Looking for an easy, low priced way to change the look of a room? Follow this 5 step process for an simple room makeover - for less than $200.
Step One: Set Your Budget
Don’t even think about your room makeover until you make sure how much you can actually spend. If you will be selling anything in the room, add that sum total into your budget.
Here are some basic guidelines for setting your budget: $50 will permit you to re-finish your walls; with $100 you can re-finish your walls and windows, $150 will purchase you new walls, windows, and accessories; and $200 will get you walls, windows, accessories, and small furniture additions.
Step Two: Pick Your Main Piece
This addition will be the ground work for your room makeover. What piece in the room will establish the color scheme and tone of the room? It can be a photo, a chair, draperies, or artwork.
Be certain it is something you love, or something that needs to remain in that room. Choose something with some color in it, or a distinguishing style. You will repeat the colors and patterns throughout the room.
Step Three: Select Your Color Scheme
Now, you want to pick 2 or 3 colors. You desire a primary color which you will use on the walls. This color should allow your furniture to stand out. Then, you need 1 or 2 secondary colors. These can be used with accent pieces such as curtains, rugs, throw pillows, and accessories like candles.
Here is an example: You wish to makeover a den. At the moment, there is a roll top desk, and a large blue chair. The chair has to stay in the room, and the roll top desk is rather plain. So, you pick the chair as your main piece.
Now, the chair is blue, and the carpet is too. So, whatever you do, don’t choose blue as your primary color. In the chair there is a golden brown stripe, and a red stripe. Those are your new colors - the golden brown is your primary color, and the red is your accent color.
Step Four: Plan Your Room
Now the fun begins. The easiest and cheapest thing to vary is wall color. Choose your paint based on your new primary color. Will you paint the whole room or just one wall? Or just the bottom of the walls? If you can’t paint, think about adding a wallpaper border instead. If you paint just the bottom of the wall, use the border at the top of the new paint. If you don’t add any paint, add the border at the top of the wall.
Adding fabric in your accent color is a great and inexpensive way to completely change the look and feel of your room. If your room has a closet door, consider adding drapes instead of the door. Also, add accent pillows if appropriate. If possible, change the curtains and valences to your new accent color.
Finally, pick new accessories. Adding new wall art, candles, planters, boxes, and other accessories in your accent colors will be the finishing touch on your new makeover.
If your budget allows, consider adding some larger accent pieces, like new rugs, plant stands, or end tables. Look for pieces that are in your accent colors, or that have details that support your primary piece.
Step Five: Assemble Your Room
First, move everything out of your room. Now, paint or paper your walls.
While the paint is drying, work on your fabric pieces. Assemble the curtains and decide which furniture gets the accent pillows.
Once the paint is dry, put everything back together. Start by placing your primary piece in the location you choose. Add the rest of the large furniture pieces. Next add rugs and curtains. Finally, add accessories.
Here are the final steps with our den example. You picked golden brown as your primary color, so that becomes your paint color. For accent pieces, you add red curtains, red accent pillows for the chair, and a red rug. Wall art has the golden brown color in a lighter shade. And, you guessed it, red candles and a red picture frame for the desk.
Now your makeover is complete. Sit back and enjoy your new look.
Those who have reservations when it comes to spending for the redecorating of their home should definitely consider getting bamboo roll up blinds as an alternative idea for space accentuation.
