A Penny Pincher’s Home Makeover

Most, if not all, of us want everything to be new at the beginning of each year. Revamping our wardrobe and getting a new haircut seems as important as vowing to stick to our New Year’s resolutions.

While buying new clothes and having glamorous hair are well within the budget, purchasing new furniture and home furnishings are not. However, you could still give your home a new look without spending much – although, you may still need to call out an electrician, like the team at SALT https://saltle.com/electrician-texas-service-areas/austin-tx-electrician/, if you’re going to be re-wiring or installing things like new light fixtures as part of your project.

I was inspired to write this post after speaking to one of my friends. She is currently in the process of designing a brand new house from scratch! For a long time now she has been planning how she wants everything to look and is currently contacting a number of custom home builders to work out a budget and timeframe for her home building project. I cannot wait to see the results as she always has such ambitious plans where her properties are concerned.

• Rearrange your furniture. You may be surprised at how spacious your home will be when you move your furniture to optimize every square inch of your house. A new layout will also change the ambiance of your home. This doesn’t just mean move the furniture from within one room around, but move furniture from room to room. If it used to live in your bedroom, it might look nice in the lounge. I love modern Miami furniture, and when reading about it the other day I saw a tip to contrast different metals together. I always thought this was a big no-no, but I moved some things around in my house and I now have both steel and brass in my lounge… and I love it! This won’t cost you a single cent. Well, except if you’re like me then you’d still have to shell out a few dollars for pain medication to ease muscle aches you might get from moving the furniture around. 😀
• Change your curtains. New drapes provide a brand new look without costing you much, if you want to change the whole feel of the exterior and interior of your house then looking at companies similar to Graceland Replacement Windows Austin can do just that for you, hopefully creating your dream home. Retail stores usually offer post-holiday sales so take advantage of the huge discounts you can get for new curtains. If you’re quite handy with a sewing machine, you could save more by purchasing drapery fabric at FabricOnTheNet.net and sewing the curtains yourself.
• Decorate walls with decals. Home improvement stores carry decals you can use to give your walls color and style without having to paint the entire room. Aside from being easy to apply on walls and furnishings, decals are also a lot easier to remove and to change if you want an entirely different look for your home.
• Go Green. Bring in a potted plant or two from your garden to spruce up a room. Take your “Go Green” mantra to the next level by being more selective of cleansers you use. Messy Bessy has earth-friendly products you can use for all your household cleaning needs. The Messy Bessy Disinfectant Aroma Spray and the Messy Bessy Tea Tree Mold and Mildew Spray are among my favorites.

These are just a few options you can use to give your home a makeover without putting a hole in your pockets. Try one or all of them and let me know how it turns out.