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Kathy Wilson, "budget decorator" interior designer, gives budget decorating ideas when selling your home.
Griffiths
Friends of mine from the Atlanta suburbs recently sold their 3000 foot home. They committed to living a simpler life and downshifted to a 2 bedroom, 2 bath townhome in the city. This significantly reduced their commute, the time they spend cleaning house, and best of all (they tell me) they aren’t spending their weekends doing yard work.
Fortunately, my friends had great luck selling half of their home’s furniture on Craigslist. They are convinced that they really received far more value for their furniture by listing it there instead of putting the furniture on consignment or by selling it at their garage sale. How would you recommend going about the interior design decorating when downshifting your lifestyle?
Kathy Wilson
When downsizing the most important thing to remember is you will have to get rid of a lot more than you think! Keep only what you need, and if you can’t stand the idea of selling some precious furnishings, consider gifting them to a family member to keep them in the family. That last thing your new digs needs is to be packed so tight with “stuff” you can’t enjoy your new home! Be ruthless!
Griffiths
What interests me most is the idea of using the furniture you already have to create a new look without spending any money. This is the ultimate in budget decorating while transforming your home!
What decorating ideas can you give to maximize a home’s interior design without spending any money?
Kathy Wilson
This one is free...rearrange! Remember there is almost always more than one way to arrange a room, and the change can make a major difference in the rooms design. Try the whole room on the diagonal, or just the area rug. Pull the furniture away from the wall and make a comfortable grouping near the focal point. Tuck in a little reading corner. Search out the rest of your home for furniture and accessories that might fit better in the room you are transforming. Just because that recliner has always been in the corner of the bedroom, doesn’t mean it has to stay there! Try several different groupings on graph paper. Use small pieces of graph paper cut to represent your furniture at 1 sq=1Ft. Keep moving things until you find an arrangement you love, it can transform a room for no money at all!
Griffiths
I have read a few books on Feng Shui (pronounced as ("fung shway). As I understand it, Feng Shui decorating is the idea of placing elements and colors in your home to better balance your environment. Some people even go as far to say that Feng Shui placement in your home could improve your health an attitude. Do you have any practical decorating ideas for making feng shui an integral part of decorating your home?
Kathy Wilson
I am not an expert on Feng Shui decorating, but there are several good books out on the subject including Feng Shui In A Weekend: Transform Your Life and Home in a Weekend or Less.
Kathy Wilson is a home and garden writer, author and consultant and is the home decorating expert for LifetimeTV.com. Visit her for more home and garden ideas at http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com and http://www.TheGardenGlove.com. Also visit her at http://www.Women-on-the-Net.com where any woman can learn to make money on the internet!
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