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How to Economically Make a Dull Room Pop With Personality

Due to the current state of the economy, many people are opting to spruce up their homes rather than sell them. There are many economical ways to make a dull room pop with personality. The best part is you can achieve this quickly and inexpensively.

The best ideas involve “hands-on” projects. If you can do them yourself, you will save a significant amount of money. If using a professional is affordable, remember to include those expenses in your project’s budget. While some may be able to incorporate several ideas at once, others may need to spread their completion over many weeks or months.

The easiest way to change the look of a room is to change the wall colour(s). This option makes the biggest impact. If that’s impossible, an excellent alternative is to target only one wall in the room. Make it different by using complimentary and/or contrasting colour(s).

Faux finishes are still extremely popular. Adding color, depth, and texture, this technique is one of the greatest ways to bring eye-popping interest. It’s both affordable and easy while offering a variety of unique looks through various procedures. Some of these are colour washing, sponging, ragging, stenciling, marbling, and wood graining. Adding the glitter of metallic paint to accent your faux finish remains a highly desirable option. It’s guaranteed to bring unparalleled personality to boring walls.

If your walls are flat and uninteresting, introduce dimension by creating niches or boxes, Paint or paper the inside with a different color or pattern than what is on the wall. This can be done using decorative architectural moulding. A new bendable product now allows you more variety in the shapes you can construct. Another wonderful benefit is you can get free help. For instance, if you measure the desired size of the box(es) you may want to put on your wall(s), many home improvement retailers will cut and miter your selected material(s) according to your specifications. If that is impossible, create the “boxes” using paint. Painters’ masking tape placed in various patterns or shapes can mark off the walls where you need to apply the color. Once removed, a totally new look is born.

Wall paper is another excellent choice for updating walls. You can elect to cover all the walls or only one. Select complimentary solids, prints, plaids, and stripes to blend with the color you already have in the room. This will save material as well as money. However, if your budget allows, and you choose an entirely different color, you will add even greater interest. The current popular new colors are vibrant, exciting, and beautiful.

Changing the art in a room also brings a fresh appearance to boring walls. If purchasing new art or re-framing what you already have is impossible, change the matting. It’ll bring inexpensive freshness and emphasis. This is a simple trick that also updates the overall appearance of the piece.

Change the textiles in a room. Include the sofa(s) and/or chair coverings, window treatments, throw pillows, and rugs. Mix coordinating colors of solids, prints, plaids, and stripes. Take advantage of local or web sales offering discounts on fabrics, table linens, drapes, and bedding. Use pre-made draperies not only to change your window treatments, but to cover chairs. They’re also economical and useful for making accent pillows. Incorporate the use of table cloths and/or bed linens for making new wall hangings and/or covers for furniture. These pieces are not only washable, the ends are already sewn. You can even perk up old art work by covering the existing matting with your new fabric selections. Scissors and glue are all that’s needed.

Be creative! Adding potted plants, trees, and decorative mirrors are also inexpensive alternatives to spruce up areas. The idea of “matching” pieces of furniture or fabrics is passé. True interest and personality come from mixing solids, stripes, patterns, and plaids. This also applies to mixing styles and colors of furniture. When everything “matches,” boredom is born. Use your imagination to redecorate your home giving it the individuality of exciting personality.