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Redecorate your home on a budget

Redecorate your home on a budget

Date: 2013-10-11
Don't let a tight budget hold back home improvements - there's a quick and creative 'frugal fix' for every room.

There is nothing wrong with being frugal these days. Indeed, 'thrift', as it's known in fashionable circles, is to be encouraged - particularly when it comes to sprucing up your home.

BARGAIN HUNTING
Try charity shops, flea markets, house auctions and eBay. You can find great furniture cheaply, sand it, repaint - make a cushion cover out of any old fabric, an old T-shirt or a holey jumper and you have a unique piece to update a room.

UPDATE YOUR KITCHEN AND BATHROOM
Take old, dingy kitchen cabinets and repaint them in a sunny colour, or buy white flat-pack cabinets and white tiles for splashbacks and make them look more expensive by laying granite worktops over them. Corian, which is a smarter and more hard-wearing version of laminate can lift your home in a rainbow of colours.

INSTANT IMPACT
Instead of wallpapering an entire room, try it on one wall only to add interest to the room. It will immediately transform the space. Resanding and resealing wooden floors makes a dramatic difference and instantly refreshes a room.