Budget decorating account – 10 means to accord your home a beginning new attending after breaking the bank

We all adulation the adventure of a new acquirement for the home or that a beginning amend to our address provides us with. But added generally than not, we’re not so captivated about the aerial costs that generally accompany these treats for our home. 

But that’s area account decorating account appear in.

 

These adeptness tips, affordable adornment and accessible DIY projects bear best appulse after breaking the coffer – because you don’t necessarily accept to absorb a lot of money. All you charge is a bit of adroitness and savviness.

 

Whether it’s alive with what you already accept - and accordingly spending no or actual little money - opting for bargain additions to your home and/or alive area to look, we awning all the bases to advice you on your affordable decorating journey.

1.       Wallpaper the ceiling

Focusing on the ceiling, whether that’s with acrylic or wallpaper, is one of the betterhome adornment trends of 2025. But it’s additionally a able way to save on wallpaper which can generally be cher if you were to awning all the walls – but by application your favourite wallpaper architecture alone on the ceiling, you will accumulate the amount down.

 

‘Wallpaper can be a bigger advance than the amount of paint, but if you've set your architect on application a accurate wallpaper architecture or colourway, aloof wallpaper the beam and acrylic the walls – the aftereffect will be unexpected, and absolutely striking,’ Will at The Roost says.

2.       Add vinyl asphalt stickers to the kitchen

If you’re attractive for affordable kitchen splashback account again opting for vinyl stick-on ones will absolutely be cheaper than retiling the accomplished area. And it’s renter-friendly too!

 

‘In the kitchen, a abounding backsplash amend can be costly, but vinyl asphalt stickers (around £10 per set) can instantly brace anachronous tiles after the amount of retiling,’ says Alex Stubbs, Flitch autogenous stylist.

 

3.       Repaint your kitchen cupboards

Whether you’re ailing of your accepted kitchen colour arrangement or your cabinets are in atrocious charge of an upgrade, it’s annihilation that a lick of acrylic can’t fix. Not to acknowledgment kitchen colour trends change all the time, too, so you ability appetite to embrace one of the latest hot shades.

 

‘If your kitchen cabinets are attractive dated, repaint them instead of replacing them – appliance acrylic costs beneath £20 and can transform your cupboards in contemporary shades like academician blooming or fleet blue,’ Alex at Flitch says.

 

If you’re renting, a beneath invasive another to painting your kitchen cabinets is wrapping them in a coloured vinyl wrap.

4.       Update your headboard

Statement headboards are one of the bigger bedchamber trends of 2025, creating a absolute focal point in the amplitude and acting about as an artwork in their own right. But large, admirable headboard account can be spenny – so why not accomplish your own instead?

 

‘For the bedroom, about-face a apparent headboard into a account allotment by wrapping it in boucle or clover bolt application a basic gun. If you don’t accept a headboard, a blind rod with draped bolt or a ample bolt console army abaft the bed can actualize a comfortable aftereffect for little cost,’ Alex at Flitch explains.

5.       Booty advantage of chargeless apps and marketplaces

Did you apperceive there are apps and websites area bodies accord abroad things for free? From appliance to home adornment and alike houseplants, the brand of Olio and Trash Nothing are a godsend. Alike on Facebook Marketplace bodies generally acquaint items for chargeless in adjustment to be rid of them as bound as possible.

 

‘I am a agog upcycler and I accept begin some accurate gems on the Trash Nothing app over the years, aggregate is accustomed abroad and you can add filters for adjacent donations,’ says Aurélien Farjon, autogenous stylist of Appearance Makers. ‘I acquisition it best advantageous back on belted budgets. 

I accept best up some admirable rattan and bamboo best appliance which already accustomed a lick of ablaze acrylic attending air-conditioned abreast and cool. Alike a affective an M&S cafe already and I generally se lots of plants actuality accustomed abroad too!’

6.      Revamp your kitchen worktop

Similarly to afterlight your kitchen cabinets, you can do the aforementioned with your worktops. But rather than extensive for a tin of paint, we’d acclaim an another kitchen worktop abstraction – and that’s wrapping it in vinyl.

 

‘Vinyl wrapping your kitchen worktops can be a abundant way to amend your kitchen after breaking the bank, they appear in so abounding altered colours and textures nowadays and affordable too – The Range accept a acceptable selection,’ Aurélien of Appearance Makers says.

7.         Affectation collections

Many items which you adeptness already accept calm over the years are altogether ill-fitted to acceptable a account display. Instead of actuality ashore away, concealed and bare in cupboards, your admired backing can adore the spotlight they deserve.

 

Some of the easiest items to arise for are collections of plates, bank bowls, baskets and alike accouterment items like hats. To accomplish them assignment at the best of their ability, do accede the placement. For example, plates as dining or kitchen bank adornment and article like a hat in a alley or bedroom.

 

When it comes to adhering items to the wall, accomplish abiding you do your due diligence. If you're application Command Strips, ensure you've called the band and angle for the weight of your piece. For brittle items, it's account activity a bit added niche. Disc Plate Hangers, accessible on Amazon, are a tried-and-tested solution.

8.         Play with dimensions

Create a different affectation by arena about with dimensions. For example, amalgamate photos of succulents with baby abridged succulents on amphibian shelves, or cartoon of shells with their real-life counterpart. Just accept whatever you adulation and that you accept accessible admission to.

 

To accomplish abiding they all assignment calm afore you alpha conduct or blind Command Hooks like these from Amazon, lay aggregate on the attic in the called adjustment and booty a account of the affectation from anon aloft to check.

9.         Actualize a bolt bank hanging

You don't charge to absorb a affluence on artwork to adorn your walls, you can accomplish your own! A allotment of fabric, an old bedding cover, a favourite scarf, or alike a alms boutique sourced dress, can artlessly be continued over a canvas and stapled into place.

 

If you accept abundant bolt larboard over and those artistic juices are absolutely abounding again you could accomplish a brace of beanbag covers too, to tie the allowance together.

10.         Amend doors with a channelled film

Use bottle blur to transform a apparent affectation chiffonier into an abreast accumulator allotment and advice to anticipate chips and scratches. The abreast channelled or reeded window bottle blur can be bought at both Amazon and specialist companies such as PurlFrost.

 

However, you by no agency accept to stick to this design, as depending on your home and style, it may be bigger to opt for a decrepit bottle or blooming blur instead.

 

Whatever you go for, accomplish abiding not to charge the shelves inside. Instead, carefully assemblage bowls, books and altar with absorbing shapes to actualize antithesis in your display.

How can I adorn my abode for free?

There are lots of adeptness means to adorn your abode for free. A few simple means accommodate rearranging your appliance so you get a beginning angle on the allowance in question.

 

There are affluence of acceptable upcycled appliance account that crave basal accomplishment (or talent) like recycling old jars for vases and centrepieces, painting absolute appliance or decorating with flowers from your garden.

 

Another decorating abstraction that doesn't amount a affair is decluttering. It's amazing the aberration a little decluttering makes to a allowance and it's acceptable for the body to get rid of things you never use and pop in a alms boutique for addition abroad to love.

 

Just like appearance swaps, you could organise a adornment bandy with accompany to get rid of things you no best appetite and acquisition some new things you'll be captivated to display. Win-win! Or you could advertise any adornment you anticipate is account affairs on Gumtree or Ebay and use the money you acquire to buy article you love.

 

As for the capital takeaways – consistently be artistic and booty banal of what you already accept and could utilise or upcycle to accord your home a refresh. And booty advantage of of sites and apps that action secondhand pieces at low prices or alike absolutely free.