How to revamp your apartment for less than $50 per room
What does your home decor say about your personal style? Perhaps you've borrowed from your relatives so much that your only hope is to wait for "Florida Retirement Home Chic" to become a thing.聽Or maybe there's life left in the brightly colored plastic accessories you bought for your first apartment and you're waiting for "Dorm Room Chic" to re-enter the scene.
For me, it's some combination of both. I've made some wise choices at Target and Home Goods over the last couple of years, but let's face it, I still have a long way to go before I can describe my decorating scheme as "cohesive" without being sarcastic. But I can't very well just walk into Horchow and start thumbing through fabric choices, because I'm on a budget. Luckily, I have a knack for hunting down the best deals聽on the internet. I had a $200 budget, and here's how I updated each room in my new apartment for less than $50 per room.
Bathroom
If you want to completely revamp a room without cleaning out your checking account, the bathroom is a great place to start. Simple updates to your shower curtain, towels, and accessories can add style to your entire appointment. Allow your guests to be impressed by these finds:
罢丑颈蝉听聽goes for just $14.99 at Target, and you can save an extra 10 percent for a limited time with code聽FALLHOME. You can pick it up in-store to avoid shipping costs. I saw similar ones at other retailers for more than twice that price.
Calvin Klein has made a huge comeback, and these聽聽add a modern touch to the powder room. The solid colors are versatile, with plenty of聽hues to choose from. These aren't on sale, but at $14.99 for a bath towel and $8.99 for a hand towel, they fit in my budget, and I'm happy with the quality.
I kept my accessories simple and still made a statement with this聽, which is on clearance for $5 at T.J. Maxx.
The total for my bathroom:聽$43.48.
Bedroom
A tapestry is an inexpensive way to decorate a bedroom: you can hang it on the wall, or聽use it as a bedspread to cover an unsightly old comforter.聽聽came through for me with a ton of options under $15 that qualify for free Prime shipping. My favorite was this聽聽for $11.60.
I picked up this聽聽for $24.95 at Pier 1. Similar mirrors were going for upwards of $80 elsewhere. I also found a聽聽for only $14.25 at Home Depot, reduced from $19.
My total for the bedroom:聽$50.80.
Living Room
Honestly, this聽聽is too cute to not buy. It's on sale for $11.99, and you can use code聽FALLHOME聽to save an extra 10 percent. It makes a surprisingly supportive neck pillow and an even better conversation starter. I paired it with this聽, which is reduced from $49.99 to $19.99 at Kohl's.
Since my budget did not permit commissioning an original portrait of all of my friends' cats playing beach volleyball to put above the couch, I picked up this聽聽for just $18.97 at Walmart, on which I displayed a few decorative knick-knacks that were just sitting in a box before this renovation.
My total for the living room:聽$49.75.
Kitchen
Can't afford a backsplash? Join the club! How about some well-placed wall decals for a similar look? Yes, that you can afford. 罢丑颈蝉听聽goes for just $12 at Urban Outfitters. I also picked up this聽聽for $9.99 at World Market, so now I have a place to put my shopping list.
Kitchen decor can be useful as well - a brightly colored KitchenAid mixer might not fit into your budget, but聽this set of two聽聽for $11.98 at World Market聽will add a decorative touch. Or, use food as decoration with this聽, available for $12.99 at Groupon.
My total for the kitchen:聽$46.96.
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