Decorating On An Overly Tight Budget

By Maryl Joop


One of the main roadblocks to homeowners decorating their houses is money. While some see decorating as a pleasant and even desirable action that they would want to undertake in their home, the benefits of a well decorated house simply do not outweigh the costs to get there.

Home improvements can entail any project that will, as the name suggests, improve the home or tailor the home to your liking.

Bills and mortgage will often take the place of a home-decorating budget, so how can individuals adorn their homes with little to no money set aside to do so? The answer is to decorate creatively.

First, your new home that you have been able to purchase thanks to a VA home loan may need some routine maintenance projects performed or a few needful additions, such as the instillation of a gutter system on the roof or replacing a leaky faucet.

The following will be a few examples of how to decorate a home expending little to no monetary overhead, but more than direct suggestions, these ideas are meant to spur other ideas and thoughts from homeowners on how they can adequately decorate their home to their fitting while expending as little as possible.

Second, find a way to earn more money. Start a part-time job. Sell your labor or produce something to throw into the marketplace. There's always a way to make more money when you need it. Consider what talents you have, what time you can spend, and how much extra you need to earn every week. Look for a way to supplement that money for the duration of your unexpected expenses.

Complementing or accenting paint colors and hues can quickly liven up a room when applied to an old chair, table, or picture frame. Even painting just the legs of an old chair with an accenting and lively pain color can serve to decorate a room in an enjoyable and fun way.

By choosing which room or rooms to paint, or even which wall or walls in a room to paint, you will be able to perform an effective home improvement project at a low cost. This same principle can apply to putting up wallpaper as well.

One of the prime examples of this is to decorate the bathroom with usable, but seldom used or obsolete, kitchen ware. Things like old bowls, pitchers, or cups can be used to both pleasingly decorate and practically assisted the bathroom by housing toiletries such as tooth brushes, cotton swabs, brushes or combs, and makeup applicators.

Beyond needful repairs or additions and changing the look of the interior of the home with a new coat of paint or with the placement of wallpaper, there are many other less expensive home improvements that you can make in your home to both boost the home's value and create your own personal feel for your home.

These and other ideas can be used around the house to decorate the home with little to no added expense.



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