Home Decorating within Your Budget
Home decorating doesn?t have to break the bank. We all want our house to be a showplace, but we don?t have to spend thousands of dollars doing it. How much money do you have to spend? If it is a few hundred dollars, go one room at a time and make it count. Here are some tips.
Have you seen those shows where they redecorate on little money? You can do it too. Choose the room that needs the most work and start there. Begin at the top of the room and work your way down.
Borders are a way to break up a room. If you can?t afford crown molding or chair rails, use a textured border to create the same effect. Add to that a change in paint color for half of your wall. Use a leveling beam to tape off where the middle border will go. Paint the area below that in another color of your choice. When it dries, remove the tape and add the border above the freshly painted area. You have just created the illusion of a break in the wall and you may only have spent forty dollars in paint, borders, and other supplies.
Borders are a welcome addition to any room. You can use a border with fresh fruits and vegetables for the kitchen and a theme of their choice in the kids? rooms. Borders that are easy to affix and peel off allow you to change as your tastes for the room change over time.
If walls still look plain, consider using stencils or sponges. Create a stencil and glue it to a block of wood. Dip the end of the block in the paint and dab the excess before decorating your wall. Acrylic paint is a perfect choice for this type of project.
Enhance a small room with bright colors. You don?t necessarily have to paint the room. Color can be added with throw pillows and art upon the walls. You can buy throw pillows but if you can sew, it is more cost-effective to buy fabric and filling to create your own. They can be big enough for sitting on the floor or small enough to sleep with on the couch. Stick with solid colors to create the effect.
What if your room has a lot of clutter? There are books and magazines in piles on the floor or DVDs lining the area around the television. Try baskets. I love wicker baskets; they come in all shapes, sizes, and colors to suit every need. Use round ones with handles to hold remotes and television guides. Use baskets that look like hope chests to store books, magazines, and DVDs. The top keeps these things out of sight until you need them.
What are your decorating ideas? See how little you can spend to bring them to fruition.
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