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Design Your Vacation Home Without Bumping Your Bank Balance!

Vacation home proves to be the oasis in the desert of a monotonous life! But why is it that we always find these holiday homes so barren or plainly decorated

By Nishant KumarPublished 5 years ago 3 min read

Vacation home proves to be the oasis in the desert of a monotonous life! But why is it that we always find these holiday homes so barren or plainly decorated? Yes, we know buying them is already a great accomplishment financially and you sometimes just can’t spare enough resources to glamorously decorate them as well! And you don’t even spend much time in this house anyway. But this doesn’t mean you have to dump all your used furniture in this house and make it look like a dormitory! But again, this also doesn’t convey the fact that you’ve to spend oodles in adorning this property of yours!

Tips to Decorate Your Holiday Home Beautifully in a Limited Budget!

The biggest mistake you could do after buying a vacation home is to let it stay plain and neglected. And some time, you do maintain it well, but only the basics of it like cleaning and having properly working electric and plumbing lines and all! The décor is always an afterthought! But today, we are going to instigate you to think of adorning your vacation home in an adorable way. No, don’t worry about the money. These ideas won’t cost you much but will definitely transform your vacation home for the better! Read about those tips below:

1. Design with a hint of a theme — If you have searched for ideas to decorate a vacation home, you’ll be bombarded with expensive tricks to beautify it according to the theme. Though, theme decoration is recommended, overdoing it isn’t really necessary! Like, a beach house need not have huge and expensive sea art pictures or frames or decors relating to it. Neither do you need to add seashells in every part of your house! It obviously would burst your budget. Rather, just a mirror with a seashell border or nice, decent framed beachside pictures of your family placed on your tables or consoles or hutches shall rope in the theme without much ado.

2. Let the paint do the talking — You need not have a cliched paint job done in your vacation home. Nor you should just let it remain plain white or brown because it’s a rarely visited place. Creative paint jobs like stencilling and sponging or even freehand painting add a glamorous touch to the walls without breaking your bank. Make sure you put equal emphasis on the interiors and the exteriors. If you feel more adventurous, try chalkboard paint on a wall or two – kids and “kids at heart” everyone can keep adding their two cents on those walls – creating happy memories.

3. Layout comfortable furniture— You definitely need some furniture in your vacation home! You’ll require them for your exterior, like for the deck and even for the interiors like the master bedroom, living room, dining room, etc. Pick furniture that are comfortable, long lasting, and decent yet attractive. Buy some basic functional yet eye-catching furniture from the local furniture stores. In Ballarat, Furniture Contracts pride in selling all kinds of luxurious and functional furniture within your budget that would enhance the beauty of any space.

4. Make the outdoor space vibrant and bright – When we are on a holiday, we prefer to spend a lot of time outdoors. So, your garden, deck, patio, or poolside is where you would spend hours. Spruce them up with lots of natural and green décor along with weather resistant furniture and furnishings. These will provide the welcoming ambience during the day. And when it's dark, the soft, decorative lights that you can spread across the gates, garden, deck, and door are enough to transform the space into your own Wonderland.

These are the basic go-to décor ideas for an impressive looking holiday home! But if you want to add the Midas touch (mind you, without crossing your budget!) try choosing unique decorative hardware (like, the handles and knobs etc.) and also give some thought to DIY decorative techniques! These tricks won’t cost you much, but they definitely spruce up your vacation home nicely!

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