As the cold of winter begins to set in over most of the country, I’m sure a lot of you are thinking about a redesign of your home interior. You might be tired of that old couch or the stale color on the walls. Before you go out to get items for a new look, think about simple ways to change your home without going crazy. A number of steps can be taken to easily give your home a brand new look before your next dinner party – inside and outside your home. Here are some things to consider:

Rearrangement – Use an online app or pen and paper to make a sketch of how your frequently visited areas (family room, living room, etc.) look from above. Take the original sketch and remove the furniture so that you can virtually rearrange the room without moving furniture back and forth. Once you’ve settled on a new placement, then you can begin moving those heavy pieces of furniture.

Quick Install – Most outdoor décor pieces that you can add to your home require major time and effort that most of us don’t have on a regular basis. However, there are items that can be easily added to your home without much time. As long as you follow the manufacturer instructions, putting up a new weather vane or adding a rain chain to your house will only take a little bit of time out of your day.

Display It – A lot of us have little collections of items that we enjoy picking up at stores and tag sales – miniature dolls, thimbles, etc. – so why not display them in an appropriate spot? If your den has a large blank spot on the wall, you can hang some simple shelves and put your knick-knacks out in the open.

Framed – Speaking of blank areas on walls, large picture frames with collages or enlarged prints also fit in perfectly. Instead of regulating your photos to one small frame, buy an inexpensive multi-photo frame and hang it on a wall in your family room.