Use What you Have to Change Up Your Rooms

Let’s change things up!  Are you tired of looking at the same rooms>  Sometimes decorating your home doesn't require all new furniture or even new accessories you can completely makeover your space by simply freestyling what you already have. Here is a list of simple ways you can update your current home with all you have already.  This will help you update your home and give you a fresh new feeling using your existing furniture, collections, accessories and décor items.

Shopping YOUR home

Look around your home to see what you are not currently using, but might work in another room.  Check the attic, the garage, all you cupboards and storage places.  Using what you already have in a fresh and new way can be so rewarding and it gives a fresh tweak to every room in your home.  it also gives you an opportunity to rescue & restore Furnishings you haven't seen in awhile or make a plan to get rid of them.

Move furniture around

And I don't mean in just one room. It's easy to move furniture from one room to another especially breaking up a full Furniture pieces that came together. Today we just don't do that we like the unique gathered over time look of a room. Take a bedroom chair, and move it to the living room. moving chairs and other Furnishings from room to room can give you a fresh look.

Jewelry Displayed in a Creative way

Start with a small project like displaying your jewelry.  Recover an old bulletin board with silky or beautiful fabric and then add push push pins to hang your jewelry or Mount hook or Hardware knobs inside an old frame to hang your statement jewelry beautifully colored jewelry can add a lot of visual effect to keep that outside the closet on the walls it keeps it from becoming Tangled and it's a beautiful display take your bracelets and make a bracelet stand for them

Use your collectibles

Collections are so much fun to have and they can even become a family treasure why not display them in an Artful way rather than an entire curio cabinet full of your collection try using the collection around the house take your prize pieces and integrate them into your existing vignettes and décor rotate pieces of your collection you don't have to have it all out at 1 if they're small collectibles you can put them on stands to bring more importance to them

Wash out those glass bottles

Displaying bottles can be a fun and freeway to decorate you can even die the bottles and color them and make them look at an accent color of your room display the bottles with a vintage style of heel feeling on your mantel with flowers or replace buttons and different small trinkets in the bottles the display purposeful things I like to clean out my bottles and keep them in a bin until I'm ready to use them I even use my bottles to store spices noodle and Pantry items

Displaying pamphlets and posters

Free artwork could be sitting in your own drawer. you can display concert flyers at your work station, kids school performance pamphlets on the walls of their rooms,  advertising your business flyer in your office.  you can frame the poster flyer or put it on hard heavy stock paper so that the edges don't flop over

Rethink your fireplace box

Spruce up your fire box with fun filler I like to use faux fern Greenery in the spring it looks so fresh you can also fill it with candles in the winter oh beautiful poinsettias at Christmas I've seen people turn books backwards and used books inside the Firebox if it's a non-working one birch logs always give a rustic feel you can add twinkle lights to them to give it a mystical feeling

Décor is décor

Bring me outdoor pieces in.  Outdoor patio pieces can be used inside easily a small metal coffee table can be brought in and be used to the coffee table inside gardening benches are wonderful to place near the tub or as end tables bistro chairs can give you a temporary eating area with the addition of a small round table.  I like using outdoor pillows inside to the colors are usually more vibrant and they're stepped they're certainly durable. Some of those more colorful outdoor rugs when brought into the house can give you a real pop. Lanterns. can be used inside or out.

Embellish what you have

I like to get creative with what I already have by top dying pillowcase pillow covers that I don't like any longer are dressing up an ordinary lamp shade with Rick Rack or special trim or hang picture frames with with chain or Ribbon or add wallpaper to the back of the cabinet,  Also don't hesitate to make a covering for your book so that you can have a more cohesive look. Wrap them in burlap, white butcher paper, newspaper, fabrics to match the room, and brown paper bags.

Display what you find

Pull out those vacation Treasures special shell your wedding invitation postcards souvenirs and drink it and create fun ways to display them whether it be on Trey displayed in a vignette displayed in a wall arrangement of the collection from your vacation it's really brings your personality out into your decorating.

