With all of the holiday sales this week, it is a great time to update your home’s décor. Who says having good taste means you will have to spend a lot of money? The misinformed! The truth is there are many ways in which you can achieve a high-end aesthetic appeal for your apartment without spending a fortune. This is especially important if you have newly acquired an apartment and wish to live frugally. In fact, you will find that one of the best ways to decorate your apartment on a budget involves finding bargains. However, before you embark on the journey of finding such bargains, you must have a plan.
Having a plan means creating a personal design book for your apartment. Plan according to the type of apartment you have. Is it a studio apartment, a loft or a condo? With regards to a studio apartment, there is the advantage of only having to focus on one room and a bathroom but this may become a bit tricky in trying to ‘separate’ living spaces within the studio apartment.
In creating a personal design book, you can use home and design magazines to get a feel of the latest design trends if you are so inclined. It also proves extremely beneficial to find DIY trends which are based entirely on budgeting. These trends usually help you to pick a color to be the focal point of the room(s). These will add greatly to your personal design book for your apartment. Once you have created your personal design book, it is now time to move on to the next step.
This step involves examining what pieces of furniture or color patterns you already have and how you can incorporate that into the ideas expressed in your personal design book. You might find that your current sofa goes against your design ideas due to its color. You won’t need to buy a new sofa as you can simply purchase a slipcover for that sofa in the desired color. This in itself is upgrading an article of furniture on a budget. It can also prove to be a fun DIY project.
Another way of decorating your apartment on a budget involves focusing on the color. If you cannot afford to or wish not to color the walls, you can achieve the same colors in curtains, cushions and rugs. These are much cheaper than buying paint and paying someone to paint your apartment.
Decorating your apartment on a budget also allows you to bring out your artistic side. Instead of buying paintings to hang on the walls, why not create your own art? You can also create your own art by taking black and white photos and framing them for your walls. Incorporating mirrors are also very trendy and can be purchased at inexpensive costs to strategically place throughout your apartment.
Remember, the most beautiful creations usually are the ones we create. DIY projects offer a great way to decorate your apartment on a budget.
Happy decorating!