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5 Simple Ways To Give Your Home A New Look

by Rebecca Siggers

By Rebecca SiggersPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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5 Simple Ways To Give Your Home A New Look
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Every year, our homes look for a design update. Limited budget and lack of ideas might dampen a home revamp job. Getting a fresh look for a home is easy, provided you narrow down the areas that need a facelift.

Here are some exciting ideas to make your living space look visually stimulating and on-trend. These interior makeover methods can tackle your space redefinition well.

Look Into Lighting

When dressing up a home, most concentration goes into the decoration aspect. Lighting is one task that may escape attention in overall decor planning. Lighting choices are gaining versatility with several ceiling lights, recessed lights, table lamps, torchiere lamps, and chandeliers.

Use dramatic lighting to make rooms look more luxurious. Expensive items like chandeliers bought from flea markets are a good choice. Setting up Venetian Blinds adds contrasting effect and a sense of volume to the rooms. Dress up your lounge area and bedroom with fragrant candles to get a new definition of lighting.

Make The Front Door Look Colorful

The door of a house is an entrance to the world of imagination. Simple-looking doors put up a non-appealing appearance. Paint the doors in bright colors to attract attention and create a mood. While choosing colorful doors for the home, select a shade that doesn’t fade out in rains or sunshine. There is a variety in front door colors to dress up your home and inspire you. Avoid black for the pessimistic look it may bring to the garage.

The entryway is most often overlooked. Spruce it up by putting on a quirky doormat or an air-purifying plant. It will make the look more polished and inviting.

Freshen Up Your Existing Garage Door

Why Has My Garage Door Come Off Track? A garage door design is often a neglected point at the time of fabrication and installation. It reflects the architectural value of your home. So, it should not have any inconsistent elements. Complement your garage door with your home exterior through suitable color coordinates. Assess the safety features of the garage door like side-hinged or roller doors. Monitor the design aspects such as Mediterranean style door or doors with windows as per your need.

Convert the blank walls of the inside garage by creating a gallery wall. Dress it up with your favorite snaps of family and friends or plain graffiti to add a fresh look to the garage space.

Furniture And Furnishing Items Are A High Point

When buying furniture, pay attention to the weight of fixtures. Well-constructed and lightweight materials in sofas and beds save your repair costs. Choose new curtains if they have faded out. Add a funky carpet to boost the living energy of your space. Make a shift from boring mirrors on the wall into stylish and decorative ones. Revamp bare walls of the house by hanging pretty pictures of Buddha, Zen, or anything abstract.

The main furniture should be classic and of good taste and neutral. Invest in sectional sofas (expandable) to add value to a lounge area. Try to go for bold colors to add an element of pop to the neutral furniture. Graphic pillows or an area-specific rug are good options to spice up the décor of the living room.

Clean Up The Disorder

Storing excess baggage is an unhealthy habit. The house gets cluttered with old things that have outgrown their life. Unused hoses, old clothes, shabby garden equipment reduce the exterior of a house into a dump.

Install floating wall shelves in your garage to reduce the ugly sight of things that have no value. While doing so, give your garage a thorough clean up. Use the same cleaning principle for interiors. Discard the newspapers, non-functioning electronic items, torn off clothes, and bedsheets. It will help generate positive vibes and a good ambiance in the house.

Smartening Effects For Your Home

Here are some more ways to improve upon your home décor:

Accessories add extra zing to the living space. Place items of potpourri in rooms for a creative and artistic touch. Restyle a bookshelf or color coordinate your books.

Dedicate some time to landscaping. Trim trees, plant flowers, cultivate bushes to add a ‘green effect’ to your exteriors.

Enhance the neutral-looking windows by adding a tassel or decorative trim to plain curtain covers.

Replace outdated bathroom fixtures like doorknobs, faucets, shower curtains, and rack with designer fixtures and accents. A coat of paint on your bathroom door and inside walls can perk up bathing ritual.

Cushions and pillows give a meaningful look. Mix and play with cushion patterns and colors to change the room’s appearance to chic and polished.

Conclusion

Make living art, not a habit. Stress upon a decluttered interior and exterior. Landscape the greens, not just emphasize sand and concrete. Introduce minimalistic décor items in wide spaces. Allow the warm effect of sunlight to drench the hidden corners of your lavish house. It is then that your living space will redefine the standards of dwelling.

Author Bio

Rebecca Siggers is an Interior Designer and plants enthusiast by passion. She often shares great article on living and lifestyle, she also has vast knowledge on Garage Door Repair Services.

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