughfare to your home. Brickworks cater to a variety of tastes when it comes to creating a garden path, with a multitude of clay bricks and pavers, or masonry and stone in various formats and colours. 

Add a backyard fire pit 

Adding a fire pit to your backyard is a great way to extend the amount of time you can spend comfortably outdoors. Ideal for year-round entertaining, a backyard fire pit is a must-have for any host. Whether it’s used for slow nights with marshmallows for the kids or as a party starter on the weekend, a fire pit can bring people together and spark memories that will last for years to come. Brickworks has a variety of DIY fire pit designs to cater to your outdoor configuration, including both square and circular options within their Austral Masonry range.

Build a retaining wall

Retaining walls are a fabulous way to create slight elevation between one area and the next, creating a visual division of space while enlarging and expanding, rather than making a space feel smaller. Creating interest in your front or back yard, they can also double as seating, extending the liveability of an outdoor space, especially coming into the entertaining season. Products like the ‘Heron’ and ‘Hayman’ retaining wall ranges from Austral Masonry are perfect for these applications, with DIY-friendly options and a range of colours and finishes to complement the other elements in your outdoor space.

Create an outdoor entertaining area

As we enjoy the season of entertaining, there’s no better home improvement project to tackle right now than that of an alfresco entertaining space. Pavers are a great material choice for an outdoor patio, and large format pavers create an illusion of elongated space in smaller areas. When selecting outdoor furniture, it is important to invest in pieces that are both UV and weather resistant, while also balancing aesthetic appeal. It is also a good idea to consider landscaping and greenery in the design of your outdoor area, particularly to create shade and separate outdoor zones. 

Start a veggie patch

Starting a veggie patch in your backyard will allow you to harvest an abundance of healthy produce, and not to mention, reduce your grocery bill. With a large range of DIY kit options available to suit any size space, there’s no excuse not to take on this fun and functional home improvement project that the kids will love. 

“Whether it’s used for slow nights with marshmallows for the kids or as a party starter on the weekend, a fire pit can bring people together and spark memories that will last for years to come. ”

“Whether it’s used for slow nights with marshmallows for the kids or as a party starter on the weekend, a fire pit can bring people together and spark memories that will last for years to come. ”