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Five Interior Design Tips For Re-vamping Your Home

If you have lived in your home for more than a few years it is likely to need a facelift. Typically most

people will have completely re-decorated or re-designed all the rooms in their homes over a period

of a few years and the thought of starting all over again can be a daunting one as well as a

considerable expense. But there are simpler and less expensive ways to transform your home than

to completely refurbish it.

Refurbishing rooms like our kitchens and bathrooms requires such a major initial outlay and

upheaval that it is often impractical to do all over again. But these are areas that are most likely to

have tiled walls or floors and ceramic or porcelain tiles can be replaced relatively easily without

removing or replacing the kitchen units and appliances to update the room for a more modern feel.

Similarly replacing a dated carpet with wood flooring can make a living space instantly more

contemporary.

So if you have been considering updating some of the rooms in your home here are some interiordesign tips that can easily give a room a whole new look without breaking the bank. They are all

achievable by a competent DIY enthusiast but if DIY is not an option they are relatively inexpensive

jobs to employ a tradesman to do. And neither will they disrupt you home too much most of them

can be achieved within a single day in the average home.

1. Fitted carpets are without doubt a comfortable and cosy option, particularly in a coldclimate, but unless they are very good quality they will not age well. Colours go in and out of

fashion quickly and often before there is any wear and tear the carpet will look dated. A far

better option from a design perspective is a wooden floor. Wood never dates and if you dowant to introduce colour then you can do so with a cosy rug. Many houses already have

wooden floor boards beneath their dated carpets but if yours are in poor condition or you

are worried about draughts through the gaps in the boards lowering the eco-credentials of

your home then an engineered wooden floor can be laid on top of the floor boards.

2. The kitchen is one room that can be given a quick and easy facelift for those on even thetightest budgets. Purchase a new set of kitchen gadgets and accessories such as a kettle,

toaster, utensils, storage jars etc. and you will be amazed at the transformation such a

simple change can make. For those with a more flexible budget why not consider replacing

dated tiling with new ceramic wall tiles

there is a huge choice of styles and colours around

and again they can transform the room.

3. Full length curtains can provide a perfect finishing touch to an interior design scheme but ifthe curtains are patterned or were in a very on-trend colour at the time they were installed

then they could have dated quickly. Avoid the substantial cost of replacing curtains by

installing fabric blinds instead they are less expensive than curtains because they use much

less fabric and are more economical to update at a later stage.

4. New linen for all the beds is one of the least expensive and easiest ways to completelytransform your home. There is a huge variety of different colours and patterns to choose

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from so shop around until you find linen that suits your existing colour scheme, and, of

course, your budget.

5. Bathrooms are a major expense and we all hope that we will never have to replace anexpensive bathroom, but, unfortunately if your choice was neither a traditional nor a highly

contemporary bathroom a few years ago then the chances are it is now starting to look

dated. Many bathroom suites and tiles from major manufacturers follow current trends that

don't necessarily age well in the design stakes. Thankfully the vast majority of bathroom

suites produced are white so it is possible to refurbish a bathroom without ripping out the

sanitary ware. The simplest and most effective way of doing this is to replace the floor and

wall tiles. Installing ceramic tiles or, even better, large porcelain wall tiles with matching

floor tiles can make the smallest room in the house appear bigger and instantly update its

image.

Why not try out one of these budget-conscious interior design tips and see what a difference a day

can make.