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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

10 Easy and Cheap Ways to Enhance You Apartment

Do you want to spiff up your apartment without spending a lot of money or breaking any rules? Here are a few clever ideas for renters.
  1.  Accent Wall- Most places don’t want you to paint the walls unless you paint them back to the color they were, before you move out, but a quick make over tip is to just paint one wall to make the room pop. It will bring life into the room, and won’t be difficult to paint back if you have to move out.
  2.   Lighting- lighting and lamps can give the room a modern feel. Head down to IKEA or even Home Goods to pick up a lamp to spruce up a room.
  3.   Pillows- Use pillows on your couch to give your room some more color and pop. If you pick a cool design or pattern you can change the whole feel of the room.
  4.  Window treatments- Putting curtains on the windows can provide both a splash of color and make a drab room happier. Try Anna’s Linens or a Bed Bath and Beyond store.
  5.   Tapestry- You can use the 3M sticky tape to hang up a piece of fabric to a whole wall and give it a wall paper feel without spending a lot of money and without damaging the wall.
  6. Rugs- rugs can give a whole new feel to your place. Choose one that will complement the rest of the décor in your room, but remember light rugs will show more wear and dirt then dark rugs.
  7.  Glass wear- See-through things that allow light to flow through them make a space look beautiful. You can tie thick silk ribbons to ordinary drinking glasses and turn them into beautiful small vases. Save your wine bottles (or apple cider bottles) and display them in a cluster on window sills or your living room table. Beautiful glass jars like the honey bear ones are also beautiful to display.
  8.  Plants- Greenery and flowers have a calming and uplifting feeling on people. It makes the room feel alive. It’s best if you can use live plants, but if that gets too expensive or hard to upkeep then silk fake flowers and plants work fine. Tree branches give a very modern feel to a room and look great in glass vases.
  9.  Posters- You can buy cheap posters of famous art work and images in stores and on the internet. If you use blue painters tape to hang them, then they will not damage the wall, and make bare walls pop
  10.   Vinyl decals- They are becoming a very popular way to decorate a room without damaging the walls. You can find them at most home stores and even Target. They have many designs that will also help cover some bare space on your walls.

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