Small Fixes That Change a Flat More Than a Renovation

The list of things that make a home irritating is usually short, cheap and entirely fixable in one afternoon.

Start with what you touch daily

The cupboard that will not stay shut, the towel with nowhere to hang, the drawer that sticks. Frequency beats severity when deciding what to fix first.

Buy the fixing, not the gadget

A ten-rupee cabinet bumper solves a slamming door as well as anything electronic. Simple parts have fewer ways to fail.

Keep a fitting kit

A screwdriver, a spirit level, wall plugs in two sizes and a pencil will cover most of what this shop sells.