5 Ideas for an Affordable Living Room Makeover

What are some affordable living room makeover ideas?

Rearrange furniture
Add indoor plants
Brighten up with color
Decorate the space
Experiment with patterns

The living room is one of the first things that you and other people will notice about your house. Think about it: when you’re inviting guests over, you’ll immediately want them to feel comfortable and settled. You direct them towards your living room where they can sit down on a couch and relax with an interesting coffee table book. But if you think your living room is not really a relaxing environment, then you may want to start changing things up with these affordable living room makeover ideas. Check them out!

Rearrange furniture

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One of the best and cheapest ways of invigorating some life into your living room is by rearranging your furniture. In fact, it’s almost too good to be true, you might be thinking that there’s no way something as simple as this can get the job done!

Changing up the location of the furniture can be difficult to do, especially if you’re already accustomed to the current arrangement, but it doesn’t have to be daunting. First, you’ll want to establish the main entrance of your living room — this is going to set the basis for where you’ll move different furniture around.

When you’ve already established that area, you now have to make sure that you move your furniture in such a way that you can still comfortably move around the space and you’ll have adequate leg room when you sit down. Leave out gaps to allow people to walk in, but try not to push your furniture to the walls — keep them at a distance of 46 inches from the walls. You should also make sure that any furniture is placed at arm’s reach between each furniture to make the room more ergonomic.

Add indoor plants

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Indoor plants are a great way to keep your living room natural and fresh. Aside from their calming appearance, a potted plant or two in your living room can already make it more breathable and livable. If you’re not an experienced hobbyist, you can start by adding plants that are easy to grow and take care of.

A snake plant, for example, is beginner-friendly and doesn’t require exhaustive care. Although it requires sunlight, it can survive under low to medium lighting conditions. Potted snake plants can fetch for around Php 150 to 400 pesos per pot, so you can definitely have more than one of these lying around in the living room.

You could also choose succulent plants like aloe vera. Like the snake plant, this popular living room plant is affordable, as they’re usually sold at a range of Php 90 to 250 per pot.

Brighten up with color

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A fresh color of wood-look tile flooring might just be the key to making your living room more vibrant. Different wood-look colors carry a variety of meanings, but you’ll ultimately want to choose a color that’s relaxing to the eyes.

To set a comfortable mood and tone for your living room, add cool pastel colors like blue, lavender, beach-inspired blue, or your choice of customized hues. As much as possible, you’ll want to match these colors with the floors and walls of the living room.

For example, if you have wood-look tiles, go for darker shades for your walls that can help add a contrast to the overall design. For patterned tiles, try painting with lighter tones like cream pink, or white to achieve a cleaner and sleeker finish.

Decorate the space

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Your living room space can feel bland, especially when there aren’t a lot of fixtures and decorations — but if you truly want to make your living room feel more homey and cozy, the right kind of decor can already transform it.

If you want to have a contemporary living room, try going for abstract artwork and fixtures that you can buy at an affordable price at your local department store.

Not really a fan of painting? You could opt for other ornate additions like a DIY-mounted wooden shelf where you can place photo frames, small potted plants, magazines, or coffee table books.

Experiment with patterns

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Sometimes, you might just need to spend a little bit more to achieve the living room of your dreams. What we’re talking about is a fresh set of patterned tiles to overhaul the entire look.

If you can’t really find the right living room ornament and decor, tiles can serve as a budget-friendly and practical way of incorporating timeless and modern looks into your living room. A great tip when it comes to choosing pattern tiles is that they should match your furniture, lighting, and other layers.

Choose from versatile patterns that feature mosaic shapes, marble streaks, stones-looks, wood designs, or even flaked patterns. Get creative with how you style them. You could also mix and match to come up with the best look.

Key Takeaway

As you’ve learned, there are multiple ways for you to achieve an affordable living room makeover. You can do a range of simple and complex renovations and redesigns, such as changing up the arrangement of your furniture or even completely changing the look of your tiles.

To achieve only the best looks for your interior spaces, Floor Center’s tiles are the best way to do that. Check out Floor Center’s tips and tricks here and together, we can Elevate Your Life’s Tile!.

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