Style on a Budget
I have been decorating my new-ish pad here in Detroit over the past few weeks on a very strict budget. I’m sure you don’t have to worry about such things, but if you do here are some tips I have gleaned over the past few weeks that might make it more easy for you.
1. Reuse and re-imagine. You don’t have to go our and buy all sorts of brand new furniture, area rugs, art or lighting to redecorate. Just changing the lay-out of your room and moving furniture from one room to the other can create a brand new look in your home. For instance, take the rug out of the living room and swap it with the area rug in your dining room. Presto a brand new look.
2. Change the direction of your area rugs. If they are parallel to the walls, try running them at a 45 degree angle and pulling the furniture off the walls and floating it in the room. A new furniture arrangement can easily and more importantly cheaply jazz up a room.
3. Try re-sale and junk shops for new pieces. Don’t just look for perfect pieces but look for interesting shapes and styles that with a little work will fit perfectly into a room. I found two amazing end tables this past weekend at a junk shop. The shapes and styles were perfect, but they needed a little TLC. So with a fresh coat of paint and a new glass top for under $50 I will have two great end tables where before I had none.
4. Look to sheets, bed-spreads and other pieces of fabric you have in your home to create slip covers for old or tired furniture. You can breathe new life into these pieces very inexpensively by covering them with these fabrics that you already have. I had a beautiful Indian (from India) bedspread that a friend had given me years ago that was just sitting in the back of a closet. It now covers an old sofa and I’ll tell you what, it looks amazing.
5. Paint, Paint, Paint – one of the most inexpensive ways to change a room is to change its color. A gallon of paint can go a long way in accomplishing this. Whether it’s a complete re-do or just changing an accent wall, you’ll find that your rooms will take on a fresh perspective with a fresh coat of paint.
6. Take a look through our Sale Rugs section on Rugs to My Door. You will find rugs with great style and great prices that can easily jazz up a room and make it a completely different space.
I hope my experience in decorating on the cheap has given you some ideas on how to spruce up your own home. I know we all can use a little help stretching our dollars these days and at Rugs to My Door we give you hundreds of rug options that can do just that.
1. Reuse and re-imagine. You don’t have to go our and buy all sorts of brand new furniture, area rugs, art or lighting to redecorate. Just changing the lay-out of your room and moving furniture from one room to the other can create a brand new look in your home. For instance, take the rug out of the living room and swap it with the area rug in your dining room. Presto a brand new look.
2. Change the direction of your area rugs. If they are parallel to the walls, try running them at a 45 degree angle and pulling the furniture off the walls and floating it in the room. A new furniture arrangement can easily and more importantly cheaply jazz up a room.
3. Try re-sale and junk shops for new pieces. Don’t just look for perfect pieces but look for interesting shapes and styles that with a little work will fit perfectly into a room. I found two amazing end tables this past weekend at a junk shop. The shapes and styles were perfect, but they needed a little TLC. So with a fresh coat of paint and a new glass top for under $50 I will have two great end tables where before I had none.
4. Look to sheets, bed-spreads and other pieces of fabric you have in your home to create slip covers for old or tired furniture. You can breathe new life into these pieces very inexpensively by covering them with these fabrics that you already have. I had a beautiful Indian (from India) bedspread that a friend had given me years ago that was just sitting in the back of a closet. It now covers an old sofa and I’ll tell you what, it looks amazing.
5. Paint, Paint, Paint – one of the most inexpensive ways to change a room is to change its color. A gallon of paint can go a long way in accomplishing this. Whether it’s a complete re-do or just changing an accent wall, you’ll find that your rooms will take on a fresh perspective with a fresh coat of paint.
6. Take a look through our Sale Rugs section on Rugs to My Door. You will find rugs with great style and great prices that can easily jazz up a room and make it a completely different space.
I hope my experience in decorating on the cheap has given you some ideas on how to spruce up your own home. I know we all can use a little help stretching our dollars these days and at Rugs to My Door we give you hundreds of rug options that can do just that.
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