10 ways to transform your apartment without buying new things

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

When you want a change, the easiest thing to do is transform your own apartment. This can be done without leaving the threshold and without spending a penny.

1. Remove unnecessary things

Over the years, we have accumulated a lot of things. Walk around the house and decide which things you no longer need, and which ones you will never be able to part with.

Attachment can be tested by three criteria: functionality, beauty, and sentimental value.

Leave things that are practical or tell a story about you and take away the rest. This will give you clean shelves and space that can be redesigned, and there will be a little less clutter in the house.

2. Use objects for other purposes

No need to try to place kitchen accessories exclusively in the kitchen and art objects in the living room. A beautiful cutting board, for example, can be used as a tray on a side table. And expensive plates that you take out every five years can be hung on the walls instead of pictures.

3. Use paint

Take a look at all the furniture in the room. To transform the space, you can try repainting the old annoying interior items in your favorite color. And if you don't want to change the room so radically, then practice using photo frames.

4. Strangeness - in a prominent place

Let's deal with the oddities. Each person has an object with which some kind of story is connected. It can be displayed in a prominent place. Such a thing will make the room more comfortable for you personally, will help arouse the interest of guests and add personality to the room.

Think about what hobby or passion sets you apart from the rest. Maybe it's time for the big drawing of the airship to be on the wall in the living room?

5. Use books as coasters

Stacked books make excellent stands for sculptures, lamps and flower pots. Use this stylish tool anywhere in your home: kitchen, living room and even bathroom.

6. Put in the bowls of goodies

Take out beautiful plates or vases, pour nuts or sweets into them, put different fruits. Guests will involuntarily gather near such a treat.

7. Place all paintings and photographs on one wall

Collect all the paintings and photographs you have, from huge abstract canvases to the smallest ones. Group them together with a thoughtful composition. Choose pictures of different formats - vertical, horizontal, square and even round - to make the gallery as dynamic as possible.

Determine the focal center - the picture that will attract attention when entering the room. Find a suitable wall and place the focal point, and then hang the rest of the canvases. Alternate between large and small pictures. Do not spare space: it is not scary if the gallery takes up the whole wall.

8. Group the books on the shelf by color

You have probably seen this interesting stylistic solution more than once in beautiful photographs on the Internet. It's time to try it out!

9. Tidy up the hallway

The hallway stores things that will be useful to you on the street: an umbrella, a scarf, glasses. Make this space more organized. Think about how you can add convenience and beauty to the wardrobe, bedside table, ottoman, which are located in the hallway.

Here are some ideas.

• Place a cozy lamp in the hallway (its light is much nicer than that of ceiling lights).
• Hang a picture and a couple of extra coat hooks.
• A beautiful trash bin will serve as an excellent storage for waste paper from a mailbox.
• All small items can be placed on a large tray: put change in a plate, glasses in a glass.

ten. Surround yourself with inspiration in the bedroom

Leave only those things on your bedside table that will inspire you in the morning after waking up and before bed. A souvenir figurine from a beloved country, a photograph of a loved one, a beautiful vase of flowers.

And remember that good mood and success always starts at home! And Emily Henderson and Angelin Borsix's book Style will help you transform ordinary spaces into your dream home.