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Inspirational ideas - Furnish your room on a shoestring budget!

Your bedroom is the room that gives you the much needed comfort and solace at the end of a hard day. So isn’t it essential to furnish this room with style that reflects your personality? But then, you don’t have to splurge, nor spend a fortune to do it up! Instead simply let your imagination run wild and watch your room come alive!

Here are some inspirational ideas


• Choose a theme to decorate the room. It is simpler to decide on accessories once you decide the theme.



• Once the theme is in place, take one big piece of furniture – either the bed or dresser - as the central reference point and furnish the room around it. This makes it simpler to co-ordinate the colour scheme for the rest of the room.



• Next, comes colour, which plays a key role in defining the mood of your bedroom. Remember, a combination of pale shades with rich color gives a wonderful effect. It not only highlights the brighter colour, but also works out economical.



• Accessories enhance the décor of your room, but remember not to go overboard while buying them. Too many will not only clutter your room, but also add to the costs.



• A great idea to fill up your room is to make do with what you have. For instance if you have an old calendar with some paintings on them, you could have it elegantly framed. Why, even a cushion cover with intricate designs could be framed! Or a drab earthen pot could come alive with some bright motifs on them. So get innovative and surprise yourself.



• Window dressing plays a significant role in adding a charm to your room. Whether it is drapes or blinds, make sure it blends well with the décor of your room.



• If you’re choosing drapes, be wise to pick the right fabric, as it decides the amount of light that comes into your room. Thin linen fabrics diffuse the incoming sunlight and disperse it evenly. While thick ones bar sunlight and makes the room dark. The former is a better bet, as they not only work out economical, but give the desired effect to the room, without toning down the colours of the walls



• Another inexpensive idea to spice up your room is to get some greenery inside. You can re-create the lush outdoors by keeping some natural foliage in old bottles. So the next time you’re about to throw that empty juice or whisky bottle, think again!



• Lamp shades are great accessories to give your room a warm, cozy look and best part is they don’t cost the earth!

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