By Suzana Mikolova 
Almost everybody is working on a budget. If you aren’t working on a budget you can hire a decorator to give you home remodeling tips. Otherwise, doing a little research and getting creative with your remodel can produce awesome results. There are so many excellent projects you can do by yourself to freshen up rooms, give them attitude and make them feel comfortable. There is no room in your house that is untouchable, and no project that you cannot tackle if you have the time and devotion to do it.
Whenever interior decorators are interviewed about their work, their responses are simple. They say that making the project fun is the key. That should catch your attention. Don’t start tearing a room apart grudgingly just because you feel it is time for a change. Instead, let yourself dream. And as you dream realize that whatever you can see in your head, you can bring to fruition in your home. The best home remodels are often the most inexpensive.
For example, one of the leading trends in the industry right now is called acid treatment. It’s a project you would do on a cement floor and if applied correctly can make plain old, foundational concrete floors look like beautiful tile of any style. Plenty of How To articles can get you started working with your own concrete floors. An entire basement could be treated, and sealed for less than five hundred dollars-assuming you are performing labor yourself. It lasts longer than carpet and adds an element of unique style to a room that can otherwise be hard to design.
Often times, the simple things, like acid treating a floor, are the very things people think of last. It’s as if they feel boxed in by a set of invisible rules. Most people think that it is against the rules to flip flop the painting scheme. Somewhere back in the cloudy past, somebody stated a rule that lighter colored paint had to be applied at the top of walls and darker colors had to be applied at the bottom. If you want to give a room a more bold feeling, break this rule. Who needs it anyway? Apply a simple wooden trim around the center of the room, paint the bottom half cream or tan and let the top of the wall shine in deep rich color: reds, greens, blues, you decide.
The worst thing you can do is get boxed in. With so many elements of style, let your imagination run wild. Painting is a cheap way to give your house a brand new feel. Floors are a bit more challenging. Plumbing and electricity will require you to study, but even that should not limit your options. A brave dream will lead to a beautiful home.