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A Guide to Making Your Home Stylish

8 December 2022 by Eileen

Between work, extracurricular activities, and hanging out with friends, finding the time required to make your home stylish can be challenging. Luckily, there are so many ways you can go about making renovation projects chic without having to put in too many hours outside of your typical schedule. In this guide, we’ll cover everything from small interior design improvements you can make today that will enhance the look and feel of your home to more intensive renovations that will require a significant amount of time and money.

A Guide to Making Your Home Stylish The Best Renovations You Can

Add a Pop of Colour

Before you start tackling serious renovations requiring a contractor, it’s a good idea to add a pop of colour to the walls, furniture, and other areas of your home. A little bit of colour can help to create a more cheerful atmosphere in your home. However, be careful with your chosen color: it should be beautiful and functional. Bright, primary colors like red, orange, yellow, and blue are often used as accent colors. Neutral colors, like brown, grey, beige, and white, are often used as base colors for painting because they go with just about any decor. When picking a color for the walls, be careful not to choose a color similar to the carpet or furnishings in the room: if the walls and the furnishings are a similar color, the room will feel too crowded.

Update Lighting and Walls

Lighting can make a huge difference in an interior space. If you have rooms in your home that you don’t use very often, try switching out the lights to make the room feel more spacious and open. If you have a room you use frequently, it may be a good idea to change the lighting to help make the space feel more comfortable. You can also change the lighting in a room to give it a more modern feel. For example, you can install recessed lighting or lamps with a warmer, low-wavelength light or change out some overhead lighting with more modern fixtures. Another simple way to update the lighting in your home is to change out the bulbs in your existing fixtures. Also, freshening up your walls with different colours can be a great way to breathe new life into your home, especially in children’s bedrooms.

Install Boho Chic Decor

Boho chic is a modern take on traditional art and decor. Boho chic combines natural materials, Asian influences, and Indian designs. You can find boho decor at your local ethnic store or online. Boho-inspired decor items include art, wall art, decorative pillows, curtains, furniture, bedding, and flooring. You can use Boho chic decor items to give your home a more sophisticated look. Boho-inspired curtains can transform a room with one easy, inexpensive purchase, and flooring can help create a more inviting atmosphere in a room by adding a natural tone that’s not too busy. You can also use boho chic decor items to fill in some of the blank spaces in your home’s décor.

Surround Yourself With Experts In The Field

The home is the place where we spend most of our time. And yet, when it comes to designing your living space, it is easy to fall for a common pitfall: using a do-it-yourself approach. If you are not an expert in home renovations, design, or upgrades, you may end up spending more than you wanted to and being unsatisfied with the results.

So, if you are looking for a surefire way to create an even more stylish home, consider working with specialists in kitchen makeovers, interior designers, architects, and constructors.

Install Modern Furniture

If your home is a little old-school, consider installing modern furniture. Modern furniture, categorized as mid-century modern and post-modern, is characterized by clean lines, structured shapes, and an emphasis on functionality over aesthetics. You can find contemporary furniture at your local furniture store or online. Modern furniture items, like couches, chairs, desks, tables, lamps, and mirrors, can create a more modern look in your home.

Update Your Windows

Windows are one of the most important parts of your home’s exterior. They help bring natural sunlight to your home, which will help brighten up your interior space. Additionally, they can help create a more aesthetically pleasing look in your home. For example, you can install faux stained glass, which will help add colour and texture to your windows, or patterned glass, which will help break up the look of your windows. Another way to update your windows is to replace old ones with new, more modern ones, like mock sash windows. Also, installing shutters can block the sun from entering your home during the day while allowing light to come in at night.

Conclusion

Renovations are a great way to make your home stylish and modern, but they can be time-consuming and expensive. It is possible to make small interior design improvements without using a contractor and spending a lot of money. For example, you can add a pop of color to walls, switch out lighting, and install new windows. These small renovations will greatly impact your home without requiring too much time or money.

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