Have you ever thought of adding some flavour to your apartment but couldn’t figure out how or just lacked the sufficient funds to shop for fancy accessories?
Changing your living space is always a challenging task, especially if you are limited with your budget. However there are some easy to do and affordable tricks to change the ambience of your room and by doing so add some freshness to your life.
Sometimes even minor changes might create a new look. You don’t have to buy new furniture or repaint the walls.
A new fancy lamp or designer’s chairs would be something, but it is definitely not a must to spend a lot. Be creative – shop for fabrics in oriental shops and later use them as new curtains or a sofa cover.
Go to the nearest fleamarket and look for cheap art – it’s amazing what original and wonderful artworks you might discover there. Old movie posters, map prints, old photos or self made paintings or drawings by young artists – this might be a good investment too, all of them on your walls would look more original and perhaps be more interesting visually as a concept than hanging a reproduction of Monet or Van Gogh. Fleamarkets are also perfect places to find vintage lamps, mirrors, candle holders – as a matter of fact all you can imagine.
Don’t be afraid to experiment with paint yourself, use stencils or go all the way and with use of cheaper than oil, acrylic paint and blank canvases create your own art.
Look for interesting photos and buy or make colourful frames with unique designs and make your own photo exhibition. Use collage photo frames – it’s a brilliant idea to change the look of the walls and display photos.
Add colour – if you want to change the palette of your environment, you don’t have to paint the walls anew – curtains or cushions plus sets of frames or candle holders of the same colour will be sufficient if you dream of a colour touch in your room.
It’s good to do some proper research and look for inspiration in magazines or online. Take your time and don’t pressure yourself, visit your friend’s houses and look around, don’t hesitate for ask for suggestions. With time you might discover you are more experienced in interior design and then you’ll be ready to intuitively implement changes in your apartment. Follow your intuition then. Your room is not a display, remember it’s your living space and it must be functional, that’s why be aware of the aesthetic part of the project as well as the practical one. Once you applied new ideas you’ll see that the change of the space has brought a new flavour to your life.