Want to make your house look like an expensive home without spending a ton of money? There are so many decisions that have to be made when designing a home but you don’t need to buy expensive furniture and décor to get the luxurious look. You can use these design hacks to create a high-end luxury looking home, on a budget!
So grab a cup of coffee or a snack and let’s go ahead and jump on to these tips.
1. Scent
This may sound strange – I know, but when you walk into somebody’s space what’s the first thing that you perceive? Smell, that’s right! So I think a great way to captivate anyone or just yourself honestly, is having a nice smell going.
There are a ton of options to make sure your home always has a nice scent. Whether it be a scented candle, a diffuser, or a wall plugin, having a nice fragrance in your home is just going to make it feel extravagant, well thought out, and more expensive.
Let’s move into some more viewable changes that we can make.
2. Wall Treatment
Blank wall spaces are great when it to comes design, but sometimes homeowners leave ALL the walls blank! I think that’s something that can cheapen up the look and feel of your home. Nothing screams expensive like large wall art pieces on your wall. Adding wall art is a great way to first draw the eyes up.
But there are other ways that you can treat your walls like wallpapers, paint, and wood laminates. Just make sure you have a visual language from the pattern on the floors to the color of the walls to what’s happening on the ceiling.
Next up let’s add a breath of fresh air to your space.
3. Plants or Flowers
Every room could use a little pop of green. Plants are a great way to add color to a space without adding color to a space – get it? The green just blends in with almost all backgrounds, especially neutral colors like white or grey. I think real plants give more of a better vibe, but, hey! they can be artificial if you want to, zero pressure here.
So bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms, dining rooms, hallways, entryways – every room could use some little greenery, and It will add that lux touch without putting in any effort at all.
4. Window Treatment
We gotta talk about window treatment! Everyone has windows in their homes, big or small, and window treatments can make or break your space. They can also be the thing that adds a lux touch and feel to a space instantly.
One thing that I think you should consider doing is layering window treatments. What I mean is, to use more than one type of window treatment on one single window. You’ll notice this done in high-end residential design.
You can layer your windows with a sheer drape, for light filtering, and a black-out feature for a curtain. Having just the curtain looks a little bear so layering the two helps to create this lux and soft look.
Also, long curtains are your best friend here – trust me! They don’t need to be expensive though.
Let’s move to your bedroom.
5. Get Rid of those Colored Sheets!
Tell me when was the last time you walked into a beautiful hotel suite and you saw colored sheets on the bed? They’re usually always white – crisp, clean, and bright, right?
Once you remove those colored sheets, you need to layer your bedding. Start with the sheets and then a really beautiful duvet on the top. You can also throw in pillows in the color of your choice.
Bonus trick!
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the grandest of them all! There are so many shapes and designs of mirrors out here so I’d recommend you play along with this one and look for something that integrates well with your home. Place your mirror near a window and voila, you have a perfectly well-lit home!
Now every expensive designer space that you’ve seen and maybe admire was very well thought out. Planning is the key to success when it comes to creating a luxurious designer look. This is the part where you make sure it all looks good together.
That’s really where you can see if things clash, or the colors seem a little odd together, maybe the finishes and fabric are a little weird. That’s when you can tell. So you can plan all this out beforehand and not make those mistakes when it’s too late.
You know that comfortable feeling you get after you build your first home? You can have it right now. It is never too early.
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