2-17 Home Improvement????

Merriam Websters defines improvement as: the act of improving something : the act or process of making something better: the quality of being better than before: an addition or change that makes something better or more valuable.

Old Door Knob

New Door Knobs

What is home improvement? Hmm, would simply changing the style of something or paint color be considered a home improvement? According to the above you would need to make the home better or more valuable. We recently replaced all the door knobs on my sister in-laws house, did this make her house better? I will say that I really like the new levers, just before we sold our old house we installed the same levers and when we built the new house we installed the exact same levers. Were they better than the old ones or did they add value? In the strictest sense I don't believe they did either, the old knobs worked perfectly well, they allowed you to open and close the doors, the new knobs are a different color and are not actually knobs they are the new lever type, as to adding value I am sure when the time comes to sell the house these new ones will look worn and there may even be some newer style. However, aesthetically I believe they made a huge difference, so maybe a new paint color or a new door knob is not really an improvement but they make us feel a bit more proud of the place we call home and that might be even more important than an actual improvement.