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How to Add Interest without Redecorating the Entire Room
By Alissa Davis
Decorating a room can be exciting. It is fun to pick new colors and furniture. However, it is also expensive. Redecorating an entire room will require you to purchase a few gallons of paint, fabric, and other needed materials, not to mention the new furniture for the space.
If you want to give your place a new look, you do not have to spend a lot. You can change the entire appearance of the room without complete renovation. Here are inexpensive ways to achieve that: 1. Rearrange the furniture: Rearranging the furniture will give a noticeable change to your room. If you are used to having your couch against the wall, try positioning it towards the center of the room. You can also move the television from the center to the corner. How about cleaning the fireplace and adding a few candles to emphasize its presence? You can also try adding some indoor plants or bring in decorative pieces that may be in another room or tucked away in the garage or basement. 2. Change your wall dеcor: Since the appearance of walls contributes greatly to how a room looks, you can change the appearance of walls and greatly impact any room. Repainting may be the most obvious solution to achieve such change. However, you can also create a new look by changing the existing decorations. Update a room with new metal wall sculptures. 3. Introduce new colors in the room: You can also change how the room looks by replacing the existing theme. If you have a lot of blues in the room, you can replace blue accents with accents in green or yellow. Create a new look by changing the fabrics in a room, such as throw pillows, curtains, pillowcases and throws. 4. Update old accessories with creativity. Instead of buying new frames, you can paint old frames in a hot new shade, or make the nautical by gluing on seashells. Add detail to plain lampshades with faux gems, beads or paint. Paint or stain an old wall shelf wooden shelf or arrange a group of antique mirrors over the couch. Small changes can add up to a huge difference in any room. 5. Use the existing furniture in the house:
Look at old furniture in a new light. Look around the house for furniture that you can recruit into your renovated space. You might have center tables in the other room that will be great in the living area. A bookcase in a spare bedroom might be the perfect finishing touch for a reading nook tucked into a bedroom corner. If you want to change the look of your room, you can do that by changing a few things in it. You do not have to spend much, just use your creativity and you will be pleasantly surprised.
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This intel was contributed by Anna Young
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May, 2012
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