Feb 10, 2026

Best $20 You Can Spend at Home Depot for Improvements in 2026

Written by Jordan Rosenfeld

Edited by Gary Dudak

If you have the urge for a home refresh or update, but your DIY budget is less than robust, you may want to consider Home Depot. A lot of things that can significantly improve the look and feel of your home don’t actually cost that much money if you are strategic in your moves.

Here are six of the best ways to spend $20 at Home Depot in 2026 that will have a refreshing feeling on your pad and your mood.

Interior Paint

Perhaps the most significant way to transform $20 into a whole new look in your home is through paint. Paint can literally change the look, feel and even lighting of a room with the swipe of a brush. While $20 won’t get you enough paint for a whole house, pick the room that you spend the most time in or that people gravitate toward, such as a living room or kitchen.

For example, one quart of Home Decorators satin enamel interior paint is just $17.98.

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Lighting

Another wonderful way to change the look and feel of a room is to change out lighting. If you’ve been relying on old incandescent bulbs, too, you’re spending way too much money on lighting and now is a great time to shift to LED bulbs, which last much longer and produce far fewer watts of energy. You can get a pack of eight 60-Watt equivalent A19 dimmable LED light bulbs for just under $17 at Home Depot.

Cabinet Fixtures

Sometimes it’s the littlest things that can keep a room from looking modern and updated. Kitchens, for example, can be transformed by some paint and new cabinet fixtures. For example, replace cabinet handles with these Liberty classic satin nickel cabinet drawer pulls at just over $5 each or these Harmon classic bronze cabinet knobs with copper highlights for $3.50 each.

House Plants

If you’d like to bring a natural touch that no paint or hardware can add, look to Home Depot’s vast supply of indoor and outdoor house plants. Whether you prefer some dainty hanging plants, such as a variety of philodendrums or something more robust like this Maranta red prayer plant, you’ll find a huge variety for $20 and under.

Fresh Grout

One of the simplest and most affordable ways to refresh tiles of any kind — be they in the bathroom or a kitchen backsplash — is not to replace them altogether, but to replace or refresh the grout that runs in between them. Grout can get dark, dirty and old over time. Pick up a quart of SimpleGrout’s bright white pre-mixed grout (or select from other colors) for under $18.

Wall Art

You can brighten up a room with even less effort than any of the previous items on this list by adding some simple wall art. While prices vary, you can find some pieces at Home Depot like this reproduction of Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting in the form of an LED lighted canvas for $18 or this canvas wall image of a cow for under $20.

Editor’s note: Pricing is accurate as of Feb. 6, 2026. Pricing and availability are subject to change.

This article was provided by MoneyLion.com for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial, legal or tax advice.

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Written by

Jordan Rosenfeld

Edited by

Gary Dudak