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Decorating your home doesn't have to break your bank account. It is perfectly fine to decorate with unoriginal works of art (aka replicas). Who says that a well decorated home has to follow one idea or theme? Many families find that using more than one color scheme is a great idea. Many families manage to decorate their homes cheaply and beautifully. It is possible to decorate your home from top to bottom without having to spend more money than you want to. Creating a beautiful home is no longer the realm of paid decorators. You can decorate your home without spending tons of money if you follow our advice.

Thrift stores can be quite helpful. Shopping at thrift stores and other types of used stores or second hand stores can really help you not spend tons of money when you decorate your home. You can find lots of decorations and other items to use in your decorating scheme, you just have to learn to recognize them. With some time and effort just about anything you find in a thrift store can be turned into something decorative. Even the loud patterned clothing can be taken apart so that the fabric can be used for other things. The best donated items can be found in bigger cities or wealthy neighborhoods.

You don't have to fill up every inch of decorating space in your home. If you shove decorations into every millimeter of available space you can make your house feel messy even when it's clean! Don't overcrowd the pieces you really love.

Limit yourself to a few pieces here and there. Many people find it easier to live in a home that is not overly decorated. It is hard to sit and enjoy your dcor when you have too much of it to look at. Leaving empty space when you decorate is a good idea. Any good artist can tell you that the first thing any artist learns is to not be afraid of "white" space.

If you love to display photographs, you can find plenty of open source images through stock photo websites and community sites like Flickr. Most of the artists who load their work into sites like Flickr do so with the hopes that it will be used by people like you who need affordable art so you can save the photos and and then print the ones you like the best. Filling your home with wonderful photography doesn't have to be difficult if you know where to look for it. You could even do this with your own photos. Finding affordable software that you can use to edit and enhance your photos is easy. You can have a lot of fun and save yourself lots of money by editing your own photos.

The key to decorating your home is to keep yourself in check. Just because a piece of art is expensive doesn't mean that it is better than something else. Don't get too excited over buying expensive stuff. Keep your existing decorating scheme in your mind while you look for new pieces. Your home is probably already filled with items you love but that you've stopped seeing. Be creative! You never know when that old watering can can be used as a great centerpiece for a side table! Take your time to consider your options and then ask yourself "is there a cheaper way to get the same effect?"

Decorating Ideas That Save Money

By: Joao Perez




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