Cheap Bedroom Decorating
Ideas
by Kathy Burns-Millyard
Did you ever wake up one morning, look around your bedroom and want to pull the
cover back over your head? Join the club. Humans are one of the few creatures
that frequently rearrange and re-do their living space. Bedrooms are the most
frequent redecorating candidate. Every so often, for reasons unknown to many, we
look at that cozy nest we carefully created and think "ugh." It's boring, it's
outdated, I'm sick of that color. Grand visions of a totally gutted and
remodeled space may fill your mind, until you look at your bank balance. Don't
be glum! Redecorating doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg!
The quickest way to a new look is a splash of paint. Even if you use the same
color (because you had paint left over), a fresh coat of color reinvigorates the
room, makes it look cleaner, newer. If you've grown tired of your wall color,
choose a new one, drape protective cloths over the furniture and get rolling.
The endorphins pumping through your veins after painting the whole room may just
fire up some other decorating ideas for your bedroom.
One reason a fresh coat of paint reinvents a room is that the different color
gives the space a whole new identity. The same idea applies to your bedding. If
your budget is extremely limited, you might start by adding new pillow shams.
Usually sold as a separate piece from comforters, sheets, or pillowcases, a sham
is a highly decorative pillow covering. When making the bed in the morning, you
slip your covered pillow into the sham-remove the sham at night before you go to
sleep. If you find a great deal on pillow shams, buy a bunch-you can fill them
with plain foam pillows and give your bed a luxurious look by piling them on.
A new comforter or bedspread is another way to redecorate your bedroom
inexpensively. Check local malls for discount linen stores, or browse the
Internet for great deals on beautiful, but cheap comforters and bed skirts.
A simple way to create a coordinated look without spending a lot of money is to
use bed sheets to make window treatments. Often, comforters are sold in "bed
sets," which contain the comforter, as well as a fitted sheet, flat sheet and
pillowcases. Since you sheets will usually be covered by the comforter, you can
use the fitted and flat sheets as material to frame bedroom windows. If you
don't sew, use the special "no-sew" fabric glue sold in craft and fabric stores
to hem a nice edge. In a pinch, you can hold a hem using a hot glue gun.
Decorating or redecorating a bedroom is often a matter of changing one or two
elements. You can have a new look even if you don't feel up to the task of
choosing colors or shopping for the best bedding deal. Sometimes, all that's
needed is to re-arrange the furniture. And if that simple change leads to
others, good for you!
Kathy Burns-Millyard. Visit The Do It Yourself Home Decorating Network -
http://www.diyhomedecorating.com - for more Decorating Ideas, Tips and
Resources.