Coffee table update

Gather your most beautiful hard covered book and create interesting tablescapes on your coffee table. it's nice to remove the desk job jacket to reveal the beautiful color colors on the actual book at a plant person height and the third element can be a candle or a trinket and it should be a medium sized piece always use threes are odd numbers when putting your coffee table together

Mantle Arrangement change it up

Decorating an eye-catching mantle would include considering what already up there if there's a large picture or TV or mirror you want to decorate around it always working in odd numbers. You could put candle sticks on one side and the plant on the other

Open shelving can be fun

If you're tired of your kitchen and would like to do something different but don't know what to do you might consider removing the doors and turn just your basic cabinet into an open shelving (keep in mind you can keep the doors in case you change your mind later.  Fill any holes with putty paint and stain the cabinets to match and it's play your favorite cookware large jars filled with Pantry Staples your favorite dishes stacked you can even add some color to it with plants or faux oranges are lemons.

Office update

Turn your everyday office accessories into works of art by wrapping your file boxes magazine holders or books, pencil holders with some wrapping paper that you love a quick amount of color and pattern will add a lot a class to your office you can also cover   this brings a cohesive look to the room and smart and things up

kids artwork

I love to see kids artwork on the wall it's always a shame to see it stowed away in drawers and boxes you can take the hallway going to their bedroom and use it as a a gallery search the house for frames that are not being used and to give them a more cohesive look you can spray them all black or white or fun bright color then place your children artwork inside the frames and hang them like a gallery wall periodically you can even change out and rotate and let each child pick which piece are the most proud of to hang

Hang Plates on the wall

Do you collect China plates? Have you inherited a collection of China from your family you can use these  various colors and sizes plates for a fun display. Add plate hanging discs to the back of the plates m(They can be removed if necessary in the future   Plan your Arrangement before you start hanging. On the floor on a large piece of paper or newspaper.   Mark where each piece will hang on the wall on the paper and then tape the paper onto the wall and put in your nails

Throw blankets

We all get many throw blankets over the years as gift it's always a good idea to swap out those throw blankets from room to room changing up color and texture that we need. throw blanket over the back of a sofa the edge of a bed or on a favorite chair be sure to show any pretty detailing or edging or trim or Fringe making sure it's visible. It can an instant pop of color Azure changing things up in a room

Bookshelf

A quick and easy thing to do to refresh a bookshelf it's incorporate new objects from around the house. from animal figurines, iron toy pieces that you found in the attic to serving platters anything with an interesting shade for design can be used on the bookshelf. if you have too many pieces to use I go by color so all white or all turquoise It's better to keep two odd numbers of objects on each Shelf and larger things always look better than a bunch of small things of course again if you have a huge collection rotate objects in and out from time to time rather than displaying everything all at once.   I also like to keep my books to a minimum amount of colors still on the books in the living room you can have all Browns and tans and Earth colors. On the books in a bedroom you can have all blues and greys and navies. On the books in the kids room I can be a lot of fun multi-colors but then all the objects on their shells could be all white to bring a cohesive look.

Arrange in a new way

A fresh perspective can totally change how you look at a room. Experiment with different furniture arrangements to transform the space without swapping out any of its elements. Try flipping the living room sofa to face the other direction, or rotate chairs around the room until you land on the ideal placement. If you don't like the final layout, you can always move the pieces back

Find new things for the walls

You don't need to splurge on expensive art to create a striking wall display. Gather a collection of objects you already own, such as baskets or hats, and mount them on the wall to form one statement-making arrangement. Consider it a unique spin on the gallery wall. Unique gallery wall

Frame YOUR family Photos

Print out family photos and other favorite memories to hang in a personalized wall display. Gather up the frames you have and paint them the same color for a unified look. Here, basic black frames with white mats lend this gallery wall a polished look

Paint some furniture

Paint is a must-have tool for budget decorating, but this versatile medium is not restricted to walls. It can also be used to give dated furniture and accessories a much-needed lift. Try repainting wood furniture in a splashy color to instantly modernize an aging piece

Rehang Your Drapes

If your drapes have enough length, consider moving the curtain rod closer to the ceiling to give the room a greater sense of height. Before you make the move, measure your curtains to make sure they will still graze the floor if you reposition the rod. If you need a little extra length, try hanging the curtain from drapery clips.

Change up Your pillows

Pillows can be pricey, and if you're getting tired of yours, try swapping out the cover instead of buying new. Using the old pillow as an insert, zip or button it into a different cover for a fresh look. If you're handy with a needle and thread, consider making your own pillow covers. You can even use a sweatshirt or T-shirt for fabric.

Back Your shelves

Upgrade ho-hum shelves with a boldly patterned backdrop. Wallpaper, fabric, and wrapping paper remnants are all perfect fodder for lining the backs of bookcases or built-ins