Tips for Redecorating Inexpensively in the Home
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When most people get tired of how their home looks they move the furniture around. But, after a while the furniture has been moved so much their dog is confused about where to sit (the sofa is a no-no). Before long, there is nowhere else to move the furniture, but there is a solution. Upgrading your home’s look need not be expensive. Here are a few low cost tips for redecorating inexpensively.
Redecorating Inexpensively: Choose Your Look
Most people either want their personality to be evident in each room or they want to give each room its own personality. Here are some room-changing choices you can do to give your home a new look:
1. Colors affect our moods and how we feel in a room
Color psychology tells us that colors affect each of us in ways we might not expect. However, each color does not have the same effect on each of us. How we respond to a color is a composite of many factors:
- The experiences we had in childhood with that color
- Our culture’s use of and valuation of that color
- Our own personal preferences
- Where and in what manner the color is used
According to color psychology tells us, colors affect most of us in the following ways:
- Red emits warmth, power and passion and it entices people in, enveloping them into its warmth
- Orange offers energy and inventiveness and is used selectively in small areas because it can be overpowering
- Yellow is the happy-go-lucky color and it is filled with calm, peace, and inspiration
- Green and brown are grounding colors because they connect us with the earth and inspire relaxation
- Blue is the color of purity and tranquility and can sooth you
- Purple is the sophisticate of the group, appearing formal and upright
- Gray is a serene color when used in lighter shades, but can be a bit depressing used in darker shades when not offset by lighter colors
- Black, as it is the presence of all colors, is the color of power
- White, as the absence of all colors, implies purity and needs to be used sparingly as it can be quite overwhelming
Different hues of these colors impart subtly different feelings. A great use of a bold color hue is to use it to paint one accent wall in a room and make it a focal point. It can even be used to bring out the color in your furniture. Accessorize with the same color for a stunning effect.
2. Patterns can liven up a room
An exciting design choice that is popular now is the use of geometric patterns to create a personality for the room. There are wonderful geometric patterns in an extensive variety of symmetrical and uniform patterns using squares, pyramids, triangles, cubes, straight lines, polygons, ellipses, rectangles and circles.
Decorating with geometric patterns gives a room a bold look and can brighten up rooms and areas that do not have a lot of natural light coming in such a hallways. Geometric patterns are a great choice for children’s playrooms.
When using geometric patterns in a room, be careful not to use too many of them or patterns that are discordant with each other. You will know when this occurs because you will feel disturbed or upset as if your emotions were on edge when you enter the room. When using geometric patterns, it is good to stick with one bold shape and solid color accessories.
For just a little bit of money, you can redecorate your whole house with these redecorating inexpensively tips.
