Cheap Bedroom Decorating Ideas
by Kathy Burns-Millyard
Description: Bedroom decorating ideas that will fit your budget.
Did you ever wake up one morning, look around your bedroom and want to
pull the cover back over your head? Join the club. Humans are one of
the few creatures that frequently rearrange and re-do their living
space. Bedrooms are the most frequent redecorating candidate. Every so
often, for reasons unknown to many, we look at that cozy nest we
carefully created and think "ugh." It's boring, it's outdated, I'm
sick of that color. Grand visions of a totally gutted and remodeled
space may fill your mind, until you look at your bank balance. Don't
be glum! Redecorating doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg!
The quickest way to a new look is a splash of paint. Even if you use
the same color (because you had paint left over), a fresh coat of
color reinvigorates the room, makes it look cleaner, newer. If you've
grown tired of your wall color, choose a new one, drape protective
cloths over the furniture and get rolling. The endorphins pumping
through your veins after painting the whole room may just fire up some
other decorating ideas for your bedroom.
One reason a fresh coat of paint reinvents a room is that the
different color gives the space a whole new identity. The same idea
applies to your bedding. If your budget is extremely limited, you
might start by adding new pillow shams. Usually sold as a separate
piece from comforters, sheets, or pillowcases, a sham is a highly
decorative pillow covering. When making the bed in the morning, you
slip your covered pillow into the sham-remove the sham at night before
you go to sleep. If you find a great deal on pillow shams, buy a
bunch-you can fill them with plain foam pillows and give your bed a
luxurious look by piling them on.
A new comforter or bedspread is another way to redecorate your bedroom
inexpensively. Check local malls for discount linen stores, or browse
the Internet for great deals on beautiful, but cheap comforters and
bed skirts.
A simple way to create a coordinated look without spending a lot of
money is to use bed sheets to make window treatments. Often,
comforters are sold in "bed sets," which contain the comforter, as
well as a fitted sheet, flat sheet and pillowcases. Since you sheets
will usually be covered by the comforter, you can use the fitted and
flat sheets as material to frame bedroom windows. If you don't sew,
use the special "no-sew" fabric glue sold in craft and fabric stores
to hem a nice edge. In a pinch, you can hold a hem using a hot glue gun.
Decorating or redecorating a bedroom is often a matter of changing one
or two elements. You can have a new look even if you don't feel up to
the task of choosing colors or shopping for the best bedding deal.
Sometimes, all that's needed is to re-arrange the furniture. And if
that simple change leads to others, good for you!
Additional information, resources, and updates for this article can be
found at:
http://www.diyhomedecorating.com/articles/2005-10/200/cheap-bedroom-decorating-ideas/
© 2005, Kathy Burns-Millyard. Visit The Do It Yourself Home
Decorating Network - http://www.diyhomedecorating.com - for more Decorating Ideas, Tips and
Resources.
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