Are you fed up of staying in crowded PGs and dingy hostels or sharing big apartments with a bunch of boring, untidy species that you decide to rent a small apartment for yourself? You then defiantly would want to oomph up this small cosy safe-haven of yours.
While fashion and style should not be just limited to your wardrobe and small spaces shouldn’t hold you back with organization dilemmas. Indulge in some innovative space saving and creative DIY ideas for the aesthetics of your home. Here are few ideas you can pick up which won’t be really heavy on your pockets.
1. Mirrors
Mirrors placed on the walls give the illusion of bigger and brighter rooms. Pick mirrors and frame them with your old clothes with designs, led lights, chunks of broken CDs or other creative old objects.
2. Tapestry or colourful rug
Fill in that colour-less, damaged or simply unattractive wall with some tapestry, colourful rug or some designed cloth.
3. Mounted shelving unit
Drill in those shelves in kitchen, bathroom and living room to keep your stuff creatively without the need of cupboards.
4. Fresh plants
Pick up those old ceramic pots, boots, pans or any hollow object you lay your hands on to plant those beautiful ferns and mosses and flowers to clear the air and view.
5. Display photos
Put out all your photos and hang them with binder clips and wires or just randomly stick it on the wall with some light bulbs/fairy lights, if you want, as a frame.
6. Neon letter light
Put out those words which describe your life, inspire you or are your favorites with these little delights.
7. Storage beds
Go for the ready-to-assemble beds and arrange them in a way where you can throw in your empty suitcases, un-used stuff, blankets or off-season clothes all under one bed and save visual clutter.
8. Unusual nightstands
A vintage suitcase, an old drum, a painted barrel, a stack of newspapers/magazine, a ladder will add some cool or retro flair beside your bed.
9. Bottles and Jars
Wine/beer bottles, mason jars or any colorful glass bottles are never out of home-décor trend. A small tip- use nail polish remover to take the labels off.
10. Tray tables
Buy some hairpin legs and put any piece of a beautiful tile, wooden piece, an art piece, decorated plate and voila! You have your tray for the hall ready.
11. Colorful Pouf
Buy them or simply make the pouf by knitting it, stitching it, attaching it or simply pasting it. It will take your little time but you can use these as a foot-rest, to sit or simply to keep your things on.
12. Display tee-shirts
Tee-shirts with beautiful and meaningful captions and art, or tee-shirts with some sentimental connect to it does not have to go in the bin once it is over-used.
