Quick and Easy Apartment Decorating Ideas

If what you see when you walk into your living room is a beat up coffee table, bare walls, and Mom's sea foam green with mustard yellow paisleys couch, you seriously need a change. You need something that fits you! But what if you don't have the funds to buy that gorgeous ,000 nutmeg suede sofa in last month's Pottery Barn catalog? Are you stuck? literally not.

Here's how to make do with what you have, add some newness-and make it look great for under 0.

1. It's not a new sofa... But it's new to you

Slip covers are the best way to go. For cheap slip covers, hit up your outlet malls or get online. The cheapest site I've found for slip covers is overstock.com. They even have nutmeg suede slipcovers! It's not Pottery Barn, but hey, it's not sea foam green either. I've seen them on this site for: .99.

2. Spice up the "new sofa"

Add throw pillows. For cheap yet nice throw pillows, my beloved place is Ross (Tj Maxx and Marshalls also work). Hopefully you have one of these shop in your city! an additional one alternative is to get throw pillow slip covers too. I've seen new throw pillows at Ross for as cheap as: .99

3. From the windows to the wall

Pictures say a thousand words, and estate sales are the best places to find these pictures. Painted pictures especially make you seem like you given a lot of understanding to decorating your apartment-oh, and that you're also well-rounded and cultured (as long as they aren't paintings of an old lady on a bear skin rug). You can spend colse to for 2.

4. From pictures to picture-perfect
Got a lot of pictures lying around? Add them to your home!

Start with your used coffee table. Place tasteful pictures of friends, family, or childhood over the table top. Pictures aren't your thing? You can also take paper coasters from restaurants and dispose them on the table top. Then add table top glass in the same shape as your coffee table to place over your photos or coasters.

Hit up Craigslist for the glass. You may find the glass table tops chipped, but it ads character and probably won't even be noticed, since everyone will be seeing at the pictures or coasters. I've seen a nice one for . If you're going to use coasters instead of photos, gather coasters of imported beer. These coasters tend to be subtle yet appealing, and frankly, they are just cooler.

Slipcover- .99 +tax= .44

2 New throw pillows- .99+tax= .30

2 Paintings-

Glass for table-

Grand Total: .74 - priceless.

You've just revamped the major focal points of your living room. Be proud of where you live and make it you.

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