Six Secrets to Saving Money While Sprucing up Your Living Space

You have twenty-four hours and a mission that to many would seem overwhelming and perhaps daunting, even-dare I say it -impossible. But thanks to your superior DIY trade skills you can easily spruce up a designated area of your home and make a whole big picture difference with just one trick. Okay, enough of me talking, here’s how you can overcome the accepted mundaneness of your home and give it some fire:

1. Duvet Covers

master-suite-bedroom-with-modern-duvet-cover — Master suite bedroom with modern Dwell studio duvet cover

by Regan Baker Design

In the mood to give your bedroom some much needed pep and pizzazz? When this necessity makes itself known to us a quick way we can solve the dilemma is by giving the bed in bedroom an affordable makeover. Choosing a simple Duvet covet that will encase and button over your existing comforter or duvet not only can be a method to bring in the NEW factor, but it makes laundry day so much easier. For all those breakfast in bed moments, the spills can be easily dealt with when using a duvet cover.

2. Painted Picture Frame Matts

box decorative painting — Box decorative painting

It can be so hard to find the perfect matching hue to harmonize your room, so taking the left over pain from you accent wall you can easily dip and roll over your matts to bring some color semblance in your home as well as dress up outdated frames. Making décor relevant doesn’t have to imply purchasing new items! (Image courtesy of AliExpress)

3. Foiled by Tape

tin-foil-tape-for-your-walls — Beautiful art: tin foil tape for your walls

Pencil a geometric pattern on your wall ensuring it’s even and straight. Using tin foil tape or other decorative adhesives that will stick through the temptations of time tape over your pattern. Instantly your wall becomes glamorous scenery amongst solid colored walls. This project doesn’t entail many hours nor does it require messing with painting over your blue tape to create the visual effect we have made with this simple 1,2,3 plan for wall embellishing. (Image courtesy of DecoratuArea)

4. Shelving Lights

shelving-lights-in-elegant-living-room — Shelving lights in elegant living room

by Laura Burton Interiors

Bring some attention and focus to what deserves it most. Not only will this give your room additional lighting of a softer and gentler nature, you don’t need a manual, an electrician or a stud and wire finder to verify if you can proceed with wiring! Just purchase the type of LED lights you desire-tube, flexible, etc., – and install in any number of places: under the sofa for an edgy look, behind the molding of your wet bar cabinetry. This basic cost effective step can drastically change your room for the better.

5. Painted Door

Colofrul-blue-entrance-door — Colofrul blue entrance door

In this Starbucks cult era the need for a pick-me-up and the desire to indulge in some of Seattle’s best is at times overpowering. Well, if you think you are the only one, you are sadly mistaken. The reason inanimate objects that dwell in our home don’t receive lavish affections is because we’ve neglected them. (Image courtesy of Stephanie Wiley Photography)

They are sad, droopy and are at least ten years overdue a little pick me up. Some caffeine, if you will. Giving a door or two in your space a little “me time” attention through a brazen move of color can and will do wonders for your space. This approach enables you to keep your walls white or beige but you can still sneak in some color. Try it and see for yourself. I dare you!

6. Custom Plate Arrangement

DIY-porcelain-plates-wall — DIY porcelain plates wall

Purchase an odd assortment and number of solid colored plates-can be plain white, even- or scrounge around in your cabinets for some beloved plate-ware with rustic appeal by way of chipped edges and pale grey veins on the surface proving the age and wear. Using a sharpie add some flair to each plate with a clever quote, special dates, names, a favorite expression, maybe some inspirational tip or if your brave some animation through art. Bake at 350’ F for 35 minutes, let cool. Arrange on your wall as fitting and enjoy for many years to come! (Project courtesy of DagensInterior)

From there give your room a quick dusting and sweeping and make sure your newly installed lights aren’t illuminating dirt, stray tennis balls and the lone shoe your dog got away with! Next empty the extra change in your DIY jar that through these frugal methods will enable you to get some drinks for a Saturday night shindig. Last step to sprucing up your room is to fill it up with people: People who will appreciate your less than 24-hour efforts. Cheers!