How to Make Your Home Look Expensive on a Budget

Tips for Making Your Home Look Expensive

1. Go Minimalist

   One of the easiest ways to start making your home look expensive on a budget is to purge all the “stuff” that is cluttering your space. Pare down your furniture and decor to only the pieces you absolutely love and get rid of anything else. Minimizing your belongings also allows you to focus on pieces that add a big impact, such as investing in a unique dining table in your dining room and forgoing the hutch, buffet, and other additional pieces.

2. Create a Cohesive Palette

   Having a cohesive palette for the rooms in your home allows you to make the space work together and creates a big impact. Whether it’s bold color or soft neutrals, consistency is the key. This also makes it easy to find new additions to your decor as you’ll know instantly whether new pieces will work with the room you intend them for.

3. Add curtains

   More often than not when you look at interior design magazines, you will see curtains on the windows. Hang your curtain rods at ceiling height and outside of the window edges to maximize light and make the windows look bigger. Adding floor to ceiling curtains also makes your space look taller as a bonus.

4. Add molding

   Not all of us are lucky enough to live in older homes with beautiful architectural details but luckily adding molding is an affordable way to make your home look higher end. Crown molding can be extended by adding a shoe mold 6 inches below existing molding and painting it and the space between white. A chair rail is also simple to add and goes a long way towards giving a space character.

5. Change light fixtures

   Nothing takes away the luxury look of a home faster than boring builder-grade lights. Consider adding new, updated light fixtures to your home as an affordable big impact change. If you can’t afford to switch out the lighting, even giving existing pieces a coat of spray paint to replicate a different finish can provide an instant update!

6. Accessorize!

   Accessories are a great way to add interest to a space without spending a lot of money. Throw pillows, area rugs, and plants all add interest to rooms without a big investment. Home decorating can often be about the details so assess your space and decide what might be missing. If you need inspiration, look at your favorite Pinterest interiors and see if there is a common thread in homes you love. See if you can add that missing piece to your own space.