7 Small-Budget, Big-Impact Upgrades From Readers Like You

• Demolished the existing closet: $0

• Sketched the design for a custom built-in for storage and diaper changing: $0

• Built shelves, doors, and drawers out of pine and medium-density fiberboard: $230

• Installed a pine counter as a changing-table surface: $30

• Bought puck lights and wired them above the changing table: $50

• Painted the built-in, and finished the pine counter with stain and polyurethane: $50

• Refinished and hung a mirror found on the side of the road: $0

Total: $360

Shown: The Langdeaus painted the walls green and added a tree mural to brighten a corner of the nursery.