Staying on trend with impactful home renovation ideas.
Whether you’re looking to sell your home for top dollar or looking to make improvements you’ll enjoy for years or decades to come, you need to make the most of your investment dollars while staying on trend.
For today’s homeowners, taking on any kind of home renovation project is an investment, whether you’re looking to sell or enjoy your new space.
Keeping up with the latest trends is one way to ensure that you (or your potential buyer) will be satisfied with the project over the long term. Meanwhile, getting the most from your money can happen by taking on strategic projects that will maximize value – because some projects can have greater ROI than others.
So, for homeowners looking to get the most bang for their buck and elevate their living spaces, where to begin? In this article, we’ll explore how to strategically evaluate your home renovation opportunities, and trendy ideas you can seize upon to make a maximum impact.
Idea No. 1: Bringing the outside in
Homeowners are increasingly looking to harmonize the indoors with the outdoors, creating seamless living spaces at home with nature.
Sometimes referred to as biophilic design, this growing trend engages home or building occupants by connecting them with their relationship with nature. Biophilic design principles can help reduce stress, enhance creativity and clarity of thought, improve our well-being and expedite healing. To achieve these goals, practical design elements like wood, water, greenery, natural light and air are being deployed in new ways.
One way to take advantage of this trend and its benefits is to rethink your deck or patio and how it functions as living space. Solariums and patio enclosures have been growing in popularity as an effective way to both embrace the outdoors while increasing comfortable living space, without the costs associated with a full-scale addition to your home.
Elsewhere, large format windows and patio doors can help connect you to the outdoors and let more of the outside in. More light, more fresh air, and more elegance are increasingly possible with the latest window and door technology that delivers improved views and top-of-the-line energy efficiency.
Speaking of energy efficiency…
Idea No. 2: Sustainability at the forefront
More than a design idea, consumers everywhere are making renovation decisions with sustainability in mind. It’s a mindset that has the potential to touch every area of the home, but one of the more effective places to make a sustainable upgrade is with your window technology.
Energy-efficient windows have achieved significant growth in recent years for this reason, helping your home better retain heat in the colder months and air-conditioned air in the warmer months. High-performance options, including those meeting the stringent new Energy Star 7.0 criteria, can significantly enhance the comfort and energy efficiency of your entire home.
Consider also that builder-grade windows used in today’s new home construction aren’t generally built for long-term performance. This means that for owners of newer homes, those original windows may be a more considerable source of lost energy than you’ve realized. It’s another reason to consider upgrading to durable, high-performance, and thermally efficient window technology that meets today’s aesthetic trends.
Idea No. 3: A new take on long-lasting roofing
With extreme weather on the rise, homeowners are looking to make their homes more resistant to major storms. 
Your roof is one area to target, while simultaneously making an impactful aesthetic statement. Metal roofing options, available in a range of desirable colors, can bring a modern touch to the home’s exterior while delivering heightened performance versus traditional shingles. Standing seam metal roofs are growing increasingly popular for their aesthetics and long-term performance characteristics, particularly their strength, durability and low maintenance costs. Their high recycled content, total recyclability and energy efficiency allow ‘cool metal roofs’ to play a pivotal role in meeting LEED requirements.
Idea No. 4: A two-day bathroom facelift
A modern, sophisticated bathroom with enhanced features can be a true retreat. And while comprehensive renovations that tear your bathroom down to the studs may gain the most attention, the truth is that many bathrooms can be majorly enhanced with just a few strategically selected upgrades – especially if you’re already happy with the room’s layout.
Consider: Instead of gutting a bathroom, update the hardest working areas of your bathroom – those areas that get wet. Upgrade your tub or shower space, invest in a new countertop for your sink(s), top them off with new faucets or fixtures. These upgrades can completely transform a bathroom in just a couple of days. No need to have a bathroom out of commission for weeks.
Homeowners today have more opportunities than ever to transform key areas of their property with new, high-value, on-trend solutions and technologies. Finding the right ones for you is worth every homeowner’s continuous consideration.
By Jane Lamb
Jane Lamb is Chief Growth Officer for Great Day Improvements. In her role at Great Day Improvements, she works with engineers and marketing experts to identify consumer needs and develop new product offerings. Headquartered in Macedonia, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Great Day Improvements is a vertically integrated, direct-to-consumer provider of premium home improvement products. Great Day has an expanding workforce of 4500 employees across 120 metropolitan markets throughout the United States. The company has been ranked as the fifth-largest home improvement company in the nation according to Qualified Remodeler’s Top 500 list and is among the fastest-growing private companies for a second consecutive year.