How to renovate your home on a shoestring budget in Malta – Chapter 1!


We gathered up some tips to help you turn your place into a home that:

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  • Is tailored to what you and your circle of friends and family want, need, and enjoy
  • Attracts a higher market value for people looking to buy a place in Malta
  • Appeals to travellers and people looking for a host
  • Makes your life more comfortable!
  • Makes for an excellent backdrop for photos!
  • Doesn’t need buckets of coin to show its true colours!



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That once fresh colour on the wall looking tired and stale? Squeaky floor and noisy doors doing your head in? Sometimes, big changes just happen in our lives and home no longer feels like home.

Now, change is healthy,

But it’s tough to give your house a proper make-over when one small unit from the store for the corner is about the most a month’s salary can get you.


It’s hard to do a liberal house makeover with tightened purse strings, but hiring a designer might be your solution.

The idea is: Even if you have €100 to spare, it’s still worth spending it on a designer – just their advice can help you better your home more than any item you purchase at a store. Even if it just a conversation and a couple of sketches, they can help you where to look, what to get, and how to go about improving your home steadily.

  1. Make a long-term plan on how to steadily remodel different rooms in your house

A designer can help you figure out

  1. Buy the right things for your house from the get-go

A designer can help you maximise how you use your money. Through a designer’3s experience you make sure you get all the right things from the get-go. This saves time and mistakes! Light, temperature, scent,

  1. Repurpose or upcycle furniture you own
  2. Buy and redesign décor and furniture from local stores
  3. Find gems form garage sales, thrift stores, and car boot sales
  4. Combine colours, lighting, and textures to dramatically transform your space
  5. Learn tips and tricks about what materials and items to avoid, and what to look for
  6. Get special bargains from small local suppliers


Our team at House Malta is always on the look-out for spaces, places, and things that are being built up, torn down, modernised, restored, or re-purposed – be it by a big team or a one-man(or woman)-army.

Do you have a story, a person, or a place in mind?

You can send us a message on our Facebook page or via email, info@house.mt.



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