10 ways to transform your apartment without buying new things

When you want change, the simplest thing you can do is transform your own apartment. This can be done without leaving the threshold and without spending a penny.

1. Remove unnecessary items

Over the years, we accumulate a lot of things. Walk through your home and decide which things you no longer need and which ones you will never be able to part with.

The degree of affection can be checked by three criteria: functionality, beauty and sentimental value.

Keep the things that are practical or tell a story about you, and remove the rest. This will give you clean shelves and space that can be redecorated, and a little less clutter in your home.

2. Use items for other purposes

There is no need to try to place kitchen accessories exclusively in the kitchen and art objects in the living room. A nice cutting board, for example, can be used as a tray on a side table. And expensive plates that you take out once every five years can be hung on the walls instead of paintings.

3. Use paint

Take a look at all the furniture in the room. To transform the space, you can try repainting old boring interior items in your favorite color. And if you don’t want to change the room so radically, then practice on photo frames.

4. Strangeness – in a prominent place!

Let’s deal with the weirdness. Every person has an object with some kind of history associated with it. It can be displayed in a prominent place. Such a thing will make the room more comfortable for you personally, will help arouse the interest of guests and add personality to the room.

Think about what hobby or passion sets you apart from the rest. Maybe it’s time for a large airplane art to hang on the living room wall?

5. Use books as coasters

Stacked books make excellent stands for sculptures, lamps and flower pots. Use this stylish tool in any room of the house: the kitchen, living room and even the bathroom.

6. Place some goodies in the bowls

Take out beautiful plates or vases, pour nuts or sweets into them, put different fruits. Guests will involuntarily gather around such a treat.

7. Place all paintings and photographs on one wall

Collect all the paintings and photographs you have, from huge abstract canvases to the smallest ones. Group them by thinking through the composition. Choose paintings of different formats – vertical, horizontal, square and even round – to make the gallery as dynamic as possible.

Determine the focal point – the picture that will attract attention when entering the room. Find a suitable wall and place a focal point, then hang the rest of the pieces. Alternate large and small paintings. Don’t skimp on space: it’s okay if the gallery takes up the entire wall.

8. Group books on a shelf by color

You’ve probably seen this interesting stylistic solution more than once in beautiful photographs on the Internet. It’s time to try it out!

9. Clean up the hallway

The hallway stores things that will be useful to you on the street: an umbrella, a scarf, glasses. Make this space more organized. Think about how you can add convenience and beauty to the closet, bedside table, ottoman, which are located in the hallway.

Here are some ideas.

• Place a cozy lamp in the hallway (its light is much more pleasant than that of ceiling lamps).
• Hang a picture and a couple of extra coat hooks.
• A beautiful trash bin will serve as an excellent storage for waste paper from the mailbox.
• All small items can be placed on a large tray: small change in a plate, glasses in a glass.

10. Surround yourself with inspiration in the bedroom

Leave on your bedside table only those things that will inspire you in the morning after waking up and before going to bed. A souvenir figurine from your favorite country, a photograph of a loved one, a beautiful vase of flowers.