25 Brilliant and creative ideas for home improvement (with photos)

Almost everyone has this fantasy of turning their home or apartment into a dream home.

Hiring an interior designer, a few small repairs here and there, extensive renovations there, some new furniture and accessories there, and you too can fulfill your dream.

However, assuming that you, like many others, don't have alot of extra money in your wallet or a buddy who has a lot of free time, and you're already sick of IKEA's sausages, don't worry. There are many wonderful ways to easily and effortlessly improve the look of your home.

The following series of photos showcase creative, original and cool ideas for home improvement that will change the look of your apartment and remove all the annoying and corrupting scenery from your eyes, all through a small financial investment and lots of thinking outside the box.

For example, you can get ideas for reusing your old books, upgrading the ugly wall outlets, great solutions for hiding electric cables or ugly electrical appliances like modem or a router, cool storage solutions and more. Yes its true that not all of these ideas may be applicable to you, but you might find some of them useful and in addition, you may gain some inspiration that will help you find your own creative ways to make your home the coolest place around.

Get rid of the annoying dog's plates by having a special place for them in the drawer

Attach a wipe board to the ugly part of the air conditioner

A creative way to fix the power cord to the wall

Place a fabric curtain to hide the ugly wires collection

Turn your hanging wires into Bob Marley's hair

Genius: a special recharging drawer for all your rechargable devices

Decorations for the washer and dryer using a simple plastic tape

Use used toilet rolls to store headphones, cables and wires that may get tangled

Stick a cool wallpaper on the front of the fridge

Indoor stairs become a hidden storage area

Hide the modem, router, or any ugly electric device inside designed boxes

Ugly switches hidden by pictures (alarm, boiler, etc.)

When the TV stops working, it can be turned into an artifact

Nice improvement to the standard porcelain bath tub

A drawing becomes a storage space for jewelry

An especially creative way to hide electrical cables that travel along the wall

A cool way to prevent headphones wires from strolling around the table

Cat house in a bookcase

A cool way to hide ugly garden damage with artificial rock

Hide the modem or router inside an old book cover

Less applicable for most of us, but still an original storage solution

Old and useless books turn into cool shelves

Admit that these sockets look so much better