By using decorative items in your house, you can make any space feel updated and fresh, and you also add personal style to it. The best thing about decorations is that you can achieve a strong effect without breaking the bank. Discount and thrift stores are excellent source for decorative items if you are on a limited budget. You can use pillows and covers of different colors to add some vibrant tones to your room. For those with some artistic affinity, creating your own art is both fun and productive way to spruce up your home.

Key Takeaways:

• When your decor needs refreshed, but your budget is limited, there are still ways to accomplish small updates without spending a fortune.
• One of the best budget decorating tips is to shop second-hand. Nothing is really off-limits, or out of reach, if you are a good thrift store, Craigslist, eBay, discount, or craft store shopper.
• Buy what makes you happy when you walk in a room…not what is on the cover of the latest catalog. Unless, of course, whatever is on the cover makes you blissfully happy.

“In recent years, I have been relying more and more on contractors and handymen, which has greatly impacted what I can and can’t do. I know for a fact that money can be saved if you have access to free labor…a handy husband, family, or friends. So carefully consider your budget, and go from there.”

Read more: https://www.onsuttonplace.com/10-budget-decorating-tips/

For many grandparents, having grandchildren is reliving their experiences from the past, when they raised their children. It is important to foster the relationship between your parents and your children and it is especially important to actively work on it in situations where you are physically apart. Children’s parents play a critical role as a bridge in this relationship and both grandparents and parents need to act as partners in this effort. Above everything else, they need to recognize that nurturing these relationships takes time, which is often a challenge in the lives we lead today.

Key Takeaways:

• Timing is really everything when grandparenting from a distance. Find out good times to call – but also ask about bad times to call.
• Specifically nurturing the connection with the parents from a distance is key too. Even though we aren’t as cute as your grandchildren, we still need you and depend on you to encourage and support us.
• There are so many small ways you can reach out and let your own children know you are there when they need you.

“If kids don’t feel like talking, keep this reminder on a sticky note somewhere: I like listening to you.”

Read more: https://www.gagasisterhood.com/2021/partner-with-parents-to-build-strong-connections-with-grandchildren/

A lot of house renovations can be troublesome because you don’t want to redo things if you can help it. You want to make decisions that can last for years without regret. Things don’t always work out that way. Here in this home the colors are mostly neutral as this is the wish of the owner. They say how much they love when other people use colors but find their own designs shifting more towards light blues or grays.

Key Takeaways:

• The vast majority of people want their homes to be bright, bold, and full of life.
• You will tire of patterns on the floor far slower than those at eye level.
• You should use classic materials in uncommon ways in order to spice things up.

“Furthermore, last week after a friend professed her love of bold colors in her home, I thought to myself with a sigh, “Ah yes… I once did, too“.”

Read more: https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/neutral-color-and-pattern-ideas

It is true that individual preferences are subjective and that perhaps we should not be criticizing other people choices, but there are interior design mistakes that most people can agree are mistakes. This is especially true for decorations, but fortunately most missteps can be corrected. Choosing a color that does not match your home or using many different colors are common mistakes that are easily fixable. Another common mistake is using too many matching items which gives a boring impression of your space.

Key Takeaways:

• Choosing the perfect paint color is not an easy task. But most of us know rather quickly if the paint color we have chosen is all wrong for a room.
• The rooms in a home should flow together and make a beautiful and seamless transition! And one of the biggest ways to do that is to keep the wall color consistent throughout the house.
• Many rugs in magazines and on blogs are really too small! They look lovely because the design around them is perfect. And they are shown in a “beauty shot” that does not show the entire room.

“Today, I’m calling on both the StoneGable home and the Tanglewood home to give you examples! Both homes are “StoneGable-ed” as a friend recently said but they are unique in the colors I chose for each! I love that I can show examples using both of our most recent homes!”

Read more: https://www.stonegableblog.com/5-big-decorating-mistakes-fix/