As we all trudge through the current economic situation, I often hear “What can I do to change my room with out spending alot of money?” Well here’s some ideas, one of the quickest and easiest ways to give your room a makeover is to declutter. Take all your accents down, give um a good dusting and pack half, if not more away. I like to box them up and put them in the basement. Then I like to wait a day or so and bring a couple of things back out. When we work with our clients we like to practice ,the less is more technique. Get rid of the clutter and stick to displaying a few things at a time. No one says you have to get rid of everything, you just don’t need to have it all out. Then when you are feeling the need for change, revisit you stored accents and rotate them. Or if you go back to the items in storage and realize that you can live with out them. Donate them. Let them go. Hoarding and clutter is just not in anymore.
Another tip for remaking a room with out it costing anything is moving your furniture around. Try angling some pieces off the walls if you have room to do it for a fresh take.
The final way you can spruce up a space which will cost very little is painting. You don’t even have to paint the whole room. At Urban Abode we can even help you select paint colors that match your individual style or coordinate with your furnishings. Try painting a focal point wall, like the wall the fireplace is on, or the wall the the t.v. hangs on, or the wall with all the windows. Its amazing what you can do with a gallon of paint. Which reminds me, have a huge wall and can not find a picture, mirror or metal sculpture big enough to make an impact? We have lots of choices at Urban Abode, but if you found the perfect piece already and are desperately trying to make it work, how about painting a large backdrop behind where the picture hangs so that the paint color acts an oversized frame.
