10 Best DIY Kitchen Ideas to Boost Home Value

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• Your kitchen doesn’t need a gut renovation to appeal to homebuyers.
• DIY kitchen projects can look visually stunning and boost your home’s value.
• A real estate expert and designers share high-impact kitchen upgrades that you can do yourself.

Whether you’re planning to sell your house or your kitchen just feels like it’s in need of a refresh, you’re not beholden to expensive renovations to enhance the value or design of your space. Simple updates can actually pay off aesthetically and financially. 

We reached out to Amanda Pendleton, Zillow‘s home trends expert, who shared upgrades that will actually increase the value of your home. To get design-focused ideas and tips for sprucing up a kitchen, we spoke to interior designer Laura Pankonien, founder of the interior design firm The Pankonien Group, and Overstock’s style director Amber Dunford. 

Below, we’ve rounded up a list of easy DIY kitchen ideas for a high-impact transformation.