Budget Friendly Home Refresh: 10 Tips for Smart Spending on Home Furnishings

If your aspirations for giving your home a makeover are high, but your interior design budget is a little more modest, you’ll be keen to find practical ideas for sprucing up rooms without overspending. Our ten tips for smart spending on home furnishings will help you refresh a room with clever purchases and décor tweaks that breathe new life into your home.

Add a touch of greenery. Potted plants provide a peaceful ambience to the home, with faux plants offering the ideal no-maintenance route to botanical beauty. Place a new plant on your coffee table or choose a trailing variety to drape from a shelf, adding whimsical verdant interest.

Declutter with smart storage solutions. In some homes, the simplest way to refresh is to cut back on the clutter. Stow away items in living rooms and children’s bedrooms with handy baskets or add stylish storage with modern shelving.

Purchase pieces to rotate. If you’re always itching to restyle your home, buy attractive decorative items to rotate from room to room. Choose neutral pieces that will work in any design scheme, and enjoy moving them from room to room to prevent the look from feeling stale.

Change up your lighting. Never underestimate the power lighting has within interior design. From new lamp shades to the addition of a contemporary corner lamp, a change of lighting can shift the whole mood of a room without breaking the budget. 

Curate a statement wall. Add character and colour without repainting or wallpapering walls by styling a feature wall in your room. In the living room, you can opt for bold wall art; in a bedroom, play with the light by curating a wall of mirrors. 

Hang new window treatments. Reframe your windows with new curtains or blinds to experience a cost-effective revamp to the aesthetic of your room. Accentuate natural light with floaty curtains or swap from drapery to blinds to bring new minimalist energy. 

Save with soft furnishings. From tactile textures to eye-catching colour pops, purchasing new throw pillows and blankets can revive a room, update its seating, and avoid the need to splash out on new furniture. 

Update with a new rug. Fall in love with a new rug and use it to transform a space in your home. Pick up on its colours or design themes with matching soft furnishings, changing the vibe of your room in a wonderfully cost-effective manner. 

Dressings to brighten a bedroom. As the focal point in a bedroom, the bed is the perfect place to make a design statement. Crisp new linens, a bold print and plenty of new textures and tones with shams and throws can easily elevate your bedroom. 

Investment pieces. When refreshing a room, spend wisely by investing in practical pieces that bring you joy and can serve as a draw to the eye in the room. From a gorgeous new sofa to a sumptuous headboard, just one mindful purchase can work magic on a room.