Don’t Let Decorating a Living Room be Overwhelming: Interior Decorating Ideas

In this day and age of a lackluster economy with layoffs and downsizes, decorating a living room may be a little overwhelming. With a little ingenuity, there are many decorating ideas on a budget available to spruce up your living room. When money is tight, it is easy to put off decorating a room. Your living room is the room that most people see first, and where they will spend most of the time. It should reflect your personality and make you and your friends feel comfortable.

Painting the Walls for a Starter

There are many things that you can do when you think about starting to paint a living room. You can add a chair rail and paint the space above and below it in two different shades of the same color. Another option is painting one wall with a bold striking accent color. Another option is to paint border designs with stencils.  These can provide a beautiful personalized accent to your room with the stencils available in most anything imaginable. Image http://www.hennydonovanmotif.co.uk/magnolia.htm )

More Inexpensive Decorating Tips for Living Rooms

• Adding throw pillows. These can be purchased cheaply at area flea markets. If you are handy with a sewing machine, using antique tea towels add a charming look.
• Tips for decorating with pictures: Buying antique picture frames at garage sales, flea markets or even on EBay and repainting them to match your decor. If they are very pretty decorated frames, it isn’t necessary to add anything inside the frames. (Image http://www.countryliving.com/homes/how-to-get-the-look/budget-decorating-makeover-0109 )
• Adding fabric can add color and texture to your living area. Add throws to the sofa, and adding an accent fabric piece stretched in a picture frame. Cover existing lamp shades with contrasting fabric.
• For your favorite couch that may look a little dingy, add a fitted slip cover. It will appear as though you have spent hundreds on a new couch for a fraction of the cost.

Decor Design Ideas

Adding candles to your tabletops provides a beautiful addition to your room decor in addition to being appealing to your sense of smell. Flowers, both dried and fresh, will infuse a beautiful color accent. Adding a tabletop fountain to your interior decor will provide a calming, peaceful addition to your living room. These indoor fountains also act as a natural humidifier.  Fountains Everywhere tabletop fountains can be purchased for under $35 to soothe your senses and provide a sense of well being.

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Nancy Clark                                 

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