Let?s face it: Many of us either don?t have the money or the time to totally renovate our homes. Nonetheless, we do crave change and transformation. So what can we do?

One answer is so simple that you may never have considered it: window treatments.

Your windows treatments control the amount and type of light coming into your home. Thus your windows are one key factor for manipulating the overall look and feel of your home. And the effect window treatments have on the interior style and feel of your home only increases with the size of the window.

If you wish to alter the look of your windows, then you need to sort out your choice of window treatments. If your budget allows it, hire a professional to install the window treatment. Otherwise, DIY kits are also available.

Here are some of the top choices with regard to window treatments:

• Wood Blinds: The natural beauty and elegance of wood is not lost on window treatments. Combined with a natural carpet, the elegance of the wood?s grain and glow can transform any room.
• Horizontal Blinds: Horizontal blinds are versatile, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. Install cheap carpet and affordable horizontal blinds, and your space becomes fresh and enlivened even on a shoe string budget.
• Honeycomb Shades: More than merely covering a window, honeycomb shades can control the amount of light and type of light entering your home. Available in a variety of colors and styles, honeycomb shades can work well with any type of carpet and interior dcor. Better still, honeycomb shades can help with insulation, making them energy efficient as well as beautiful.
• Sheer Curtains: These are the best for bringing in comforting, soft light, while also maintaining privacy. Sheer curtains work well with wood flooring and carpet alike. They are graceful and elegant, and are perfect for dining rooms, living room, and bedrooms.

When it comes to your home?s window treatments, it?s important to consider both the exterior and the interior. People make their first impression of your home based on what they see on the outside?so you want to make sure your window treatments look great from any angle.

For your home?s exterior:

• Consider your home?s siding?what it?s made of and what colors it contains.
• Find treatments that match your home?s exterior to keep things consistent.

For your home?s interior:

• Take your time with each room, different windows require different treatments.
• Use drapes for more uniquely-shaped windows to get full coverage.
• Incorporate colors of the room into the window treatments to create a look.

When picking carpet for a room, decide how much foot traffic that room is likely to receive. Add resale value to a home by installing nice carpets in this free video on home improvement and maintenance.

Laminate flooring is a great flooring option, but is it what you?re looking for?

Check out this video to learn the pros and cons of laminate flooring.

While laminate flooring is extremely easy to clean, many people prefer the classy style of hardwood flooring. However, you must never underestimate the importance of durability: Whereas hardwood flooring will show wear and tear, laminate flooring will hold up in the worst conditions.

The verdict? Laminate flooring is perfect for those high-traffic, troublesome areas?the kitchen, work rooms, and bathrooms. Hardwood flooring can be reserved for the calmer areas of your home.

Tufted carpet accounts for the bulk of carpet on today?s market. It consists of yarn inserted into a primary backing that creates a pile or three dimensional textile. A secondary backing is applied with an adhesive to strengthen and stabilize the carpet.

• Density: how tightly carpet fiber or yarn is packed together and bound into the carpet backing.
• Face weight: the number of ounces of fiber in a square yard of carpet; applies to the pile yarn.
• Pile height: the height of the cut pile yarns or uncut loops when measured from the primary backing.

All three terms are associated with the quality of carpet. High density and high face weight mean more yarn covers the primary backing. The result is increased durability and appearance retention. While longer pile may look luxurious, it crushes more easily.