This is a collaborative post: Sprucing up your home and riving every room doesn’t need to be a challenge. Small updates can make a significant difference, and rather than purchasing new furniture in an attempt to refresh your home, upgrade what you already have with paint or new hardware. For example, the drab cabinets in your kitchen can be transformed by changing the handles for decorative knobs, and tired walls can burst with life after a fresh coat of paint. In our article, we’ll provide you with the top tips to decorate your home the savvy way.
Move And Protect Belongings
Before you get stuck in decorating your home, you will need to spend time preparing your home to make completing your projects more manageable. Preparation is vital as it will save you time and money while ensuring you have a positive experience painting and styling your home.
Removing items like large furniture can be challenging, though, and many people don’t have enough room to store their belongings during the decorating process. In this case, you should seriously consider heading down to Safestore and booking personal storage. Having somewhere safe and secure to store your belongings while you decorate your home will remove the stress of worrying about getting paint on your favourite armchair and let you focus on turning your home into your personal paradise.
Make A Feature
In recent years, feature walls have been all the rage for adding character to a room. However, this design tip has evolved from simply painting one wall a different colour or adding wallpaper. Nowadays, many people are adding tiled walls to their dining rooms and then hanging beautiful collectable plates on the wall with a unifying motif. You can take this a step further by adding small downlights to highlight your wall and make your guests feel like they’ve stepped into a chic gallery.
Add Greenery
Plants are the perfect addition to any room in your home, especially one you’ve recently decorated but are not quite sure what finishing touches to add. However, if you have a habit of letting your household plants die no matter what you seem to do to keep them going, don’t worry; artificial plants are great for those with a busy lifestyle and are a great way to add colour to a neutral room.
Invest In A Bookcase
Many design tips recommend using natural focal points in a room to display your favourite items. However, in today’s modern new build houses, most homeowners don’t have focal points such as fireplaces to take advantage of. When your home doesn’t have a focal point, you can create your own with a striking table or a beautiful bookcase.
Try rotating the displays on your bookcase monthly to provide an instant fresh look; this will prevent your room from feeling too static and will help you love the decor for longer. Also, consider varying the height, texture, and shape of the items while creating a cohesive look by matching colours or using complementary colours together.
Add A Coffee Table
A coffee table is a fantastic accessory for your living room, as it is both practical and decorative. Many people assume their living rooms are too small for a coffee table; however, furniture designers have solved that problem by offering coffee tables of all sizes so you can enjoy the benefits without sacrificing space.
When choosing a coffee table, opt for one that provides you with storage, as it will allow you to keep your living room neat and free of clutter without having to throw away any items you love. When it comes to style, glass options are becoming more popular for compact living rooms as they don’t dominate the space and provide a beautiful effect when used to display books, candles and flowers. In the same way as you would with your bookcase, move the items you’re displaying on your coffee table around from time to time to keep the look fresh.