Simple Summer Decorating Tips For Every Budget
Summer is here and that means more daylight hours, more time to spend outdoors, and maybe more house guests and entertaining? If you are thinking about giving your home a summer facelift but aren’t sure where to start, I’ve compiled some great decorating tips that will make your home look better than ever. Even if you are not a major DIY enthusiast home design doesn’t have to be complicated or even difficult. Your place can look great with the help of some simple decorating tips, and without breaking the bank. Sounds good to me, lets get started!
Make A Rustic Chandelier, Or Go Modern, You Choose
With the popularity of single bulb light fixtures, as well as a large selection of great-looking shaped light bulbs, one can easily make a statement over a table for a relatively small investment. This concept requires three single bulbs with long chords, a beautiful branch, or even a sleek metal bar. For this project, simply wrap the chords around the branch or the bar, splice them together at the top, and voila, you have an amazing light fixture.
You can vary the height of the bulbs according to how many times you wrap them around the branch or bar, and this is something you can change on a whim, a really fun and practical aspect of this project.
Make Your Own Kitchen Shelves
Open kitchen shelves are a great way to give your kitchen style, and as an alternative to upper cabinets, they give the allusion of more space. Open shelves are a great way to display your favorite pieces of pottery, a cookbook collection, an array of houseplants, or even some antique kitchen ware. All you need for this project is shelf brackets and wooden shelves in the dimensions that work for your kitchen. Of course you’ll need a drill and a level, and someone who knows how to use these tools, but other than that this is a simple DIY project that makes a great impact. You can go for black brackets and dark wood, or even choose white shelves and white brackets for a very minimal look. Take note here that the black brackets work as they echo the black faucet, so if you choose black brackets make sure you have other black elements in the kitchen, and even something as small as round black knobs will work.
Add-On Kitchen Project: Organize Your Spices
Since we are talking about the kitchen organizing your spices is a great way to give your kitchen a clean look as we often end up with a drawer of mixed spices in different containers which spells mess, yikes. Why not buy some empty containers in the same size and then use a label maker or stickers to label them correctly. No matter where you choose to keep your new set of spices, they’ll be looking great.
De-Clutter And Choose A Very Simple Color Palette
Doesn’t this minimal space look amazing and fresh, perfect for summer! The success of this space is its ranges of textures plus a very limited color palette, which is simply blond wood, chrome and white. Simple gauze curtains and a white shag rug give the feeling of comfort, and the addition of the (faux) plants gives the space some life. Do keep in mind that these particular plants are silvery green, which is a very different look than bright green plants, just sayin’.
Make a Rolling Vanity
Speaking of de-cluttering, makeup, hair supplies, and more can be a huge eye sore, so why not make your own rolling vanity that can be kept in your closet or out of sight? Many crafts and home stores sell small bar carts that have 2-3 tiers. While these may be designed for drinks, they’re actually great for storing beauty products, and other supplies. Projects like this one and more, can be found at Decor Facil where you’ll learn how to easily upgrade your home, even if you’re not naturally creative.
Make Your Own Wall Art
Eclectic wall art is all the rage, so pick up a few frames and fill them with simple paintings, a photograph that you love, a phrase that motivates you or even a small piece of fabric or vintage label of some kind. There is no limit to the creativity you can exercise with this project, by varying the sizes of the frames and the visual density of the artwork you choose. A minimal black and white phrase looks great when paired with a colorful illustration, or stick to one color palette for all of your art work and you can’t go wrong.
Upgrade Your Drawers, Or Even Paint Them
If your chest of drawers or cabinets seem tired, then the quickest upgrade you can do is to add new drawer pulls. This is a simple and inexpensive choice, and will breathe new life into your furniture. Black or gold drawer pulls look elegant and on-trend, while drawer pulls that match the color of the furniture can also look clean and understated. In addition a coat of paint can change the look of your furniture piece entirely, so while a bit more effort, it may be worth it!
Even if you’re not particularly decor-minded, you can still enjoy using your creativity to get your home looking better than ever. These projects are a great starting point, and once you start making small changes you’ll realize how effortlessly you can upgrade your home, so enjoy the process!
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patrick
Amazing work