Refresh Your Home on a Budget
Sprucing up your home can feel like a costly and daunting task. Rather than starting from scratch, here are some fast and affordable ways to make your home feel brand new—from adding a fresh coat of paint to swapping your bedding and linens.
1. Upgrade Light Fixtures
Whether it’s upgrading a freestanding lamp tucked into the corner of a room, or stringing a new pendant over the kitchen island, swapping your antiquated lights for a sleek upgrade is a great way to instantly transform your room. Plus, lighting come in many styles to match a range of design preferences. Here is a quick guide to the common types of lamps and lighting:
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Sconce: Mounted flush to the wall, sconces typically have a decorative base and provide task or ambient lighting without cluttering your ceiling, side table, or nightstand.
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Desk Lamp: These task-oriented lights sit or clamp to your desk and are designed to help you accomplish specific tasks, such as writing or studying
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Floor Lamp: Tall standing lamps with a weighted base, floor lamps provide light higher in a room and can work alone or be paired with overhead lighting.
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Table Lamp: Standing on a table or other piece of furniture, these lights add luminescence and a cohesive feel to your dining, living, or bedroom spaces.
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Chandelier & Pendant: Suspended from the ceiling, both fixtures come in many versatile shapes, materials, styles, and sizes. Chandeliers contain multiple light bulbs which makes it ideal for illuminating a whole room. Pendants typically include one bulb to cast downward illumination.
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2. Swap Bedding
Breathe new life into your bedroom with new bedding. Oftentimes, we keep our bedding until it is threadbare or tears. But adding a fresh set into the rotation can give your bedroom a new point of visual interest.
Pair neutral toned bedding with a chunky knit blanket for a soothing and serene vibe. Or, infuse your room with some color with a blend of blue hues or blush pinks. You can also opt for a modern-themed bedroom with the addition of sleek blacks.
Pair neutral toned bedding with a chunky knit blanket for a soothing and serene vibe. Or, infuse your room with some color with a blend of blue hues or blush pinks. You can also opt for a modern-themed bedroom with the addition of sleek blacks.
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3. Incorporate Indoor Plants
Bring the outdoors in with houseplants. Greenery adds fresh vibrancy into your space, giving it a grounded and refreshing ambiance. Try placing flowers in vases in various rooms, such as on the kitchen island or your home office, as well as luscious greens in your living room or bedroom. Plus, beautiful vases and pots offer a design opportunity to enhance your style.
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4. Fill Empty Walls
Art, mirrors, and other wall decor naturally draw your eyes to vertical spaces, helping a room feel larger and brighter. Plus, it can add warmth, visual interest, and dimension to make a space truly feel finished. Here are a few ways to enliven your walls:
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Mirrors: Whether you add a simple streamlined mirror in the entryway or a gilded frame in the dining room, mirrors create the illusion of more space.
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Shelves: From functional organization to a stylish statement, wall shelves can be floating, built-in, or modular units. They can add a luxurious look, minimalist design, and creative accent to your walls.
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Bookcases: Bookshelves come in many different sizes and styles and are a great way to add extra shelf storage that also display your books, artwork, mementos, plants, and other personal design touches.
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Wall art: Add dimension to your space with wall art. From the kitchen to the bathroom, they can be placed in any room. Prints and paintings are traditional pieces, though you can also opt for architectural sculptures, macrame, or statement clocks.
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5. Add Accessories and Decor
Accessories and decor are an easy way to add cohesion to a space and enhance your style aesthetic throughout your home. Here are some decorative accents that can make a big difference:
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Curate your shelves: Display beautiful, high-quality pieces of decor like a figurine, vase, bowl, or candle set to showcase your unique style and taste.
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Refresh window accessories: If your blinds, drapes, or shades have started to sag, yellow, or break, it's time for a refresh. Consider a fresh new color and design to set a new tone.
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Swap out hardware: Give your kitchen and drawers throughout the house an instant facelift with new drawer pulls or doorknobs. Updated chrome, brass, or brushed metal finishes can easily enhance your style.
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Add decorative pillows: Find extra zest, color, and texture in your seating setup with decorative pillows. In an endless variety of sizes and shapes, pillows add great visual interest to your space—and they can be changed out seasonally.
6. Rearrange Furniture & Decor
A consistent layout over the years can make a room feel tired or uninspired. Rethinking your layout can completely transform the look and feel of a room, showcasing your existing pieces in a new light. Here are a few tips for making an old room feel brand new:
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Move furniture away from walls: Arranging your furniture in the center of a room helps create an elegant focal point. From sofas and accent chairs in the living room, to your bed frame and mattress in the bedroom, try pulling large pieces away from the walls.
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Swap furniture from other rooms: Changing up the flow of your rooms is a great way to make a home feel brand new. Pull in an accent chair from the dining room and style into the living room or swap a small armchair from the bedroom to the entryway.
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Situate a sofa near a window: Instead of arranging your furniture around a TV, try changing your focal point to a large bay window. This can help add peace and relaxation into your daily routine.
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Switch out decor: Create subtle changes by rearranging the decor on coffee tables, bookshelves, and nightstands. Or try moving artwork from room to room—like moving wall decor from the bedroom into a more communal area.
7. Touch Up Old Paint
Adding fresh paint is a great way to enhance the ambience of your home without major renovation. From a fresh coat of white paint to adding some color to spark some visual interest, reviving old paint can help revive a room while also improving the value of your home. Here are a few more tips for reviving old paint:
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Clean and paint baseboards and trims: The trim in your home can easily fade over time, become discolored, or get scuffed. Cleaning your trim or refreshing the paint makes a great statement and can even create visual contrast.
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Patch any scuffed areas: Living in a home often means that over time walls will get scuffed, scratched, or damaged. Repair any damaged areas throughout the home and replace the paint.
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Re-grout if needed: Take a close look to see if you need to re-grout areas throughout the home that have been scratched or dirtied.
8. Do a Deep Clean
Giving your home a deep clean from top to bottom is a way to shine new light and life into your home without replacing existing furnishings and decor. Here are a few places in the house to prioritize:
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Dust and clean: Go through and remove the dust from furniture, tops of cabinets, and shelving. It’s an easy way to add life to your home.
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Clean the floors: Regularly vacuuming keeps your home feeling fresh and clean. Go one step further by doing a deep clean, removing any lingering stains and moving the furniture to sweep up dust bunnies.
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Don’t forget the grout: Dirt and grime can easily accumulate on the floor between planks or in grouting between tiles. Use a power scrubber or some elbow grease to clean your flooring and give it new life.
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Wash the windows: Natural light can add serenity and soothing ambience to any room. But if your windows are looking a little grimy, it's time to put in some work to make them clear and clean.
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Power wash the siding or walkways: Exposure to weather and the elements can build up over time. Spray off grime and dirt for an immediate transformation on the exterior of your house.
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