Cheap Decorating Tips

Cheap Decorating Tips Can Enrich Your Home Living Space

Whether you're just getting started decorating your home or you feel like you need a change, a few cheap decorating tips could be just what you need.

Chelsey Gardner, an interior and exterior home design expert based in Dallas says you don't have to have a big budget to decorate with flair. Imagination, smart shopping, and the use of color can go a long way toward sprucing up a tired living space.

To start, Gardner offers a few basic tips that she says are key to cheap decorating success:

1. Buy smart in the first place. People who are just starting out or who are on tight budgets often make the mistake of buying entire rooms full of furniture at once, Gardner says. They see something on the showroom floor that looks great, the store pushes affordable financing, so they buy it. Although affordability is key, beware of program details that could end up costing you two to three times the value of what you've bought. Buying individual pieces as you can afford them may be a better idea.

2. Buy what you love. Since most people keep their furniture for decades, be sure you really love it before you buy it. You're going to have to live with it for a long time. Also make sure the furniture pieces are comfortable and they fit your family.

3. Keep basic pieces basic. Bold prints and "wild" colors will go out of style sooner than basic neutral colors or leather furniture. Keeping your big pieces simple gives you the chance to change your room's look with throw pillows and accessories without having to buy new furniture all over again.

With the above tips in mind and the basics covered, it can be fun to try a few cheap decorating tips to help you freshen up your house with the different seasons.

"Color is one of the easiest ways to change the look and feel of a living space, and color can come from paint, fabrics, or accessories. I like lighter colors in the summer and warm ones in the winter, and you can do that with accessories," Gardner says.

Kim Forrester and her partner Cinda Smith are "Re-decorators" who work with clients who want a change. Their clients typically have tight budgets and aren't interested in buying anything new.

"When we go to a home, we get permission from our clients to 're-purpose' their furniture and accessories. It's not unusual for us to find a chair in a bedroom that we move to the living room, or accessories in one area that we think would look better in another," Forrester says.

"Color is one of the key things we use to bring unity to a room," says Cinda Smith. "We'll find accessories in different rooms from the same color family and group them together. It makes a much bigger impact," she says.

"It's also important to find something in the room that you can build from or use as inspiration. Often it's a piece of art or a fabric on a pillow or the colors in a rug. If something you own gives you inspiration, consider using it as the focal point of a room and decorate around it," Gardner says.

If you don't have anything in your house right now that "inspires" you, or if you need to add some accessories in a particular color group, one cheap decorating tip is to shop at garage sales or flea markets.

"I like to make a list of things I'm looking for and head to the nearest flea market. They can be treasure troves for inexpensive accessories like vases, dried flower arrangements, pillows, wicker baskets, or art," Gardner says.

Thank you to Connie Holubar for this "Cheap Decorating Tips' article.

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