How To Make Your For-Sale Home Look Expensive

Not every home needs to be expensive to look splendid. There are some very inexpensive home fixes that you can try to lend a plush feel to your home. Much of it involves design tricks and imagery and hence, if you are not confident of doing it yourself, you should rope in an interior designer.

Here are some tips to get you started:

Optimum utilization of space

Affordable homes tend to be crammed and this is why you need to use space judiciously so that your home looks spacious. For instance, rather than have cabinets placed in your room, you can get them set into the wall so that nothing protrudes and takes up carpet area. You can also get the developer to build in wall cabinets in order to make your room look bigger.

You should also use lightweight furniture that can be rearranged to make your room bigger. Go for a divan bed in which you can store unused items and old clothes to maximize on space in your wardrobe. That way, you won't need a clothes rack in your room. Look up a few catalogues of interior decoration online to get some constructive ideas.

Paint plush

Houses can be completely transformed with the use of quality paints. Rather than opt for distemper or whitewash paints, go for waterproof colors and emulsions which look bright on the wall. You can go for a lime yellow color that looks bright against different backdrops and makes your room look bigger when light bounces off them. You could also opt for patterned walls in your flat but care should be taken to make only a single wall patterned and the rest in lighter hues that blend well. Avoid wallpapers or tiles as they look cloying in small rooms.

Making use of flowers

Flowers can add an instant glow to your home with their freshness and softness. There are quite a few blooms that you can use to decorate your home such as roses, lilies, orchids or tulips. Gladioli are also good to be kept at home. You can keep a bunch of flowers in an ornate looking flower vase and see them beautify your home in no time. Another bunch can be kept on your dining table. Make sure the colors you choose stand out from the wall without looking jarring.

Knick-knacks around the home

There are several inexpensive trinkets that you can have around your home which lend a spiritual and ethereal look to your home. For instance, a bowl of potpourri or scented stones would be great around the living room. Scented candles in soft wax with sea shells at the bottom or carved ones are also quite good around the home. Feng Shui charms like Laughing Buddha or a tortoise would look great too.