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You may ask: why a luxury home makeover? Well, just as your car needs a tune-up, your house needs one too. And with 2020 around the corner, now's the time to give your home an upgrade.
At times, achieving an upscale look can seem troublesome, especially if you're on a tight decorating budget. Luckily, there are some design tactics –in line with any budget – that you can easily choose to create a sophisticated visual and high-end ambience. Here, you will discover four ways to make your home look big-budgeted. So, take a few moments – and become delighted by these simple suggestions that will transform your home into the most elegant of domiciles.
Paint Your Walls
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Paint color is perhaps one of the easiest and hardest decisions to make when decorating a room: selecting the right color is of the utmost importance; the rest of your home décor will play off that color palette.
Choose soft, understated hues. You'll instantly add elegance and glamour to your home.
Opt For Unique Lighting Fixtures
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Light fixtures can be inexpensive, yet appear high-end and reek superior quality. So, choose wisely. You may want to copy designer-made light fixtures, thereby adding more elegance to your home than say, the familiar chandelier.
Install unique lighting fixtures that can be interpreted as bespoke lighting fixtures.
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Multiple light sources make for an elegant ambiance. Include table lamps, floor lamps, and recessed lights throughout your home to enhance and elevate the spaces.
Accessorize Your Home
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It may be necessary for you to bare it all, including your floors. Carpets are remnants of years gone by. And any accessorizing done with bare floors will be made to stand out.
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Keep your windows bare, too—it allows natural light to readily fill any room, making it full of warmth and delight. A sun-filled room also highlights your most treasured accessories.
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There are many affordable ways to accessorize your home, but remember to accessorize with restraint. Perhaps, incorporate some gold . . . that lustrous color evokes an elegant, gilded feeling. That feeling of wealth and riches.
Have A Clean, Uncluttered Home
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Not so surprisingly, one of the most affordable ways to make your home look elegant is to clean and declutter your home. Less is definitely more.
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Regular cleaning and organizing will allow you to avoid any build-up of clutter in your home. And yes, that includes your home office as well.
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Not only do you feel better about your home when it's clutter-free, but it allows the other features – windows, floors, accessories, paint, and lighting – to really dazzle.
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An organized closet allows you to start your day off in fashionista-style elegance.
