Do you Dream of Adding Style to your Home but don't have a lot of money? Following are 5 things you can do that will help your house look Beautiful without spending much money.
1) Declutter your Home: Nothing kills a great look like clutter. Look around you. Do you have paper piles or mail stacks? Do you just add to your knickknack collection rather than rotate your select favourites? When was the last time you swaw the front of your refrigerator? Simple solutions that cost very little money are to invest in nice office trays, pretty bulletin boards and frames for your child's artwork. Make the trash can handy to immediately toss unwanted mail. Taking away the clutter will make your space appear larger and help you treasured objects be emphasised rather than lost.
2) Make display surfaces pretty: Flat surfaces such as mantels, bookcases, and coffee tables are the perfect places to restyle for less. The one imporatant point here is to keep it simple. Bookcases should only e 2/3 full. A mantle should not have mirror above it (a very dated look) - choose artwork instead. Place no more than three items on an end tabke - cluster these varied but related items together for more impact.
3) Paint to Impress: Paint, as you know, makes the most dramatic change for the money. Be bold, be daring and most importantly - don't do white! Choose a complex colour. This simply means if you would use several different words to describe the colour that it is probably complex. For Example; if you said it was a kind of "Gold, strawish colour" than it is probably a complex colour. If you said "just yellow" - it probably is not a very inspiring lok. A beautiful colour on the walls can make the room go from ordinary to extraordinary.
4) Make it Personal: Decorating your house is a job but styling your home is fun. Personalisation is putting your interests, hobbies or values into your decor to really make it your own. Buy simple - read inexpensive - curtains at your local big-box store and then buy exquisite wide ribbon to hot glue on the edge.
5)Change with the Seasons: You know the drill - lighter brighter for summer and darker richer for winter. This easy task of changing the fabric items around the home can help you make it seasonal. Change out placements, bath towels, and accent pillows. The final touch is to purchase a seasonal bouquet of flowers. Decorate your bye spending time not money.
By following these tips, you can make a huge impact by bringing your home from average to spectacular for very little money.
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