5.Reverb to Give A Sense of Space

We homestudio owners have to work in less-than-ideal sounding room. So we try to close-mic every instrument to avoid bad sounding room sound in our tracks.
The result is dry sounding tracks.
Use Reverb on drums and vocals to give them space. Every instrument might benefit from a little reverb, but you can go little further on drums and vocals.
Again, be careful not to drown your mix in reverb. A High Pass Filter on the reverb track can also help you avoid muddiness.