Moving into your first house is very exciting. You might be purchasing a ready house or a plot of land to build your house as per your choice. You can make decisions on what to buy and how to place your things around your house. However, it is a huge attempt and can also turn out to be very expensive if you are starting from scratch. You can invest in beautiful Villa Plots near electronic city in Bangalore at reasonable prices.
Here are a few tips to help you decorate your house without spending a lot.
Your old stuff
If you have quite some old stuff with you, decide on what is worth keeping and what is unnecessary. Throw away or sell out the unwanted stuff. Keep some necessary furniture, draperies and rugs that might help you decorate your new house. Try to make some inexpensive changes to the old stuff. You can re-upholster an old sofa, change the fabric of the cushions or paint your chairs in a different colour rather than purchasing a new set of furniture.
Buy secondhand furniture
Buying secondhand furniture is not only cheaper but, also gives you an opportunity of getting away with it if you don’t find it interesting or suiting your personal choice after a few months. New furniture will be expensive and you will have to stay with it for years together because you have spent so much on it. Living in your house for a few months, will let you know what furniture is appropriate for you.
Don't buy everything all at once
Buy the most important sets of furniture like the beds, sofas and a few chairs that you need right away. Do not buy everything that you want all at once. Live in your new house for a while before making any significant purchases. Living in it will let you know better of what you really need and what kind of furniture will suit the needs and appearance of your house.
Unify with colours
Just as mentioned earlier, you need not purchase an entire new set of furniture. You can pick up your sofas from a different place and you chairs and tables from another place, where you find them in your budget. All you can do to create a balance is find them in the same colour. Additionally, you can paint the walls of your room in a shade of that similar colour to give it the perfect blend. You can even find drapes and accessories that complement the two different sets of furniture.
Play with contrasts
Home products selling stores will always compel you to buy a whole set of furniture together like a bedroom set with a bed, a cupboard and a dressing table or a hall set with sofas, centre table, dining table, chairs and a television unit. But, don’t do that! It is not necessary to have a whole set of matching furniture. Consider the furniture you already have and try mixing and matching a few elements of the old and new furniture together to create a combination. A little contrast in colours and style is alright! It is more important that your room should have furniture that has correct proportion, scale and balance rather than being a complete set.
Perfect lighting
Install different types of lightings like white tubes, yellow lights and beautiful chandeliers in your rooms. You can use white tubes on a regular basis, yellow lights when you need a calm and peaceful time alone at home. You can light up those chandeliers when you have guests around to create a beautiful effect. Install accent lighting to shine on artwork to add drama and a focal point to a fireplace or over a couch. Perfect lighting is a key to make even a small room look dramatic and bigger.
Artistic accessories
You need not buy magnificent showpieces from the market. You can buy simple and beautiful art frames. You can decorate your rooms with handmade flowers in vases that can be coloured by you. You can create your own artistic accessories with waste materials and hang them in your rooms.
If you have not yet bought a home and are planning to buy one, come to Mahidhara Fortune City. It provides beautifully structured villas near Attibele, Bangalore. If you want to purchase villas in south Bangalore, it offers attractive houses there too.
Here are a few tips to help you decorate your house without spending a lot.
Your old stuff
If you have quite some old stuff with you, decide on what is worth keeping and what is unnecessary. Throw away or sell out the unwanted stuff. Keep some necessary furniture, draperies and rugs that might help you decorate your new house. Try to make some inexpensive changes to the old stuff. You can re-upholster an old sofa, change the fabric of the cushions or paint your chairs in a different colour rather than purchasing a new set of furniture.
Buy secondhand furniture
Buying secondhand furniture is not only cheaper but, also gives you an opportunity of getting away with it if you don’t find it interesting or suiting your personal choice after a few months. New furniture will be expensive and you will have to stay with it for years together because you have spent so much on it. Living in your house for a few months, will let you know what furniture is appropriate for you.
Don't buy everything all at once
Buy the most important sets of furniture like the beds, sofas and a few chairs that you need right away. Do not buy everything that you want all at once. Live in your new house for a while before making any significant purchases. Living in it will let you know better of what you really need and what kind of furniture will suit the needs and appearance of your house.
Unify with colours
Just as mentioned earlier, you need not purchase an entire new set of furniture. You can pick up your sofas from a different place and you chairs and tables from another place, where you find them in your budget. All you can do to create a balance is find them in the same colour. Additionally, you can paint the walls of your room in a shade of that similar colour to give it the perfect blend. You can even find drapes and accessories that complement the two different sets of furniture.
Play with contrasts
Home products selling stores will always compel you to buy a whole set of furniture together like a bedroom set with a bed, a cupboard and a dressing table or a hall set with sofas, centre table, dining table, chairs and a television unit. But, don’t do that! It is not necessary to have a whole set of matching furniture. Consider the furniture you already have and try mixing and matching a few elements of the old and new furniture together to create a combination. A little contrast in colours and style is alright! It is more important that your room should have furniture that has correct proportion, scale and balance rather than being a complete set.
Perfect lighting
Install different types of lightings like white tubes, yellow lights and beautiful chandeliers in your rooms. You can use white tubes on a regular basis, yellow lights when you need a calm and peaceful time alone at home. You can light up those chandeliers when you have guests around to create a beautiful effect. Install accent lighting to shine on artwork to add drama and a focal point to a fireplace or over a couch. Perfect lighting is a key to make even a small room look dramatic and bigger.
Artistic accessories
You need not buy magnificent showpieces from the market. You can buy simple and beautiful art frames. You can decorate your rooms with handmade flowers in vases that can be coloured by you. You can create your own artistic accessories with waste materials and hang them in your rooms.
If you have not yet bought a home and are planning to buy one, come to Mahidhara Fortune City. It provides beautifully structured villas near Attibele, Bangalore. If you want to purchase villas in south Bangalore, it offers attractive houses there too.