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I need Decorating Ideas for my House….Please help!!?

Ok you all, I am a Decorating Dummy!! I need some tips for adding spice to my apt…I have all white walls, cream carpet. My living room Sofa is Hunter Green with a matching chair, I have 2 Cherry wood end tables, a black 32 inch TV on a matching stand…that is it…I need help!! The kitchen is plain and so is the bathroom!!

Walmart is the best ever! You can decorate your entire apt for less than 100 USD if you really work at hit. OK – bear with me. First, pictures on the walls.

Walmart sometimes sells prints and frames for under 3 dollars. They come in two sizes and any variety of pictures. I recently picked up a series of Ansel Admas black and whites for my living room. They are just printed posters on a piece of card board with plastic wrap around them. If you don’t remove the plastic wrap you don’t have to buy glass frames. Just plain wood frames. THey look really nice too.

If you have a good printer, find some pics you dig online, print them off, and frame them. Hang them anyway that pleases you. Remember, black and white is hot too.

Plants are really nice. Walmart garden center offers plants that are good indoors and don’t take much to take care of. Palms do really well indoors as long as it is near a window. They stand about 3 feet high or so. Flowering potted plants are great too. They add color without effort. Palms cost about $15 and flowers anywhere from 2-8

Walmart also has a great selection of art deco and modern candle holders, candelabras, and wall sconces for candles. They are less than 15 dollars in most case with the candles (coming in any variety of colors) costing approx 1-20 USD.

If you want more of personal touch to your art, grab a multipicture frame. It should have a place for four or five photos. Go to the greeting card section and pick out card you really like. Preferably ones without whole bunchs of words, unless you like what the card says. Tape the cards to the photo mat however you would like and voila instant and simple art.

If you can’t paint because it is an apartment you can give the illusion of paint. Pick one wall to be a focus wall. Buy a few yards of cheap twill fabric. Using penny tack nails (also available at Walmart for less then a buck) you can nail it near the ceiling line and floor line. YOu can either get white and paint this with any pattern or design you like or get a solid or even a print if you can find one you like. This adds color and texture to your place. I recommend using the wall behind where your couch sits for this. This way you aren’t staring at it while you are trying to watch TV.

As far as your kitchen goes. It is amazing what hanging your utensils on the wall does for the kitchen. Buy a few hooks or nails and hang your utensils on the wall. It is cheap and gives the kitchen a very chef feel. Investing in new hardware will virtually transform your kitchen. Make you sure you buy the same type and size. If you have bar handles then knobs won’t work. If you aren’t allowed to change your apartment make sure you keep the old handles and put them back when you move out.

Floor coverings are a good way to really change the feel of the space. They don’t have to be fancy persian rugs to help out. Target has a better selection of rugs but they can be kind of pricey.

Mirrors on the wall will make the apartment feel bigger and take up negative space on the walls.
Ok – I think I’ve yapped enough. I hope this gave you some good ideas. Sorry there isn’t much visual aid here.

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