Free Decorating Ideas for Bland and Boring Spaces

Looking for quick, easy and inexpensive ways of adding interest and personality to your home?

Then take a look at these free decorating ideas for making over bland and boring spaces. Learn to love your room...!

Is your room beautifully decorated, but seems to lack a certain 'pizazz' or style?

Perhaps your home doesn't reflect your true personality?

These can all be big problems with contemporary interior design...

...perhaps when we choose a style or design that looks great in a magazine, or in a friend's house, but doesn't seem to sit well with us when we see it every day in our own home...

...a scheme that's perfect for selling a house - but not for living in one..!

Aim for a home that suits your needs and your tastes and that you love.

This is certainly the best way of finding that elusive 'wow factor' in your interior design.

I hope that some of these free decorating ideas to spruce up bland and boring spaces, and to create schemes with 'wow' and 'pizazz' will inspire you to create your own 'wow'!

A neutral scheme can be subtly changed and adapted, as home decorating trends, or your own tastes and preferences, change...

If you have always been a little nervous of making bold statements in your interior design, or of using bright colors...

...then these easy and free decorating ideas can help you to come up with your own unique decorating schemes...

...and gradually change your home from bland to grand...

Free Decorating Ideas for Bland to Grand...

• To go from boring to fantastic, start by discovering your own inherent tastes and styles.

  If you have never really thought about this before, it can take quite a while...

• Begin by flicking through books and magazines, and create a mood board.

  You can also explore some of the gallery pages or interior design themes and styles on this site, for more ideas...

For some more quick and easy, free decorating ideas try some of these short pointers too...

• Why not add some color?
  A strong or bold color will really make a big impact, but don't worry of this really isn't you...

  Mid-tones and muted tones work really well in most homes and can still look rich and luxurious - they will make a real change in your home.

  For more on choosing and decorating with color, click here...

• Good places to experiment with color are:
  • chimney breasts
  • alcoves
  • feature walls
  • throws
  • cushions
  • curtains/blinds
  • rugs
  • pictures and accessories
• One single, bright color can give maximum impact, although it can sometimes seem a little 'one dimensional'.

  Get a 'grown-up decorating', well-rounded look, by mixing together 2 or more accent colors.

  This can be quite a tricky area to get right, but it's still something to consider, even if you are new to colors in your home, as it does give such fantastic results.

  Get more help with choosing your decorating color schemes, here...







A fireplace makes a good focal point.
• Look for a focal point in your room.
  • It might be your fireplace, or a feature wall - emphasise the wall with bright paint or bold wallpaper, or a striking picture.
  • It could be your windows - choose lovely curtains
  • It may be a piece of furniture - your sofa, bed or display cabinet...

    ...lavish your decorating attentions in these areas, choosing colors, textures and accessories that immediately catch the eye







It's easy to create your own focal point in a room, with artwork and lighting
• Create your own focal point, with striking artwork or a giant and fine mirror
• Choose a few items on your room which are a little out of the ordinary.

  Go for a true 'mix and match' style with some funky antique or retro pieces, or fun fantastic finds from flea markets or eBay.

  Don't just stick to to 'match-and-match' from the High Street - expand yor search, an really mix it up a bit.

  Choose items you truly love and you will find your unique decorating scheme builds itself into a beautiful eclectic design that really speaks to you, and of you!
  
  

  

  Go with what you truly love

  Get more tips for eclectic interior design schemes, here...

• Add different textures into your scheme.

  Even in a monochromatic scheme, you can add interest and 'pizazz' by mixing together different textures - glossy and smooth can sit next to fluffy, soft, spiky, grained etc.

  More about interior design tricks for using texture

• Some excellent textures to consider for your new, more interesting scheme are:
  • mirrors
  • faux fur
  • fluffy cushions
  • velvet
  • silk
  • stone
  • glass
  • wood (varnished and unvarnished)
  • plants (with leaves of all different sizes and shapes)






Put your treasures on display
• Display some of your most precious belongings as part of your interior design scheme.

  It doesn't matter if these are:

  • photos
  • dresses
  • shoes
  • books
  • toys
  • clocks
  • plates
  • scientific instruments etc
  ...put whatever is important to you on display.

  Hang it on the wall, place it in a cabinet, gather a collection on a windowsill, shelf or mantlepiece.

  In this way, you bring an important part of your own unique personality to your interior design - be proud of who you are, and let your home reflect this.

I do hope that these free decorating ideas can help you bring some zing, interest and personality into your rooms.

For more ways of bringing color in check out this page on paint color ideas, furniture, accessories and crafty techniques

Free Decorating Ideas - See what other readers think...

Carrie is feeling stuck for creativity

If you feel you are getting stuck for ideas, start with a mood board or investigate which colors appeal to you the most.

Look at the gallery pages or the interior design themes and styles for inspiration.

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