Easy Weekend
Redecorating Tips

Easy weekend redecorating tips. What a difference a day (or two) makes! Like a perfect candidate for a makeover, a tired-looking room may benefit from a nip and tuck here and a little added color and pizzazz there. 

A weekend spent updating your home—no major surgery required—makes it a fresher, brighter place to come home to on Monday. These designer-inspired easy weekend redecorating tips can help you get started.

Consider Everything in Your Home Raw Material

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Consider everything in your home raw material for your weekend redecorating mission. Bring that lovely Chinese water pitcher out of hiding in the china cabinet and place it center stage atop the fireplace mantel.

Replace it with an equally unexpected treasure each year to keep the room looking fresh.

Easy Weekend Redecorating Tips For Mixing Things Up

Mix things up for warm touches in your living room that unite the past and present, such as an antique side table with a comfy new sofa.

The idea is not to adhere slavishly to a particular style or era - such as Victorian or Mission - but to project your taste and personality. After all, who wants a room that looks like everything arrived on the same truck?

Add Color, Natural Style, or Storage Space

Eye-catching slipcovers can give the chairs in your dining room a fresh new look. In minutes, you can slip the covers over the chairs for updated elegance. 

Fill a beautiful glass (or decorative) bowl with seashells and place it front and center on the coffee table or another surface to bring natural style into your living room. 

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Consider adding a large potted plant. A plant instantly makes any space more inviting. Choose a plant that will adapt to the level of sunlight in its new environment. 

Place attractive baskets beneath a glass coffee table to add panache to your storage space. Fill them with magazines or folded throw blankets. 

 Declutter the Room

Declutter the room. A multitude of tiny treasures spread about a room may seem homey, but the overall effect is usually unfocused rather than appealing. 

Instead, group items that have a similar texture, shape, or theme together on shelves, a coffee table or end table, or atop the armoire—and leave a hand's breadth of space between each grouping for maximum effect.

  • Incorporate attractive baskets into your decor to store books, newspapers, or magazines on shelves under coffee tables or end tables and bookshelves.
  • Add furniture with hidden storage, such as ottomans, benches, etc. Benches with storage underneath are another option, and they can neatly camouflage an entire battalion of G.I. Joes.

Finally, take a tip from home-design magazines and designers themselves: Any room quickly becomes brighter and more inviting when you add a cozy throw blanket, a sparkling crystal vase or sculpture, or a polished brass or gilded frame.

Adding a few of these and making the most of what you already have inside your living room can give your home professional design polish in just a weekend. 


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