How To: Redecorate With Low Effort and For Free.

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Decorating can be time consuming, take a load of effort, and wow can it be expensive. Follow these tips and you can have high style with low effort and for free!

You're probably thinking I'm full of you know what for suggesting this, but it's true, you can redecorate your home with minimal effort and for free.


Just take a look around you, you've got things, you likely have supplies, and even if you don't have things or supplies, that is not a deterrent as they can be procured for free as well.


Here are several hot tips for you but be sure to swing on by Flipping the Flip for all of the tips as they'll get your creative juices going and in no time, you'll have a completely refreshed house!


Here, this image above, I mixed up several different shades of leftover paint to create a custom color all our own and repainted a wall for free.




○ Think differently. Group images together on a wall or be minimalistic about it. You could end up with ridiculously awesome combinations you never anticipated otherwise if you just ignore "rules."


○ Find some free materials online or in your neighborhood. Check for Buy Nothing groups in your area where folks give away stuff. Repurpose, reuse, refashion, or redo those materials or pieces.


○ Check with friends, family, or neighbors for a decor swap. Arrange a decor swap party even.


○ Paint something small a new color like a frame, the wall trim, the edges of doors, or some chair legs to switch it up. 


○ Paint a mural on a wall with leftover paint, or two, or several or do it and then redo it and....it's just paint, it can always be repainted.


Swing on by the blog post to get the links where all these pictured projects are located to learn more details!

○ Try to look at things with a new eye. Move items to different places to see stuff out of its previous context. Take it outside. Turn it upside down. On its side. Hang it off-kilter. That may sound ridiculous but seriously, try it, even if you return it to its conventional way.


○ Turn something that wasn’t decorative into something that is decorative.


○ Cut up an old magazine or two and redo a wall into a fun mural that’s easily removable. Cut up the magazines into pieces of color and arrange the colors to create a whole new image.


As you can see, this is only just the beginning of ideas. Drop by Flipping the Flip via links in this post or the link below to learn more, get your imagination fired up, and have a whole new home, one that makes you happy and motivates you.


Once you get rolling, you'll discover a slew more ways to redecorate with low effort and for free!

Suggested materials:
  • Pallet wood   (nearby)
  • Acrylic paint   (Amazon)
  • Paint brushes   (Amazon)
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Becky at Flipping the Flip
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