5 Tips for Decorating furniture on a Budget
When it comes to decorating furniture in your living space, there is no dearth of options and creative ideas that come to your mind. Ergonomic designs, space-saving furniture, exclusive styles and different materials like faux leather, ply and engineered wood can be experimented with to give a decent aesthetic taste to your living space.
When it comes to understanding the budget in terms of recognizing the best facets of your furniture, you can either go for renovating your domestic or commercial space, or else, go for buying a new set of furniture within a planned budget.
Sometimes, if only the sofa frame can be changed, or the door knobs of the cabinet can be refurbished, this can impart an all-new look to your kitchen and dining area.
At other times, you can go for arranging new sets of furniture and adding them to your living area. Sofas, sofa-cum-beds, small book racks, wooden coffee tables and even bar sets can be arranged within budget if you know how to buy furniture wisely.
5 best tips for decorating furniture on budget:
Painting and re-varnishing the existing sets of furniture
You can go for re-varnishing existing sets of furniture with good quality paints and polishes. Coffee brown, honey-glazed colours and teak colours are some of the best varieties that you can get to apply as coating on your sofa, bed, dining table sets and on the boxes and shoe racks that you keep in your home.
This is the best way that you can keep insects and termites from affecting your Decorating furniture. In this connection, however, you must check that the amount of paint or varnish that you use should be in consonance with the rest of the decor of your rooms.
For instance, if you have light-coloured walls and soft pastel mezzanine floors, then you can use varnishes that are of darker variety.
You can shop largely at flea markets
Flea markets are the ideal destinations where you can do weekend shopping when it comes to get the best valuation for your furniture online. You can go to weekend markets and choose the best furniture that will add value to your drawing room or your kitchen.
For instance, many people start experimenting with high-quality fireplace and mantelpieces for adding glamour to their existing furniture sets.
Marble, granite or quartz can initially cost very high but they will be the best ventures that you can have for money, at least if you have a tight budget altogether.
You can simply rearrange some pieces of wooden furniture like couch, or maybe a divan set or an easy chair or a reclining chair, to give a more spacious look to your living area.
You should use a neutral colour palette to add glamour to your home or office
When you choose a neutral colour palette for your furniture for your home or office, this is the moment to rethink your office layout. The best part is that, you can easily install lights embedded inside the ceilings, which reflect the light to a large extent.
Pastel shades like peach, light pink, light grey and even light and soft yellow give a distinct shade to the overall decor of your home or commercial place. Plus, light coloured furniture creates more airiness and an overall soothing aesthetic sense in the living zone.
If you choose extreme bright colours like red upholstered furniture or an all-black leather seating zone, then you must arrange the wall and ceiling colours and lights accordingly. Chandeliers will not fit in when you have a low ceiling height or you have a television trolley or cabinet that is of great height.
You should maximize your storage space and buy furniture that looks good at less price
When you go for buying and decorating furniture on a low budget, then you always buy solid wooden or metallic furniture that offers maximization of a storage facility.
for instance, double door refrigerators, three-wall cabinets, customized king or queen size beds with headboards and storage cabinets can be a great option when it comes to a storage facility for your daily materials.
You can store books, other items of daily use, soap boxes, water bottles, medicine and cosmetic care sets all under one roof when you have the right furniture within budget. Opt for quality items at a flexible price.
Freshen up the cloths and linens, curtains, and use bold colours for mirrors and blinds
When you decorate your home within a strict budget, you can experiment with linens, washable and fungus-proof curtains, make your room look spacious by using desk and wall mirrors of different sizes and also choose bold colors for your wooden or aluminum blinds.
These will not just make your room look more elegant but will add better resale value to space.
Now, you need not worry even if you are tight on budget. A small addition to existing furniture and small rearrangement can work wonders for your home or office area. Happy shopping!
Originally published at https://asiaposts.com on February 26, 2020.
