3 Game Changers to Update Your Interiors in Less Than 48 Hours
If you’ve lived in your house for three to five years with the same interior décor, you might feel like the walls are closing in on you. You like the overall style of your house, but it feels tired and you’re getting bored—day in and day out—with the same look.
You wish you could move …like right now. But, you know you’re not ready. You’d love the budget to go buck wild and renovate (the entire house) like you committed to signing up for a home makeover show.
Wake up. Reality is knocking at the door. You’re not about to sell your house and stage it. You’re comfortable with a decent amount set aside for your home décor, but it hardly covers an impressive HGTV-style budget.
On top of that, you’re handy enough to update and style your interiors, but it’d be nice to snap your fingers and have the house look amazing when you’ve barely got the energy to lift your 10-lb. Chihuahua mix.
What can you do in a short time to save your sanity, your dollars and still create a beautiful home?
Transforming your house doesn’t have to take a year… or a lifetime.
Within 12 hours…
Give your house the look it deserves with new light fixtures or the table lamps you were looking at last month. A simple update of an original ceiling light or tired table lamps have the power to change the mood and character in your room. From traditional to quirky to modern, you can find a chandelier or a table lamp at shops like World Market or try a local light company, like Peterson Lighting in Long Beach or McNally Electric & Lighting in Los Alamitos.
Within 24 hours…
You cannot go wrong with a throw pillow purchase. Pillows are so much more than items for practical use like comfort. Choose a mix of color, pattern and texture in your throw pillows. Also, go for the luxury size of 18” or 20” pillows. Once you place them on a sofa or an accent chair, you can set a renewed tone and character of the space for less than $100.00. Need more choices than you can find at the local home store? You’ll find a great selection of throw pillows at Wayfair.com, and Society6.com has an huge variety of interesting styles, too.
Within 48 hours…
Paint can be a house saver. It’s the best investment for perking up a dull interior within a day or two. Of course, that depends on the room size, the tools you’re working with and your energy level. If you’re not planning to drop a bunch of Benjamins for a pro painting service, you can have a renewed space in one weekend for less than the cost of an outing with the kids and hubby at the movies.
Sherwin Williams offers a ColorSnap Visualizer on the web if working from your PC and an app for most smartphones to help you with your inspiration.
Go on. Pick a color that inspires you and your significant other. Think of how great that’ll be for the relationship…with your house.
No matter what you try, do something to spice up the style in your house. The investment is worth you feeling great about where you live.