I recently quit my job so I could go back to school. I have next to zero funds. I find myself feeling blah and having no energy at home. Actually, it doesn't even feel like home. I know that this is partly to due to asthetics. Due to that job, which consumed my life for 3 years, I never had time to decorate. I'm too...well, yucky feeling, to be creative anymore. I think I need some ideas to decorate, cheaply, so that my surroundings make me feel a little more ...at home. Then maybe the rest will come. Here's a bit of info about my apartment:
It's very small. small bathroom with no shelves and just a sink with nothing under it, toilet and bath/shower. Only a small mirrored medicine cabinet. White walls, gry/wht floor. Silver towel bars and faucets. Very very small. small bedroom, blue carpet gry/wht panneling on walls. livingroom kitchen only seperated by a low counter. same walls and floor in lroom as bdrm. ktchn & bthrm same floors. please help. pics? details?
2006-12-20 08:26:16 · 5 answers · asked by hollymccartney 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Can you paint in there? Paint is relatively cheap and easy to do and color can brighten up the place a lot! Also small throw pillows add color (you can sew them out of old clothes that don't fit you any more?). curtains are easy to make too, and material doesn't have to cost a lot.
Also, hang up pictures of your loved ones - that always makes a place feel like home!
Good luck to you and SMILE! your place will feel like home in no time.
2006-12-20 08:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by tigerbritches 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to HGTV.com and read some of thier articles also visit TLC.com for more ideas from there you will find other links
for goodness sakes take some time for yourself, hang up some family photos,get a plant or two, use inexspensive material to create curtins,pillows,throws. Have fun on the web sites!
2006-12-20 13:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by memm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two books that you should be able to pick up from www.amazon.com: "Affordable Splendor" by Diana Phipps and "Paint Magic" by Jacosta Innes. Truly inspirational for great decorating on the cheap!
Both books are availble used, quite cheap, so it's not a major investment, but they are certainly creative springboards.
2006-12-20 11:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i for my area am no longer into topic bedrooms, childrens enhance out of them to rapidly. i might choose for superb joyful hues, possibly colors of raspberry or blueberry. Use one wall section to create a chalkboard wall. make useful the chalkboard is a shade darker than the wall. it quite is quite undemanding, in any area. fabric: 3 teaspoons acrylic paint [shade of selection] a million a million/2 teaspoons glazing medium [water based] a million/2 teaspoon powder tile grout a thank you to: mixture at the same time all the components listed above, mixture quite nicely and that's it. you presently have chalkboard paint! you ought to in basic terms mixture as much as you will choose on your undertaking. It does not save nicely, yet may be saved in an air tight container for some hours. After an prolonged volume of time, the paint will start to thicken a splash and grow to be somewhat brittle. efficient tricks: word your paint with a often happening paint brush and permit each and each coat of paint to dry thoroughly, in the past using the subsequent. After each and each coat of paint, gently sand the paint with a 4 hundred grit or bigger grit sandpaper and wipe away any dirt. this might help save your painted floor amazing and gentle. you apart from mght ought to condition your chalkboard, as quickly as you have finished portray. be useful your paint is thoroughly dry. place a splash chalk on the area and rub over the entire chalkboard floor, overlaying the entire section with chalk. utilising a felt textile, wipe off the chalk you in basic terms utilized. With a comparatively damp textile, wipe the chalkboard clean. the infants will like it! additionally, make useful they have a low e book case. This room will inspire them to enhance and learn. As for the flooring, is warmth isn't a controversy, i might use tile, undemanding to scrub and lasts perpetually.
2016-10-15 08:04:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
log on to hgtv.com, lowes.com, house & garden.com or home depot.com. I'm using them, they all have virtual programs so you can try different colors & styles for each room. Very cool! And you can cheat a little by getting high priced paint samples from them & taking them to walmart to match. Works 4 me.
2006-12-20 16:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by barbara m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