Home Decor When You Crave a Simple Life

Note: This blog post is a sponsored conversation written by Lynn Smythe, the Founder and Chief Blogger for The Creative Cottage lifestyle blog. The opinions, thoughts, ideas and text are all mine.

It can be difficult when you wander around your humble abode to realize your home is looking a little tired and dated. There might be peeling paint on the ceiling, scuff marks on the walls and stains on your carpet. While you have been living with this for the past few months, there will come a time when you’ll want to freshen up your home decor.

However; with a high pressure, busy job and family to care for, interior design and remodeling projects probably are way down on your list of priorities. Instead, you need to think of ways to give your humble abode a refresh without having to put too much effort in. Take a look at how you can achieve a new look for your home the easy way – AKA home decor when you crave a simple life.

Elegant, yet simple, living room design. Image by Pixabay – CC0 Licence

Professional Home Decor Help

For the ultimate in easy home renovations, you should call upon a team of interior designers who can create a new pad for you. You can still sit down with them and discuss your wants, needs and lifestyle with these home decor professionals, but they will be the people who will take your ideas and run with them.

They will stick to a budget and timescale to create the look you want. It doesn’t matter whether you want a minimalist haven, a cosy cottage feel or some mid century vintage inspiration, an interior specialist will follow your preferences and create your dream home. You won’t have to lift a finger.

Check Out Design Magazines

If your budget won’t stretch far enough for a professional designer, why not buy some interior design magazines and base the new look for your dwelling on one or two of your favorite visual spreads. Interior design magazines are great at showing inspirational pads with all of the latest styles and on-trend fads. Perhaps you know the color scheme that you’re after but you don’t have the vision to implement it. This is where magazines can help.

If you are more of a millennial and you want to head onto Instagram instead, utilize hashtags to locate the potential new look for your living spaces. If you are after a sleek modern new kitchen perhaps search #highglosscabinets to help you locate some inspirational images. Think outside the box and use the Internet to find something that you can base your new interior design on.

Minimalist, open concept kitchen and dining room. Image by Pixabay – CC0 Licence

Go Simple

The easiest way to revolutionize the look of your home is by painting the walls, laying a new flooring and changing up your lighting. Even if all of your furniture stays the same, new lamps, and LED spotlights instead of one main strip light can dramatically change the feel of a room. With more control over the mood of your lighting, you can create more cosy vibes.

Flooring that changes from a lush carpet to floorboards will feel different and make the sound within a room carry in an altered way. With freshly painted walls and furnishings that echo your chosen color scheme, your new interior can look modern or cosy or industrial or homely. The choice is yours.

While you might not be an interior designer and you lack the creativity to pull off a major renovation, you can change up your home decor without too much effort by following this guide.

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