If your home is ready for a makeover you may be on a strict budget and feel that you can make any changes right away. This is certainly a thought that enters everyone’s mind but the truth is that you can make big and small changes without tapping your budget dry.
It’s not secret that there are five guidelines used by designers. Using these five guidelines will help you stay within your budget and give your room a new look.
1. Paint your Room
When giving your room a new look, nothing changes it quicker than a fresh paint. You can paint your walls a new color and the cost is minimal. No matter what changes you plan to make a fresh look on the walls will make a difference. Remember to hold a painting party and invite friends and family to help.
2. Light.
Here’s another basic design element that too often gets overlooked. How much and what kind of natural light does the room get? If you’re blessed with a bank of large windows, half your decorating battle is won. All you have to do is chose a window treatment that will let all that glorious sunshine come streaming in without blinding the residents. If the room is dark, however, you’ll have to resort to an interior decorator’s bag of tricks to make up for it. If you want more light in a dark space, paint the walls a lighter but warmer color and install some floor or table lamps that will use the new wide-spectrum bulbs that simulate natural light. On the other hand, a room with small windows, or no windows at all, can be a cozy cocooning. Use soft textures to increase the room’s cuddle factor.
3. Pillows.
One of the easiest, most simple ways to liven up a room that’s getting stale is to change the pillows. Check out sewing and craft stores, along with thrift shops and secondhand stores, for fabric remnants and learn to make your own pillow covers. The simplest pillow covers are little more than envelopes that wrap around the pillow form and tie with a ribbon or button. Turn your imagination loose.
4. Add Area Rugs
Every room needs area rugs. An area rug can provide multiple advantages. You can use an area rug to add color to a room or to define a certain part of the room. You can also use an area rug to hide those ugly areas in your wall to wall carpet that you can’t afford to replace yet. An older rug can be used to hang on the wall.
5. Using your Imagination
When it comes to creating a new look for your home no one does it like you. That’s right, your imagination can help you create a look that is beautiful and well within the budget. First you need to visualize the look, plan the design, accessorize, and you are done. Feel free to experiment with new material, styles, and techniques that will give our room a distinct look.
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