Revitalise your home with affordable decorative tips

Transforming a space doesn’t have to be costly, small changes can make a difference to the look and feel of your home. You can achieve a fresh look through affordable updates like painting, decluttering, rearranging furniture, and adding stylish accessories. 

If you are looking for a change, here are some helpful ideas: 

Give your door a personality 

A newly painted front door can dramatically change the look of your home. The best colour for a door depends on the style of different house designs and the colour of your exterior paint. As a guide, traditional homes generally suit high gloss finishes such as rich red or navy, while modern homes suit more contemporary shades such as warm greys, smoky lilac and teal.

Small changes make a difference 

Newly painted shutters, window frames and trim can make a huge difference to how your exterior looks and feels. You can use leftover exterior paint colours from a previous project to give your window frames and trims a fresh look. You can also revive your old pot plants with a fresh coat of paint. 

Choose simple colours 

A colour palette of two or three hues will help you achieve a polished look without overdoing it. “A sleek monochrome colour scheme is a great way to add drama without blowing the budget – and makes it easy for you to add colourful decor accents through accessories’’, advises Palesa Ramaisa, Dulux Colour Expert

Cue the colourful accents 

Add a bold pick-me-up with soft furnishings in vibrant paint colours and modern prints like stripes and florals. A pop of colour adds a distinctive touch to a space – that could be a vibrant rug in a neutral-toned room, a bold-coloured chair in a room with a muted colour scheme or artwork with a contrasting colour palette.  

Give your outdoor furniture some love 

A good interior/exterior varnish, like Dulux Woodgard Timber Varnish, fortifies wood against wind, sun, and rain. Refreshing your furniture with a new coat of paint every two to three years, will help strengthen the timber, reducing the likelihood of replacing it with new furniture. And, as a bonus, you’ll always have a colourful backdrop for outdoor festivities. 

A small tweak here and there could uplift the look and feel of your home without spending a lot of money. Identify small things you can change in your home by just reviving and adding a bit of colour to transform it to a space you will enjoy spending time in. 

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