From small-scale projects to unfinished paint jobs, many households dabbled in decorating tasks to keep productive during lockdown. But which DIY trends were the most popular in 2020?
In order to uncover what Brits have been doing around the home and garden, the team at MyToolShed analysed Google searches throughout the last year (November 2019 - November 2020).
Unsurprisingly, they found that DIY jobs skyrocketed in March due to lockdown restrictions, with searches for 'DIY' increasing by a whopping 48 per cent. This was closely followed by searches for 'How To Paint', 'How To Build' and 'How To Fix', as clueless Brits began ticking off jobs.
Their research also uncovered that the kitchen was the most popular room to redecorate, with searches for 'Kitchen Paint' increasing by 45 per cent this year. In second and third place came 'Bedroom Paint' and 'Bathroom Paint', respectively, also followed by 'Living Room Paint'.
Elsewhere, other popular searches included 'Fence Paint', 'Wall Paint', 'Door Paint' and 'Ceiling Paint', as households gave their neglected fences some much-needed love.
But it wasn't just paint jobs that surged in popularity: back in March, home extensions were on everyone's radar, as households looked into ways to create more remote working space. In fact, some of the key search terms were 'Bathroom Extension', 'Kitchen Extension', 'Garage Extension', 'Bedroom Extension' and 'Loft Extension'.
MyToolShed explain: 'When we look at larger projects, in particular home extensions, we see a really interesting trend both when the initial lockdown measures were put in place and then as we progressed on throughout the year.
'As lockdown comes into effect and homeowners begin saving pennies, we see house extensions plummet in the first few months.'
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