You want to remodel your house but you are on a budget? There is a solution for that, too! We can always consider small changes to our house, like rearranging furniture or minimising it.
Small changes are the simplest ways of decorating our home and making it look like it is new. Painting the walls, adding art prints, changing the cushions, and putting rugs and plants, are some of the ways you might consider when thinking about home decor on a budget.
Below are some ideas you might want to consider, and which can be helpful if you are stuck in a rut.
Paint and texture
First things first, make a good plan. Measure your home and calculate how much you might spend on paint, rollers, covers, and trays. Also, think about whether you will get a person who paints your home, or you can do the work for free! Painting your own house can be a satisfying and rewarding experience, and for those who get really nervous, it’s a good way to relax and calm down.
When we talk about painting your home it doesn’t always have to be about painting walls. You can paint pieces of furniture, too. Think of it as a low-budget DIY paint project. This is a cool makeover for your home.
Even though wallpapers can be the most common and easiest way to add texture to your walls, you can also consider textured paint. The advantages of using wallpaper, and textured paint are that it hides the imperfections of the walls, and makes them look cool and fun.
Wall art
If you want to keep your walls blank but still intriguing, you can just hang a few fine art prints, and it will instantly add a new and cool style to your home décor. An important thing to know, if you decide to buy them is to focus on the quality and frame. With a good frame you can use even magazine covers or pages from a book and it will look artistic and unique. You might also consider making a gallery wall. It all depends on your taste, style, and what you have in mind for the new décor of your home.
If you don’t want to spend money on new paintings or prints, you can try and get artistic yourself. Find a picture you like, for example, a unique big box of chocolates you received a long time ago and decided to keep the cover because it looked so cool. Once you put this on your wall it will get an entirely new dimension.
Art pieces don’t necessarily need to be put on display in the living room. You can add amazing wall art in the hallway, dining room, bedroom, and even bathroom. It gives attractive touches to make it look beautiful and also add a different vibe to your home.
Cushions
You can start by replacing the original insides of your cushions with a feather insert. This will give them volume and a luxurious look. As well as the inside, you can change the outside look of your cushions. There are plenty of different colours, sizes, and textures you can choose to make your home look new and modern.
Before purchasing new cushions, make sure that they will go well with the new walls you plan to paint. And if you plan to reupholster your furniture, make sure it goes well with that, too. Pay attention to your style and how you want to combine it with other art pieces.
Use your new cushions to complement other art pieces in your house. For example, the art piece you put on the wall, the inside plants, the rugs, or simply the blankets. You can also put cushions on your dining room chairs, depending on their look. It might be very comfortable, too!
Rugs
Yes, rugs. Many people don’t prefer putting rugs in their homes for several reasons. Some have pets and want to avoid cleaning all the time, for others rugs don’t match their style. If you consider buying a rug, make it a fun one!
Choose a rug that will brighten up your home, for example, citrus, sky blue, or daisy yellow. You also might consider the size, shape, fibre, and of course, in which room you are going to put it.
Did you know that you can also hang rugs on your walls? If you have blank walls and want to save money by not painting them, you can use rugs as posters and it will give such a new vibe to your place. Everything is possible if you imagine it and plan it right!
Plants
Seeing green is always good for the eyes, and having house plants is the best natural air freshener, some plants even clean the air. You can put as many as you want, and decorate them where you want. Put some in the bathroom, too.
Knowing some of the best indoor house plants might give you a heads up on what you want to buy exactly. You can put floor plants in the living room and hallways. Succulents are the least demanding plants and so they are great for people who forget to water their plants. If you want to mix it up, you can put some pots on the walls and make it look like a herb garden.
There are plenty of unique ideas on decorating your home with plants. But, for those who neither have time nor energy to take care of house plants, there is also a solution – put pictures with plants on the walls!
Summary
Bottom line is that decorating a house will take up a lot of our time. But, it doesn’t necessarily have to. When people move to a new home they don’t buy everything they need right away or start decorating first thing. Decorating one’s home needs time and patience. If we want to make it look good, we need to put in the effort.
Imagine how you want everything to look, and maybe make a scrapbook or a planner. It might be easier once you have it visualised. Even if it doesn’t turn the way you want it, you can always change something. The prints, or rugs, or the plants don’t have to stay in the same place always. Switch it up whenever you feel like it!
