Style and smartness on a small budget
Furnishing on a budget is easier and more satisfying than it sounds, just look at this home! Read on to get some great ideas on how to create welcoming and stylish rooms with conscious material choices, a colour theme, and personal details.
Pick a palette
To achieve a timeless, calm atmosphere we’ve chosen a three-colour palette of white, oatmeal, and black with accents of natural wood, bamboo and rattan. The shelves, boxes, baskets, mirrors and frames are all low-price basics, as well as the wall clock. Why not make your walls more personal by creating the art yourself or by putting up favourite black-and-white photos?
Bring your rooms to life
Furniture and deco details in natural materials add warmth and softness to rooms with a basic, graphic style. A mix of big and small plants is an affordable way to take your home to the next level – buy them, plant seeds from fruits and vegetables and adopt plantlets from family and friends.
Two bright ideas
A mix of curtains and light-blocking blinds gives you control over light and privacy – handy when taking a nap or binge-watching your favourite series. The decorative collection of inexpensive secondhand books rests on four small shelves.
Make your art
The colour story that started in the living room continues in the bedroom, but with a more graphic expression. The piece of modern art behind the bed was made from MDF board and stretched meter fabric – a super-doable afternoon project at low cost.
More than meets the eye
This cabinet is a bedroom gem. The big mirror reflects light softly, it has a surface for decorative items that make you happy, a find-fast drawer for make-up, necklaces and knick-knacks, plus hidden storage for bed linen and extra pillows.
A clever closet
Create a storage combination that suits your needs and budget with low price wardrobe organization products. Using curtains to close it off instead of doors is a smart way to keep the cost down and can help save space, too.
Create a collage
A handful of small, inexpensive products – a mirror, a wall lamp, a shelf and a noticeboard – look great when grouped together. If the wall gets messy when adding the things you need, put some of them into matching boxes.
Keep it together with colour
Create a well-coordinated look by bringing the palette into the kitchen as well, with white cabinets accented by black knobs, shelving and spotlights. The rolling cart in natural wood adds lots of function for a small investment.
Mix it up
Mismatched chairs work perfectly together when sticking to the overall colour scheme. With a neutral background, simple spots of colour, like the big, green plant, become beautiful and dramatic focal points.
Choose flexibility
A cart offers lots of no-drill storage without blowing the budget. And if you don’t need it in the bathroom anymore, it will be happy to move to the kitchen, beside your bed or anywhere you might need some extra shelves.
