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How to Decorate Your Home on a Budget
Welcome back, ladies!
Summer is coming up and it’s time to freshen up your home décor!
However, you should not have to spend more than needed to keep your home modern. It may take more time to find good options for decorations, but when researching online, you can come across inexpensive (but impressive!) items.
We’ve compiled a list of popular categories for things you may want to consider for decorating your home!
This year, some of the styles you’ll see include:
- Whites! This includes tile backsplash, paint colors, and trim.
- Green! This includes potted plants, fake greenery, and garland.
- Wood! This includes floating shelves, coasters, soap holders…the options are endless!
In this article, you’ll find:
- Tons of ideas of how to decorate your home
- Ways to stay in budget while not breaking your budget
- Different options for all types of home/apartment styles!
9. Garland
Greenery makes any home more vibrant!
What’s great about adding florals and garlands is how it brightens up, and livens, any room. What’s awesome are the possibilities of where you can add garland too!
Some popular garland pieces include lambs ear and eucalyptus! Yet, there are endless possibilities of combinations and styles to choose from.
Tips:
- Put a wreath on your front door!
- Choose items like lanterns or candlesticks to add to garland on tables or fireplace mantles
- Put garland on kitchen tables or windowsills
8. Door Handles
An easy, and inexpensive, way to improve your home is to change door handles!
Depending on your current home or apartment style, certain door handle finishes would look better with your living space than others.
For example, if your home has many light colors or whites, a black or brushed/oiled bronze finish would help modernize your home!
If you have a more traditional style space, with tans, greens, and browns, chrome, brushed nickel, or oiled bronze may make a huge difference!
At the moment, golds are coming back in style, but keep shapes in mind! Rectangular handles are very popular!
7. Shiplap
Heard of subway tile? If not, you should!
Subway tile and shiplap are showing up everywhere in modern homes!
Shiplap is essentially a specific wood that is painted white. What’s awesome is that you don’t need to go to your local lumbar yard to get the same look in your home!
Tips:
- This style is popular in bathrooms. If you don’t want to commit to a large space, start out with a small bathroom!
- Materials for shiplap range from real wood, to artificial wood, to plastic. Prices vary as well. What’s great is that inexpensive options are still realistic and very durable!
6. Fake Plants
Plants are definitely nothing new regarding decorations. However, with the increased popularity of minimalist and farmhouse styles, fake plants can be found in any store!
Unfortunately, many plants can be ridiculously expensive in stores.
Unless you get lucky with finding plants on sale, it isn’t easy to decorate with plants on a budget! The internet offers great alternatives, thank goodness!
Tips:
- Place small plants by bathroom sinks. It makes it easy to add color, while not adding more responsibility to your life!
- Place a tall plant by a bookcase or a TV stand!
- Place succulents on a windowsill or on coffee tables to contrast against dark wood.
5. Placemats
This sounds so simple, but it can do wonders for your kitchen or dining table!
Consider one of two popular styles!
What’s great about adding minimalist placemats is how it can both add color without making anything look tacky!
The woven style is huge this summer with shoes, bags, and hats. Why not give your kitchen a modern feel by adding some inexpensive placements?
4. Flameless Candles
Candles are never out of style! However, imagine a fireplace mantle with the lights down low, with your new garland and some flickering lights…
It’s a fire hazard.
So, thankfully, technology has blessed us with flameless candles!
The best ones are the candles controlled by a remote! But, when you’re keeping a budget, the candles with the on/off switch will be totally fine.
Tips:
- Place the candles on a fireplace mantle for a romantic and beautiful look.
- Add a variety of candle sizes for dimension on your tables
3. Woven Baskets
The woven style is everywhere, and baskets are right up there with it.
You can mix a basket in with nearly anything! Use it as a laundry basket, a container for toys and games, a holder for books, or even to keep blankets!
There’s no need to get expensive alternatives! Decorate your family room or master bedroom without spending a fortune!
2. Floating Shelves
If you are in need of adding a bit of excitement to your walls, floating shelving is exactly what you need!
You can consider ones that give a rustic feel, or that are minimalist. Or, keep it simple with plain wood!
Add lanterns, books, and small fake plants and spice up any wall! From your bathroom, to your kitchen walls, floating shelves can be great for any room in your home, and go with any style you currently have!
Tips:
- Use color with items such as pineapples to place on your shelving.
- Get inexpensive frames and add a few special photos!
1. Tile
If you are going for a modern look, patterned tiles are a perfect and inexpensive option!
It can be added to walls, as backsplash, on floors…there are so many possibilities!
The hexagon shape is one of the most popular at the moment. Black and white patterns are also showing up in homes all across America!
In addition, subway tile is extremely popular in home remodels and new builds. It goes along with anything from minimalist, contemporary, and farmhouse styles.
Tips:
- Add tile to your bathroom shower floor or under and behind your bathroom mirror.
- Patterned tile for floors look great for bathrooms!
- If you aren’t into subway tile, improve your kitchen backsplash with tile! There are endless options to keep you in budget!
Okay, Let’s Summarize!
- You don’t have to break your budget to keep your home fresh and modern!
- Do your research on items before purchasing! You can find much better deals online.
- There are numerous styles that are popular at the moment: farmhouse, minimalist, modern contemporary, etc. These décor options can go with all of the above!
Let’s keep learning!
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