Redecorate Your Home at No Cost

No Purchase Necessary

No budget. No problem. Redecorating and reinventing your space is exciting and can give new energy and emotion to a room. Not everyone has the finances to put a new face on tired window treatments, furniture or accessories. Everyone, however, can make a new statement by reinventing the items they already own.

Color will give you the biggest bang for your buck every time. Stealing items from other rooms in the house can not only improve the space your working in but also help to make the accessory item look completely different and new again. If you have an old basket in the den that is overflowing with magazines, take the magazines to the library to be reused, then use that same basket in the bathroom to hold towels or wash cloths. If you put the towels with the most color in the basket you are on your way to creating a color scheme for your bath. Now run with that color, take a walk through your home and only look for those colors. Do you see vases that can hold flowers from the yard or a candle? Perhaps you have a small dish of some sort in the kitchen that can be used to hold soaps or toothbrushes. Even twigs from a tree look great and if you have left over spray paint from another project in the right colors then spray the twigs and put in a cheap vase or tall glass.

I have used sheets many times to give my windows a lift when there just wasn't any money to invest in new ones. The top part of the sheet makes a great sleeve for the curtain rod and they're nicely hemmed on the bottom and when you get tired of them you can wash them and put them on the bed. Recycling again. Take a look at clothing you are tired of before you throw it out. If you outgrow or tire of a particular piece of clothing but love the material use it to cover a throw pillow you already own that needs a makeover. Just because you bought it as a shirt doesn't mean it has to forever be a shirt. Don't forget throws that once kept your feet warm at night. If you have blinds on a window you can drape a throw over the top and make a valance with it. Get creative and break the rules!