How Do I Decorate a Room on a Tight Budget?
There are several ways to do this which run from no cost at all to
moderate expense. To update a room at no expense at all, little is
needed but elbow grease, imagination and a free weekend. Perhaps you
want to update your living room. To do this at no expense, strip the
room down to the bare walls, floors (carpeted or wood) and basic
furniture. Then give it a good old fashioned housecleaning; wash and
polish and shampoo every inch of it, until the windows sparkle and the
woodwork gleams. Then slowly reconstruct it.
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If you want to go to a little more expense, paint the
walls in a new updated color. If your walls are light, go darker. If
they are a darker shade go lighter. Be sure the color is not too bright
to work with your furniture. Furniture which is slightly faded looks
‘shabby chic’ with soft colors. With bright or primary colors, it just
looks old and worn out. Slipcovers are available at a reasonable
cost-and the new ones actually stay on the furniture. Architectural
details can be purchased new at a home store and painted or stained to
suit your decor, or they can be bought used at various warehouses that
sell recyclables.
As always, use your eyes before you make any
decisions. It is amazing the ideas you can come up with just by putting
a chair in a corner where you don’t usually sit and taking a fresh look
at your room. Have fun! Decorating should never be a dismal chore.
Contributions for this article by Suzanne Copenhaver,
ON THE GO 4 U's design consultant.
Indra A Books, author of this and many
other lifestyle articles, is the owner and founder of ON
THE GO 4 U, LLC, Personal Shoppers & Concierge Service
in the Washington DC metropolitan area, providing life
management services. In addition to its shopping and
concierge services, ON THE GO 4 U also publishes a
monthly e-zine and conducts workshops. Ms. Books is the
Vice President for the International Concierge & Errand
Association. For more information about the author and
ON THE GO 4 U, please visit
http://www.onthego4u.net
© 2006 Indra A Books for ON THE GO 4 U
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Take
a good look at your window treatments. Are they a bit outdated?
Frequently they can be updated by simplifying them. If you have several
layers, strip them down to one-sheers or a scarf or a valence. Make sure
these are laundered or cleaned. When you hang them back up, drape them
differently-either pull them back if they covered the window before or
the opposite. Even valences can be updated by pleating or gathering them
a bit differently. No sewing ability is needed. You can do this with
long seamstress pins. Take a good look at your
room and your major pieces of furniture. Can they be rearranged to give
a fresh impression? If not, brush, clean and fluff everything.
Next, look at your pictures, lamps and accessories.
Group your pictures. Prop one or two on the mantel instead of hanging
them on the walls. Eliminate 1/3 of the things you have sitting around
and arrange the rest in groups. Put higher watt bulbs in your lamps. You
will be surprised how ‘new’ your room looks. Be sure to do go ‘shopping’
in your house. It is amazing to find how many things you have tucked
into corners or cupboards which can be used in a different way.
At very little expense, you can do the following. Buy
any or all of the following: new lampshades (colored ones are very
dramatic and effective), new window valences, tiebacks, throws and throw
pillows, small area rugs to bring in new colors and patterns (try
mounting a small rug on a wall), a mirror to replace a picture, candles
in inexpensive glass or metal candlesticks, dried flowers to tuck onto
the tops of picture frames, round mirrors on the tabletops with
accessories arranged on them and any natural thing. Add plants. The new
halogen lights, which can be placed on the floor to highlight a plant or
piece of furniture, are great and have safety features in case they are
knocked over.
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