DIY Low Cost Decorating Tips

HOME TOUR, ROOM BY ROOM
LIVING ROOM

The living room is the first place guests see when they walk in the house, coming into our small entryway and looking throughout the whole first floor. Being a townhouse, the place is pretty skinny, so the living room is narrow, and I didn’t want the eye to miss it by looking past to the dining room and kitchen. We started the room with our dream sofa that we got at a good price (the Henry sofa from West Elm) and a statement rug from Overstock.com that ties in the dark gray couch and the pale gray walls (Sherwin-Williams “Snowfall”). Finding curtains was one of the biggest challenges, since I wanted to put the curtain rods up as high and as wide as possible — this really makes the windows look huge. I wound up making the 108-inch-high, 78-inch-wide curtains for the living room myself from pale pink crepe I found on clearance at Jo-Ann, combining it with curtain lining fabric. That’s 7 yards of fabric for each panel, by the way. Phew!

Will nice decor add value to your home?  Contact the appraisers at www.scappraisals.com for your value questions.

HOMEGOODS
Sisal rug, $20
Round gold mirror, $40
Glass cake stand and bowl stand, $9 and $13
Pineapple cookie jar, $7
Hot pink picture frame, $6
ROSS
White planter, $15
Banana leaf storage basket, $8
Gold vase, $4
Mercury glass candleholders (10 or so of them), $1-$4
Square gold metal frame mirror, $5
White circle mirror, $7, DIY project
White/gold zigzag lamp, $25
Pink velveteen ruched throw pillows, $4 each
Pink and aqua square painting, $10

TARGET
Rectangle shade, $13
Gold candelabras, $5 each
Standing tripod lamp, $30 online
Turquoise cake stand, $5
White comforter cover/shams, $35
Matching white lamps, $20 each
Sunburst mirrors above beds, $9 and $6

Read entire article at: http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2013/02/diy_low-cost_decorating_puts_a.html