Make Your Tax Refund Count: 3 Home Upgrades Under $1,000

• Lighting Glow Up: Change the interior and exterior lighting in your home. Update flush-mount lights, wall sconces, pendant lights and more in your kitchen, bathroom, living spaces and the exterior of your home.
• A Bathroom Refresh: Replace your bathroom vanity, faucet, mirror and lighting.
• Fresh Paint: With less than $1,000, you can purchase the paint and supplies to transform several rooms in your house.

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Lighting plays an important part in interior design. Whether you want to make things light and bright or dark and cozy, lighting sets the mood and tone. With a $1,000 refund check, you can replace many outdated fixtures throughout your home.

While you're replacing your lights, it's also a good time to switch to LED bulbs and install dimmers in areas where you'd like more control. We recommend dimmers in living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms.

Check out our collection of lights that you can purchase to update your home — inside and out. But this is just a sample. Lowe's has thousands of sconces, chandeliers, vanity lights and more to suit any style and budget.

Lighting Update
Hallway Light - $53 
Half-Bath - $149
Breakfast Nook - $250 
Kitchen Overhead - $160 
Undercabinet Lighting - $100 
Front Porch Light - $62 
Garage Sconces $80 x 2 = $160 
Total - $934  

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If your bathroom needs a little love, we have some ideas. For less than $1,000, you can install a new vanity, faucets and even lighting. Here, we’ve recreated the bathroom shown. We'll start with a 62-inch wall-mount double sink bathroom vanity. A floating vanity, because it's wall-mounted, gives the illusion of more space. The fluted panels in a walnut finish are a sleek and modern update.

Pair this with a set of matte black widespread faucets and a round brass wall sconce for a sophisticated finish. The total to create this look is only $938. If you want to spend a little more, purchase the rectangular brass bathroom mirrors.

Bathroom Update
60-inch Double Bathroom Vanity - $741
Matte Black Bathroom Faucets - $64 x 2 = $128
Brass Wall Sconce - $69
Total project = $938

Spend a little more...
Brass Rectangular Bathroom Mirrors - $99 x 2 = $198
Total project with the mirrors = $1136

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Painting the interior of your home offers the biggest bang for your tax refund. The materials are inexpensive, but the impact that a gorgeous paint color can make is priceless. For $1,000, purchase all your supplies and the paint to cover several rooms.

Paint Project
Premium Paint + Primer - $750 (This includes 2 coats, covering approximately 1,500 square feet.)
Paint Supplies (Ex. paint rollers, brushes, drop cloths, painters tape, paint trays, etc.) - $225
Total - $975

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Don’t want to spend the entire $1,000? Try these projects for a lot of look for just a little bit of your tax refund.

• Paint kitchen cabinets.
• Replace kitchen and bathroom cabinet hardware.
• Install a tile backsplash.
• Refresh mulch and landscaping for spring. Use our mulch calculator to determine how much you'll need. 
• Add landscape lighting to your home’s exterior.
• Upgrade to a smart thermostat.
• Install a video doorbell and security cameras.