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• To step
• Part 1 of 4: Preparation
• Part 2 of 4: Decorating the walls and windows
• Part 3 of 4: Adding pillows, bedding, curtains, and rugs
• Part 4 of 4: Adding details and accessories
• Tips
• Warnings

Tired of coming home to a bland bedroom? Or have you had the same interior for years and would you like something different? Here are some great ways to change your bedroom without breaking the bank. There are even a few ways where you only use what you already have.

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Part 1 of 4: Preparation

1. Decide how much time and money you want to spend on it. If you have a lot of money to spend, you can decorate your bedroom according to your wishes. But most of the time you are tied to a limited budget. If you're on a really tight budget, you may have to make some concessions. For instance:
   • Instead of buying new furniture, you can repaint your old furniture.
   • Instead of painting your walls, you can apply wall stickers. This is especially popular with the youth and people who cannot paint the walls. But it's also useful if you don't have that much time.
   • Consider upgrading your room in stages. Maybe you don't have € 500 to redesign everything now. But if you spend $ 50 one month on curtains, $ 50 on paint the next month, and so on, it might be better to pay.
2. Come up with a theme and choose one or two colors to match. While a theme is not necessarily necessary, it can be easy to decide what kind of furniture you want and what colors and patterns to use for your walls, bedding, rugs and pillows. Start with something you like, such as your favorite animal, hobby, or color. Here are some places where you can find inspiration:
   • Search for images on websites, such as Pinterest.
   • Browse brochures from home furnishing stores.
   • Go to a furniture store or Ikea and write down what you like.
3. Think about whether you'll still like the theme in a few years. If you will continue to live in this house for a while and do not want to do odd jobs too often, you should consider whether you will continue to like the theme. If you often have other hobbies, choose a general theme (such as a color or pattern you like) for the walls, rugs, and furniture. Show your current interests with smaller items that you can easily change, such as lampshades, bedding or figurines.
   • If you are a teenager, your interests are likely to change quickly. What was your passion at the age of 13 can be very different at the age of 17.
   • Be careful not to overdo it with the theme. It's nice to have bedding with horses. But if they are on your bed, lamps, curtains, posters, pillows and carpet, it might be a bit too much.
4. Make sure you have room clean is. If your room is a mess, you need to tidy and clean it first. Then you start with a clean slate.It is therefore easier to put things in a different place to see how that works.
5. Get rid of unnecessary junk. Take a closer look at how your room is now decorated. Do you already have a theme in your room, or is it a mishmash of different styles? Consider getting rid of some things you don't use or don't like anymore. You can sell it on the marketplace, or take it to the thrift store.
   • If you have something that you still like, but no longer fits the current style of your room, you can give it a new lease of life by repainting or modifying it.
6. Consider working with what you already have. If you don't have that much money to spend, take a good look at your current furniture and see if you can fix it up to match your new decor. A simple wooden bed can be easily adapted into all kinds of new styles if you paint it or put new bedding on it. For instance:
   • Paint your bed in a solid color for a clean, modern look.
   • Put a colorful bedspread and lots of pillows with different patterns on your bed for a boho style.
   • Go for a vintage bedroom by painting your bed a base color, then top it with a coat of crackle paint. Then it looks nicely weathered.

Part 2 of 4: Decorating the walls and windows

1. Give your walls a fresh coat of paint or apply wallpaper. You can also paint the walls in one color first, and then paste a thin strip of wallpaper that runs throughout the room. The track can be in the middle of the wall or at the top.
   • If you are not allowed to paint the walls or if you are not allowed to wallpaper, you can also staple some pieces of fabric to the walls. Try to do it as smoothly as possible.
   • If you have a small room, consider painting the walls a color and leaving the ceiling white. Then your room will seem bigger.
2. Consider painting a wall in an accent color. Instead of painting your entire room one color, you can also do three walls of off-white, and give the fourth a darker, contrasting color. Put your best furniture against that wall.
3. Apply some pattern with wall stencils. Choose a base color for the background and a contrasting color for the patterns. First paint the background, let it dry, then apply the patterns with more paint and the stencils.
   • If you live in a rental home, you may want to use stickers. These are large vinyl stickers that you can easily remove when you move.
4. Hang up posters, photos or art. This is especially great if you don't have that much money to spend or if you can't paint your walls. If you live in a rental house, use double-sided tape, adhesive hooks, or eraser.
   • If your posters are hanging above your bed, see if it matches your bedding. For example, if your poster has a white background with blue flowers, consider including white sheets with blue flowers.
5. Save space by getting things to hang on the wall. A bedside table or wall mounted lights are a great way to save space. You can also hang some shelves above your bed so that you can put some of your favorite personal items there.
6. Hang Christmas lights on your walls. There are also decorative lights in all shapes and sizes, which you can find in lamp stores or home furnishing stores. For example, you can choose lights in the shape of flowers or butterflies.
   • If you have white or light walls, choose lights with a white or clear cord. If your walls are dark, choose lights with a clear or dark cord.

