10 Budget-Friendly Living Room Makeover Ideas
The simplest room makeovers are often the best ways to give your space a fresh look. Little changes like new paint, updating your throw pillows, or repurposing worn-out furniture are some budget-friendly ways to rework your living room. Here are some of our favorite ideas for quick and easy living room makeovers:
1. Rearrange the furniture
An alternative layout of your living room is a quick and cheap makeover idea. Consider moving your furniture around and probably use an artwork as a focal point. Sometimes, a good de-cluttering and clearing out of tired furniture can make your space look and feel airier and larger.
2. Create a gallery wall
Gallery walls are a great way to personalize a space and also showcase your artwork or favorite family photos. You can choose frames of the same color for a cohesive look or really mix it up with frames in a variety of colors and sizes.
3. Showcase your favorite souvenirs
If you miss traveling, then maybe it’s about time to showcase your collection of souvenirs from a favorite vacation for a happy reminder of an enjoyable getaway. Whether it’s little trinkets you collect, postcards or subway maps, a display area in your living room can help you reminisce about the memories of travel and look forward to a future when we are all able to explore again without restrictions.
4. Manage the clutter
If your living room is everyone’s favorite “tambay” area, you probably got used to seeing toys, chargers, books, etc. crowding the space. Tidy up and help everyone in the family stay organized by providing a dedicated area for stashing toys, cables, and other items. Bookcases and basket drawers can help add extra storage space to keep the room feeling relaxed and tidy.
5. Give new life to tired, old furniture
Most of the time, a fresh coat of paint can give a new look to items you already have. You can go with any color, or for a fun twist, use painter’s tape to add stripes.
6. Update the walls
One of the easiest makeover-on-a-budget ideas is to paint your walls. There are a lot of good-quality, low-priced paint options out there. You can go for plain colors or go for fun patterns using a patterned paint roller to create an accent wall. For renters, you can use removable wallpaper.
7. Change your cushions
Cushions / throw pillows are probably the most versatile of soft furnishings. Available in so many different sizes, shapes, colors, and textures, a few new cushions could easily transform the look and theme of your living room.
8. Modernize lights
Give your outdated light fixtures a fresh look. You may need to update your bulbs to help brighten your room and save energy. Or update your existing light fixtures with matte black paint using spray paint.
9. Paint the ceiling a different color
While you’re changing the look of the living room, consider updating the ceiling as well. Painting the ceiling a soft shade of blue that brings to mind the sky, draws the eyes up naturally, making your room feel more airy and open.
10. Add a touch of nature
Adding even a small touch of the outdoors is sure to make your living room feel more alive. Potted plants are ideal because they clean the air but, if your thumb is brown, bring a cut branch indoors and pop it into a sturdy container for maintenance-free greenery.
