Easy Upgrades for Your Home During the Holidays

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Easy Upgrades for Your Home During the Holidays

The holiday season is approaching faster than expected, and the clock is ticking to get your home ready to host family gatherings. But cleaning isn’t the only thing you should be thinking about. With family members congregating in your home, this is also the perfect time to upgrade and liven up that space. Use a few of these easy upgrades for your home during the holidays to get you started.

Replace Your Kitchen Hardware

Our cabinet handles and faucets can have more of an effect on a room than we realize. Often, they provide a deep accent color to make other design features stand out. However, old and broken hardware can have the opposite effect on your style. Before you welcome your family into your home, replace these pieces with newer models.

Cover Your Baseboard Heater

If your home has 1950’s looking baseboard heating system, its appearance can take away from the rest of your home’s beautiful, modern appeal. These heaters can also prove unsafe for the younger members of your family and even your pets. To update its style to something more modern, and to maintain a hazard-free environment, consider purchasing a DIY replacement baseboard heater cover.

Switch Up Your Lighting

The lighting you use in a room greatly affects the atmosphere within it. As such, it’s crucial that you send the right message. Achieving this could be as simple as switching out your lighting fixtures or installing a few additional festive lights. Remember that the kitchen, in particular, is an area of the home that will need the most lighting—especially during the holiday season.

Apply a New Coat of Paint

Fresh paint on any old or worn-out surfaces is a great way to breathe new life into a furniture piece. This will also allow you to customize the item to better match the rest of your décor. It’s important to remember, however, that you’ll need to fix any damage to the furniture before you repaint to get the best results.

To make one of these simple upgrades even easier, reach out to EZ Snap™ Covers for a high-quality DIY baseboard heater cover. Affordable and stylish, our galvanized steel covers are guaranteed to never rust and enhance the appeal of your already beautiful home.

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How to measure baseboard heaters:

Step 1
HOW TO MEASURE

Always measure left to right, and twice for accuracy

Floor to top of Fintube | EZ Snap™ Baseboard Heater Covers

Step 1: Floor to top of Wall plate

Measure the height from the floor to the top of the metal wall plate.

Follow our guide for baseboard heater cover measurement:

Any baseboard larger than 7 3/8" (188 mm) will be compatible with our standard cover.

Any measurement greater than 9 3/8" (238 mm) will fit our tall cover.

Fin Tube Height | EZ Snap™ Baseboard Heater Covers

Step 2: Bottom of Fintube to Top of Wall Plate

Measure from the bottom of the finned tube heating element to the top of the metal wall plate,

A measurement of 5 1/2" to 6 3/4" (140 mm – 172 mm) will fit our standard cover.

A measurement of 7 1/2" to 8 3/4" (191 mm – 222 mm) will fit our tall cover.

Depth | Measure | EZ Snap™ Baseboard Heater Cover

Step 3: Back Wall to Front of Fintube

Measure the distance from the wall or the metal wall plate attached to the wall, to the outside of the finned tube heating element.

Any measurement of less than 3 1/8" (76 mm) inches from the wall will fit our

standard cover.

Any measurement of less than 3 1/8" (76 mm) inches from the wall will fit our tall cover.

Step 2
DETERMINE IF BRACKETS ARE NECESSARY

Always measure left to right, and twice for accuracy

Wall Widget

EZ Snap™ Wall Widgets are used when your old or existing wall back plate has been removed or if you have to hang your new cover 1 inch or higher to bring them up to a height that will fit our installation guidelines. Just measure your overall desired height, subtract 1", drill a hole, preferably in a stud and attach it to the wall with the included screw.

Floor Fidgets

EZ Snap™ Floor Fidgets easily raise your new covers ¾ inch to compensate for any ¾ inch floor (wood, tile, or other) that has been installed any time since your baseboard heater was originally installed. May be used for any reason when the overall height has been shortened and the total height is less than 7-½ inches for standard height or 9-½ inches for the TALL height EZ Snap™ BaseBoard Covers. Just use the self-tapping screws to secure them to the top of your existing wallplate.

Wall Contraptions

EZ Snap™ Wall Contraptions are used when your wall back plate has been completely removed. EZ Snap™ Wall Contraptions receives your EZ Snap™ BaseBoard Cover and keeps your aluminum fin tube from sagging. These completely replace your wall back plate. To install, slide up from the bottom and make sure the top is at your desired height. Screw to the wall, then bend the front finger up to hold the fin tube in place.