High end decorating can be achieved by anyone who wants it, no matter what the budget. Customizing the décor to fit your personality does not have to be tacky either like some would like you to think. Knowing what to keep neutral and where to kick it up a notch is essential to good design. Whether your budget is $500 or $5000, here is what you can do to get a high end home decor look, on a paupers budget!

High End Home Decor : Get the Look, on a Budget!

1. Clear the space

Most people have everything they own in view. For some reason it makes them feel more prosperous. Big mistake! One of the processes of home staging is the de-cluttering process. I cannot stress the importance of clutter free spaces. Unless the wealthy homeowner is an eccentric, you will see purposefully placed art and accessories that are beautiful to look at. Editor’s Note: This bedroom is warm, but uncluttered.

2. Room identities

Each room in the home needs to make sense. Make sure that the catch-all rooms are emptied and an identity assigned to it, be it hobby room, home office etc.

3. Large oversized wall hangings and groupings

Be it tapestries or modern art, keep it large! If you have a collection of small fruit prints, clump them together to make one large square or rectangle. Remove small isolated pictures and photos if they cannot be grouped. Blank walls help traffic flow. Editor’s note: This wall art by ‘My Full House’ could easily be done on a budget, but looks high end because it is the only art on that wall, and it looks deliberate. Nothing is cluttered, and accessories are chosen with thought.

4. Area rugs

Update your shared spaces with area rugs. Group your conversation seating toward the rug and add fresh flowers and sofa pillows in a color pulled from the area rug.

5. Color scheme

As difficult as it is, staying with a color scheme is an important aspect of a professionally designed scheme. Keep your walls and major pieces of furniture simple, and then add your favorite colors in your pillows, art, and accessories. By doing this, it will cost you less to purchase and change out later and it is easier to figure out.

6. Traffic flow

Leave plenty of space to move around all your rooms. Allow direct lines to enter and exit rooms.

7. Mood lighting

Adding good lighting to every room in your house increases not only the visibility of each room and its function, but also makes being in those rooms a pleasure without really knowing why. The light fixtures do not need to be expensive to do the job…they just need to be in the right place and to get that high end look, add dimmer switches.

Article by Sheron Cardin.

We hope you loved learning how to get a high end home decor look! Also check out our posts on our Modern Boho Living Room and How to Get Palm Springs Style!