Changing A Room Without Changing Your Style

I'm looking to change my living room around to do something different but I don't want to repaint or spend a lot of money. What can I do?

Everyone wants to refresh a room from time to time for a new feel or to make it more reminiscent of a location that they have recently visited. This is also a task that many people see as being time consuming and costly, but fear not it doesn't have to be. You can make a few cosmetic changes to a room to make it look completely different without breaking your budget.

First think specifically about things you want to change and then narrow that list down to just three items. This way you won't be overwhelmed by changing everything at once and also it will give you time to adjust to the changes that you are making as you go along. It would be terrible if you changed everything about your living room only to find parts 6 and 7 don't fit parts 2 and 3 and you have to change everything again. Here are some things that you can do:

1) Make sure you are really ready to change the room and not just thinking about it for the moment. Remember you will have to look and live with it for awhile.

2) Choose a paint color for your wall in a different color family. This is the quickest way to change a room from introverted to inviting. Often times the paint color of a room makes you feel a certain way like a light blue can make you feel serene whereas a deep red evokes energy and passion or liveliness in a space.

3) Accents are often the bests and most cost effective way of making a change. Adding decorative pillows to your couch or getting some rustic decor pieces can make all the difference.

4) Moving the furniture is also a way to mix up a room for a different feel. Though it may not seem connected that moving an arm chair from one end to the over opens a room, but it does by offering a new traffic pattern and view of the same room. Instead of having your couch line the wall move it to the center of the room and bring in a table to add some new flavor.

Whatever you wind up doing just make sure that its something that speaks true to you. You don't want to go over budget or spend beau coup bucks and end of not liking the final product. Check out  home section of your local Marshalls, Michaels or Target for some great inexpensive finds. Shop the end of the middle to end of every season hen things are deeply discounted to make room for new inventory.