Tips on Making Home Decorating A Family Affair & On A Tight Budget Too
12-16-2016
Decorating a house is a huge undertaking, and your children’s rooms are no exception. Getting together a critical mass of decorations can seem a daunting and expensive task to the unprepared, but there is no need to fear. As this list of budget room decorating strategies shows, there are plenty of ways to make sure your rooms look great without breaking the bank.
DIY Decorations
If you really want to save some money on decorations for the room, you’ll find that few things are cheaper than the pieces you make yourself. If you have any inclination toward any branch of the arts and crafts, this is the perfect opportunity to shine. You can either make something you are familiar with and are already proficient at making, or you can find a new project online and try to stretch your skills. DIY decorations are the perfect way to make sure your home truly expresses your desires, interests, and talents by making your home space into your own.
Involving the Kids
Once your kids get a little older, you can revisit the DIY strategy with the help of your kids. Involving your children in the process of decorating their own rooms is a great way to teach them a lot of important life lessons. For instance, you can begin to teach older children about money management by giving them coupons for Pier One and a small amount of money and asking them to pick out an item for their room. Or, if their class is doing an arts and crafts project, you can help them hang the resulting item up in their room, letting them contribute directly to the decorating scheme. Along the same lines, you can encourage them to do simple crafts projects of their own at home.
Hand-Me-Downs
If you have multiple kids or are planning to have more in the future, you can save some money by sharing decorations between kids. Hand-me-downs are the items that your older kids use until they outgrow. Then they can pass the items to their younger siblings; it’s essentially a traditional form of recycling. When you use coupons to Pottery Barn to grab some pottery, for instance, you can keep the items you’ve purchased between generations. Families can even share hand me downs between their extended relatives; this is a way to not only acquire decorations but to establish closer family ties as well.
Use Coupons
When you have to buy new items, try to find some coupons to reduce the cost. The Internet makes finding such things a breeze; organizations like Coupons for Good, will often carry coupons for Pottery Barn and other common outlets for decorative items. With the right coupons, even the higher end items can become affordable, and low-cost items become trivial to purchase. Be sure to check your coupon outlets and stores throughout the year to find the best deals, as they often change over time.
Your children’s rooms are the backdrop for their precious childhood memories. With the right set dressing, you can make sure those memories are the best they can possibly be.
Happy saving!
