It can seem like homes are never quite finished. Homeowners are continually renovating and redecorating to the point that most homes are unrecognisable from what they were like 10 or 20 years ago. Home décor styles go in and out of fashion, which means those who want to keep up with those trends change their home’s style even more regularly than most.
Renovating and redecorating your home can be time-consuming, expensive and it takes a lot of effort on your part; your home essentially becomes a construction site for the time that you are building.
You don’t need to completely re-do a whole room to improve your home, though. Little improvements here and there can be enough to rejuvenate entire rooms.
If you’re looking for a handful of smaller ways to make your home better, then this list is for you.
1. A Fresh Lick of Paint
After a while, paint can pale, lose its colour and start to crack and peel at the edges. At this point, it will cast its drabness upon the entire room. When this happens, all you need to do is apply a new coat of paint. A new colour or the same, a new coat can do wonders to brighten up a room.
2. Statement Pieces
For the casual home decorator, it can be difficult to channel any skills of interior design, but an easy way to bring a room together is to grab yourself a statement piece, like a lighting fixture, and design your room’s décor around that piece. This will make your décor in particular rooms feel more coherent and sophisticated.
3. Fix Up Furnishings
When you redecorate a room, the radiator is probably not the first or even the second thing that comes to mind. Nonetheless, the radiator is part of the room and a dated one can impact how it looks as a whole. Radiators from Warmrooms can be subtle or stylish; they warm up the room and your first instinct shouldn’t be to hide them.
4. Declutter
There is a difference between being busy and being cluttered. There is nothing wrong with a busy room, but a cluttered room will make the space feel cramped and smaller than it really is. A thorough declutter can open up the space in a room and make it feel much more open. You’ll also be able to showcase your best pieces of décor better, too.
5. Plump Up Your Cushions
Bring life back to your couches. After a while, the cushions in your couches can become deflated or even saggy. Every week, you should plump the cushions up to make the couches look as good as new. Statement cushions on top also make for beautiful décor.
Improving your home doesn’t have to be a difficult task or even take up too much of your time. A couple of hours on the weekend is enough to rejuvenate your living room with a declutter and a quick plump up of the cushions on your couches.
26 October 2019
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