Ten Creative Ways to Decorate your Apartment (on a Low Budget)
Okay, so you feel that your tiny apartment is boring and is in desperate need of some styling. Worry not, my friend! Who wants a large apartment when you can always spice up your little one? Plus, we all know that apartments are easier to maintain and you only need to spend less money on them.
Your home should be a space that makes you feel good and we don’t see how the size really matters when it comes to styling. Unless you live in a minuscule apartment like the one Lily Aldrin from “How I met your Mother” occupied (You poor dear!), we don’t see why you would find it difficult to do add some style to your home. Take a look at our list of ten cost effective things you could do that would make your home look A.W.E.S.O.M.E !
1. Mirror, Mirror, on the wall!
2. Color your Walls
Who wants to live in an apartment with boring white walls? If you have watched the “Hunger Games”, we’re sure that you would not have forgotten the look of the folks at the Capitol. That’s the effect bright colors have on you. Buy a can or two of your favorite color and paint a wall with it. You can even invite your buddies over and make this a fun chore. Make sure you speak with your building supervisor before you do this.
Some apartments don’t encourage their residents creating masterpieces on the walls. If you don’t have the option of painting your walls, try using colorful furniture instead. A funky bright pink chair, or an emerald green sofa may bring a drastic change to your home. You can also try using brightly colored curtains and drapes.
3. Fun with furniture!
If your apartment is really small, it would be unwise to fill it up with large pieces of furniture. This restricts movement around your home and in general ruins the whole look and feel. If you have sufficient space, “float” your furniture so that cleaning will be easier.
Chuck out all the unnecessary furniture. If you rarely eat at home, then its pointless to keep a dining table and six chairs. Instead use this space for something that you genuinely need, say a work space or an exercise room. Budding musicians can use this space to display and practise on your instruments.
4. Display what’s dear to you!
Do you have old photographs lying around somewhere? Use them to add a personal touch to your home. Frame them elegantly and hang them up on the walls. If you paint and have painted any pieces, put them up on display. It needn’t necessarily be anything two dimensional like a painting or a photograph, you can always make something fun and creative and display that as well!
5. Open storage for kitchen staples
Now this one not only looks nice, but it also ensures easy reach to things you need. Place an open shelf in your kitchen and rooms. Neatly arrange all your stuff on it adding flower vases and other showpieces of your choice intermittently. Metal shelves are best suited for this. They are stable, sturdy and can hold a weight.
If you store your kitchen staples this way, it will save you a lot of time while you prepare your shopping list as you can visibly see all the empty jars. Just make sure that you don’t place any rotting veggies or fruits on them
6. Mind your carpets
If your apartment is rented out, you may feel stuck with the things inside it. In such a situation, you could bring a lot of change by placing suitable carpets and rugs. You wouldn’t believe the difference they bring to the entire house. Try carpets with patterns and designs. If you are not a regular cleaner, go for ones that are not furry and bushy.
7. Center of entertainment
Decorate your TV wall with some panel work or artwork. Turn that into a focal point. Always try to go for a wall mounting TV, it saves space and is easier to move around and of course the picture quality is better.
If you have other recreational devices, they too can be placed in decorative backgrounds. This adds a certain charm to your apartment.
8. Add a touch of green
Go green! Add plants and bonsai trees to you home. You have a lot of options on indoor plants and they are easy to maintain as well. If you don’t want a live plant you can always go for a fake one, but it will never be as good as a live one.
Plants are not the ideal additions to your bedroom, what with the CO2 being emitted at night and all that. However windows and kitchen counters are ideal locations for these green friends.
9. Be eclectic, be unique
There’s no fun in symmetry. Use your creativity, make a mix of themes and styles. You can go online and check various color combinations and theme mixes. Like they say, two styles are better than one single boring one.
10. Wake up the stylist in you!
Sometimes your options are limited. You can’t always implement all the changes you want to, right? Say for example the colour of your bathroom tile, no matter how painful and eye damaging that color is, there is very little you can do about it.
So what do you do? Work around it. Try to get other stuff that matches or negates the effect of that bad tile color. Same goes with everything else that you can’t change. At the end of the day, its more about what you make out of the things that you already have.
The bottom line – Be Creative!
These are not rules that you must follow, they are simply tips that you can adopt if you want to. It is your home and your life. Let nothing stop you from decorating it the way you want. Be sure that it reflects your personality and that you turn it into something that makes you feel warm and homey.
The last thing you want after a tiring day at the office, is to walk into a space that doesn’t make you feel relaxed. Let your creativity run wild, make use of what you have. Happy decorating!
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