Years go by and trends change frequently; not everyone can afford to completely redecorate every few years. In this article we are going to show you budget-friendly ways to decorate & still follow up-to-date design trends. Accessorize to Revitalize The secret is to accessorize. We aren’t going to tell you to buy new furniture, we’re going to show you ways to work with the furniture that you already have and how to dress it up! The first step in redecorating a room is to look at what colours you want to work with or what colours are already in that room. Let’s say you have a gray couch with blue tones in it; you could add some blues to tie the room together. Or if your tv stand is black, you might want to pick out other décor items that have a black frame or finish, so everything is cohesive or at least matching to look more put together. Use area rugs, lamps, mirrors, coffee & side tables, TV stands & wall art to help revamp your room! Wall art is one of the easiest ways to liven up or revamp a room. You can tie a whole room together with just a few pieces of art! Use nature shots, cityscapes, buildings, texture, geometric or even text! It adds personality to any room you add it to. Like I mentioned above, you can pull colours from your furniture that is already there to pull a room together. You can also use complimentary colours if you don’t want the room to be too monochromatic. If you aren’t sure what colours work together, take a look at the colour wheel below! Complimentary colours are 2 colours that work well together. Complimentary colours, are two colours opposite each other on the colour wheel. So if you have a ton of purples in your décor and want to add another colour to liven the room up, you could add a warm yellow. Yellow and purple are complimentary colours, so you wouldn’t have to worry about the two clashing. Be creative and have fun. Area rugs come in all shapes, sizes, designs and textures. They can really liven up a dull room! If all of your furniture has busy/bold patterns or textures to it, you can add a simple rug to bring it all together, or if your furniture is simplistic a bold rug can liven up the room and add some character. If you have a hand me down coffee table or one that is quite old, it may make your room look outdated. Coffee tables are incredibly inexpensive, yet incredibly effective! Replacing one table can make the world of a difference when redesigning a room, almost like you completely redid your living room! Old and scratched up tables can make your room look worn out; bringing in a new polished table can really modernize your space. Another wall décor item that can easily help decorate any room is a clock. Clocks come in so many different shapes, sizes & patterns it can add many personalities to your space! Just like wall art, if your walls don’t have much on them and you don’t have many busy patterns going on in the room, a fun geometric-shaped clock can liven it up! If you have enough patterns in your room, a simplistic clock can even out your décor. A super simple way to brighten up your room is with throw pillows. You can choose any pattern, design, colour you like with pillows! There is no limitation in variety with pillows! Throw pillows can easily bring together a room with your choice of colours. When you visit your local Surplus Furniture Mattress & Warehouse, we love to help you design your rooms, while saving money in the process. We want to make your furniture visions become a reality.