Home Makeovers on a Budget

These days when we want a home makeover, often it’s on a low budget and with minimal time – thankfully, the increasing range of vinyl stickers offers a truly affordable way to do just that.

Here’s some ways you can use them creatively to get a look that works perfectly for you.

From Dream Nursery to Licensed Character Nightmares

When you first have a child, it’s normal to invest time and money in creating the perfect nursery, often with pastel walls and a dreamy setting – but as children grow up, the fairytale canopies and pastel colours don’t always suit what your child is ‘into’, and their idea of the dream bedroom is often unique, may change often and usually involves licensed merchandise to match whatever toy or movie franchise they are into at the moment.

It goes without saying that toys matter, but these days shopping for that children’s dream bedroom doesn’t stop at the toys you fill it with, it often means bedding, curtains and sometimes wallpaper to match their favourite – and that becomes an expensive and time consuming task if you need to makeover the whole room every year or so as their growing tastes change.  With every cartoon character and child’s toy merchandised these days, shopping for your child’s bedroom can be an expensive game – and often parents don’t like the results as much as their children.

While there is little you can do to appease the demands for licensed toys and bedding, thankfully you don’t need to completely redecorate to meet their child’s idea of the perfect room.

Wall stickers make an incredibly affordable way to personalise your child’s room, and these days the choice is massive.  Whether they are into football, fairytale castles or the latest Hollywood merchandise, it’s fairly easy to find the ideal wall stickers to change spaces from ‘baby room’ to ‘tweenager’ (and they can also be used to cover up that accidental crayoning that most parents find on at least one wall in their child’s room!)

It’s also a good bet if you expect to move home – stickers can be removed easily, whereas child themed bedrooms can be a turn off to buyers, who could see an entire room redecoration as an immediate expense.

What if they have their own ideas?

Children have a fantastic imagination, and it’s often hard to find exactly what they want.

These days you don’t need to find an artist to hand paint castles and flowers or a fairy glen.  Personalised wall stickers can create a mural design your kids will love, and can be as individual as your child – you can even get personalised wall stickers to decorate as you wish – and often one large mural design is more tolerable for parents than a multitude of spidermen or ponies across your child’s wall!

What about your rooms?

Vinyl stickers are not just for kids – they can also be used to create atmosphere and individual touches in adult rooms too.

Often when you’ve seen ‘I did a makeover for £100′ from a high street store, there’s been vinyl stickers involved.  From adding a line of ’tiles’ in your bathroom, to adding a dramatic mural in your living room (or creating the perfect man cave), stickers don’t require any DIY skills and used creatively they can transform your home even on a limited budget.

There’s nothing nicer than a welcoming room that really reflects the personality of the homeowner.  If you have a room that needs to reflect your personality, start planning your makeover and see where stickers can help.