Ever get so tired of the same layout in your apartment everyday that you constantly shuffle things around to make them seem different? I know I do. These 5 seriously easy ideas can help give a brand new feel to a stale living room for very little money in almost no time.
1) Mix Up the Furniture
Stir things up. Pull your sofa, chairs and tables out of their current positions to the middle of the room. Then switch them up by placing them all back in new places. Try putting things at angles you hadn't thought of before. If you don’t like how things end up, switch it all again. Turn it into a great little party game.
2) Create Some White Space
Seem like you have too much junk around? Why not get rid of some of it? Getting rid of some of the clutter will open up a ton of space and make your room seem like whole new place. As they say in the movies sometimes, “Less is more.” I threw out an old chair that I was hanging on to for years and the floor/wall space it cleared was amazing.
3) Walls, Walls, Walls
Leave the furniture be. After all, maybe its happy where it is. Instead, concentrate on making some changes to those walls. I've painted the wall behind my entertainment center a color that matches some of the items in the rest of the room, but left the other walls their basic white color. Painting one wall really makes it pop out in the eyes of the viewer and gives the room whole new dimensions. I believe the experts call this an "Accent Wall." I just think it looks pretty sweet, so I call it...a "lookin' pretty sweet wall."
4) Mirrors, Art, Pictures
Throw up some mirrors or framed art on the walls. If you already have some up, shift them around or replace them with others. It may bring me seven years bad luck, but I tried a few pieces of spread out broken mirror above the entertainment center. It looks great and since I did it Saturday, my luck seems like its still intact.
5) Plants!
This isn’t much, but add a few plants around the apartment. Put them by the window. Put them in a corner. Heck, put them on top of the TV. Plants add a whole fresh element to any room. Plus, you can give them a name and talk to them from time to time. Medusa, my fern, gets me through the lonely nights.
With just the few above ideas, you can transform your living room into something that seems completely different and more importantly...fresh to you and your guests.
