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Affordable Decorating Ideas

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Here are some clever decorating ideas to freshen up your beach house
without blowing the budget!




1. Give it a lick paint.
Breathe new life into a tired or unwanted piece of furniture by giving it a lick
of paint in white or a splash of colour.




2. Give an outdated lamp a top-down makeover. 
A stylish white drum shade can modernise any old lamp base.




3. The $2 secret to beautifully stocked bookshelves: 
Scour thrift stores, garage sales and op shops for hardbacks
for a fraction of the cost of a new book
then arrange them by color for extra pizzazz.




4. Empty frames offer endless potential. 
It's easy to score these castoffs at junk shops for next to nothing.
 A coat of paint and an interesting display and suddenly they become a showpiece!




5. Group dime-a-dozen accessories for major impact. 
A single item won't have much 'wow factor' 
but a whole collection of similar ones makes a big statement.




6. Shop vintage and second hand. 
Think outside the square and hunt around for vintage pieces, antique bargains and second hand dealers for pre-loved furniture with character than can be
painted, refinished, reupholstered and re-vamped!




7. Art doesn't have to cost a fortune. 
Buy cheap posters from Ikea and frame them up stylishly in white box frames or recycled frames. One step better, make your own artwork - I make shell collages for a fraction of the cost of what I can buy them for.
 



8. The frugal fix for homely floors? Paint. 
Getting in a professional or even sanding and polishing floorboards on your own is an expensive exercise. As a cheaper alternative, simply clean floors then apply a few coats of a self-priming, cheap white floor paint ... and volia!




9. Expand your seating options.
Even affordable dining-room chairs become exorbitant, once you calculate how many you need to surround a table. Use mis-matched furniture and paint them in 'beachy' colours.




10. Feel free to scrimp on shelving. 
Bookcases can cost lots of money - 
think outside the square for clever innovative shelving ideas.




11. Why pay a premium for matchy-matchy pieces?
When pairs of lamps, chairs, and side tables get separated,
their prices usually plummet. 
Shop at sale time for the best bargains.




12. Keep it local when deal-hunting online.  
Finding a $20 chair on eBay seems like a coup 
— until you factor in the cost of shipping it cross-country. 
So search for bargains locally.

Melissah xox

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