Innovative decorating without spending money

Monday, October 27th, 2008

In these rough economic times, much of our extraneous spending goes out the window as we concentrate on getting food on the table, keeping the heat on, and the roof paid for.  Usually home decorating (or re-decorating!) is one of the first things to go.

 But what if you still want to revamp a room or two but you don’t have the budget?  Try the following resource: Use What You Have Decorating by Lauri Ward (her website is www.redecorate.com).  It is an excellent way to learn how to go around your house and reuse furniture from different rooms to make an entirely different look–without spending any extra cash!  For me, it gave me a different way to look at furniture–and saved us from buying items we didn’t ultimately need.

For those of you who have an eye for style and are looking for a new line of work, you can also learn how to become a “Use What You Have” design consultant.  Part of the course also teaches you “staging”, which is a technique used by real estate agents to make a home more appealing and hopefully a quicker sell.

Have a great week and happy shopping around your house!

Copyright 2008-2009 Kristin Delfau, author of Turbo-Mom's Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time a womens' personal finance book, and Aji Publishing.

Tags: careers, home decorating, lauri ward
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