Part 3 of 4: Adding pillows, bedding, curtains, and rugs

1. Put some extra pillows on your bed. For that luxurious hotel feeling, you can put two to six pillows on your bed. Place the large cushions in the back and the little ones in the front. Don't be afraid to mix and match different colors and patterns. Here are some ideas to get you started:
   • Combine large, eye-catching patterns with smaller, intricate prints.
   • Combine organic prints with geometric figures.
   • Use contrasting colors. For example, you can take a pillow with a bright green pattern and a plain white pillow.
   • For striking cushions you can take something with texture in the fabric, or a different shape. For example, you can take a velvet round pillow, or a roll covered with crocheted lace.
2. Buy a luxury duvet. Cover your bed with a comforter that you can snuggle into, such as a down duvet.
   • For even more luxury you can take a nice bedspread instead of a normal duvet cover.
3. Decorate your windows and walls with curtains. Try to match the curtains with other parts of your room, such as the carpet, pillows, or your bedding. You don't have to buy new curtains; you can also make beautiful curtains from sarees and scarves.
   • If you live in a rental house, there may already be roller blinds. Maybe you can hang a curtain rail above the roller blinds.
   • Consider running a flower garland or string of lights above the curtains.
4. Make your room nice and soft and warm with a cozy rug. Try to choose a rug that matches the rest of your room, such as the bedding, curtains, or the color of your walls. If the head of your bed is against the wall, try to find a rug that extends eight to two feet on all sides of your bed. Usually a rug is placed in front of the bedside tables and extends beyond the foot of the bed. If you have a longer carpet, you can also run it under the bedside tables; then they are firmer. Here are some common sizes of carpets and beds:
   • If you have a single, double or large bed, take a carpet of 1.50m by 2.40m, or 2.40m by 3.00m.
   • If you have a queen or king-size bed, take a rug of 2.40m by 3.00m, or 2.70m by 3.60m.
   • If you already have a rug in your room, you can put a small rug on top of it on one side of the bed. A sheepskin is also very nice for this.

Part 4 of 4: Adding details and accessories

1. Make it warmer with lighting. You can achieve this by hanging a soft, warm lamp from the ceiling. You can also place large floor lamps in the corner, or a table lamp on a table. Christmas lights also provide a cozy light, and you can decorate the walls with them.
2. Use candles to give your room a soft glow. You can take scented candles or regular ones. If you have pets, or if you are afraid of using fire in your room, prefer candles with an LED light. Some also give off a scent and even flicker, just like real candles.
   • Consider replacing the candles every season. Use fresh, floral or fruity scents in the spring and summer, and spicy or woody scents in the fall and winter.
3. Set up a mirror to make your room bigger. You can hang a small mirror above your dresser or a larger one on your door. Instead of a regular mirror, you can take one with a nice frame, an unusual shape, or a design etched into it.
4. Use colors and patterns. Your bedding, pillows, carpets and curtains don't have to be the only color and pattern things in your room. You can make a boring, dull wall much more beautiful by putting a lamp with a colorful shade in front of it.
5. Try to keep everything in a shade. If you want a nice, neat look but don't feel like just white, you can try combining different shades of the same color. For example, you can do all your bedding, pillows, carpets and curtains in different shades of green, such as light, medium and dark green.
6. Make sure something draws attention in your room. This can be very simple a wall or your bed, or something complicated such as a nice headboard or a lampshade. If you want your bed to be the centerpiece of your room, place it in the center of a wall and decorate it with pillows and a blanket.
   • A shelf with a collection of things that you like can also give a nice effect. However, do not overfill the shelf and try to arrange it nicely, for example smaller objects for the larger ones.
7. Put a bedside table with all the necessary things next to your bed. Then your bed will look more luxurious and comfortable. Put a lamp, an alarm clock and some flowers on it, in a pot or a vase. If you like to read, put a stack of books on it. If you are often thirsty at night, you can put down a glass or a carafe of water; that saves you a nightly trip to the kitchen.
   • If you have a large bed in the middle of the wall, you can also put a bedside table on both sides. That gives symmetry and balance.
   • Keep the scale in mind. If your bed is large, you should also have a larger bedside table and a larger lamp.
8. Consider making a sitting area as well. If you like to be in your room, put down a nice chair, then you can use your bed to sleep in only. Make your sitting area cozy in a corner of the room.
   • You can take an armchair, a small bench or even a beanbag.

Tips

• Try to tackle one part of your room at a time. Start with the walls, then the floor, then the bedding and curtains. Finish with some details and accessories.
• Decorative boxes can be used as storage space on shelves, and they immediately add some color to your room.
• Try to make the best use of the space. If you have a small room, put your largest furniture against the walls to make your room appear bigger.
• If you don't have enough money to change your entire room right away, do a little bit at a time. It will also make the job easier. Add things like a bedspread or accessories gradually when you can afford them.
• Stick to a theme. You may like all kinds of themes and styles, but not everything fits together.
• A beautiful wardrobe has a double function: it is a decorative piece of furniture and a place to store your clothes. You can also put a coat rack in a corner, then you can hang things on it.
• A second-hand store is a great place to buy decorations, accessories and knick-knacks.
• If you live with your parents, remember to get permission first. They may not want you to redecorate your bedroom at this point.
• Consider moving electronics such as the TV and computer in another room. Then you will associate your bedroom with rest so that you sleep better.

Warnings

• Don't put so much stuff in your room that you're running out of space to walk around.
• Don't hang so much art that you can't see the walls. Then your bedroom will be too busy.
• Sometimes it happens that you will miss your old room when you redecorate your bedroom. Consider leaving at least one thing in the same spot to keep it feeling familiar.
• Your bedroom should express your own style, but if you live with your parents, they have the final say. Approach them with a plan, including a budget and an idea of ​​how much you can afford and what you would like from them. You have to be willing to negotiate.