Tips for Decorating Studio Apartments - Decorate your studio apartment to make it look like a home? Put to the test these ideas easy for a space of elegant appearance.
Your House must support you, help you to relax at the end of a busy day and when you're a student, follow through long study sessions. But when it's your first apartment, creating a space that sits at home can be a challenge. Surely like a space a little more polished and personal than an average student residence. No matter your budget, these 10 tips are a good place to start.
1. Buy in Pairs. Make the most of findings from low cost by buying multiples. A vase, lamp or Ottoman are fine, but a couple makes it look as an intentional decoration option. In this room to be, a couple of simple floor mirrors hanging side by side makes to the small room feel wider, while a pair of stools creates a welcoming place for guests. Small flexible furniture tend to be less expensive than the larger ones, and can move easily and be used in different ways in the future.
Here's a couple of basic metal lockers in red, that create the appearance of a dresser for longer. The illusion that they are a part is reinforced by the pair of lamps game established at each end.
2. Splurge on Linen; Save on Furniture. A basic bed frame will do the job, and a practical side table is available again for just a little money. You can save on these items and spend a little more on the bed. Then the bed will become the focal point of the room. You use it to sleep there, so it's a place worth a little splurge.
3 Decals or whiteboards. I love the look of a wall of slate, but if not you can paint on your car, it's labelled slate instead. They are removable and does wonders in livening up large tracts of a dull wall color.
Of course, if you die by painting something with chalkboard paint, it doesn't have to be a wall. With a few layers of paint from slate, almost anything can be turned into an area of slate. An old mirror with a useful framework is a great starting point. And if you can not hang it due to a rule of no holes in the wall, just to keep it in a table pushed against the wall.
4. Choose some large artworks to focus attention on the walls. A great piece of art, as an elephant print as shown here, is a great way to add personality to your space without paint. Or for a twist, try a wall planter filled with succulent fresh herbs. Are you afraid of that kill live plants? Get as these creative tenants who made a tape of fake plants in the wall to create the appearance of a hanging pot.
5. A store of material in glass jars. Everything from pasta and dried coffee beans for office equipment is best seen in glass jars. And they don't have to be from luxury to do the trick. You can pick up a box of large glass jars for less than $20. Or even wash the bottles and reuse them instead of throwing them to the Recycle Bin.
6. Think of new uses for the adhesive strips and hooks. Don't let the rule of holes you prohibited by enjoy works of art, mirrors and even in your apartment wall sconces. Versions stronger adhesive strips and clips, or even velcro strips, can be a salvation when you rent. Attempts to use them instead of nails and hooks for hanging small picture frames, mirrors, light and even plug-in wall sconces.
7 Lights with embraces clip. The closures of lights can be a convenient way to add light exactly where you need it, and smaller versions are pretty decent. Use them as lights night or something similar on your shelves, in the closet, above the kitchen countertop or anywhere else where you want additional lighting.
8. Add something fluffy. A sheep skin fake wrapped in a Chair, a plush throw on the sofa or a point on the bed rug makes a space feel comfortable and homey. A hot carpet beneath the feet can also help greatly. Try a flat-woven in (easy to clean) dining room and something very warm and soft next to your bed so you can sink your toes in it on cold mornings.
9. In case of doubt, add some baskets. Are you facing a problem of organization? No matter what, or how the room that is, baskets can probably help. Choose baskets convertible if you want to be able to see the contents, or baskets with lid if you want to hide them.
Take the example of this family house, where tagged wire baskets used to sort belongings of the companions at the entrance.
10. enjoy something only because you like it. It's your vacation, don't forget that! So if your budget allows it, enjoy these beautiful candles, that deck terraria or that book of art, to which you have had since eye. It is the personal touch that you have chosen, to begin to make your first rental feel as love in your home.
Tell us: If you're starting, what would be your biggest challenge in the decoration of your apartment (or bedroom)? If you're not starting, you can share a story of your first!