Give your home a little boost!

If you want to give your home a little boost, you don't have to completely redecorate. Check out these easy home décor ideas anytime you need a quick change.

• No one wants to hear it, but cleaning your house is the best way to make it look great. Wash the windows, dust the lampshades, polish the silver – the list goes on. But when everything sparkles and shines your house will look fantastic and you'll feel great.

• Buy some inexpensive ribbon and stick it (either with double-sided tape or a glue gun) around the room as a border. Outline each wall and run it up the corners.

• Lay a patterned area rug over your solid carpet. It gives the room a whole new look.

• Wallpaper your front entryway with a really bold or dramatic design. It makes a fabulous first impression.

• Paint the backs of your bookshelves or cover them in wallpaper.

• Rearrange your furniture. It's free and your room will look completely different.

• Treat yourself to new extra large fluffy towels in the bathroom. It's a simple indulgence and will make you feel like you're visiting a spa every time you have a shower.

• Add an unusual, sculptural item to every room in the house. It could be a lamp, a vase, or an unusual piece of art. Every room needs a conversation piece.

• Cut out pictures from your favorite coffee table book. Frame them and hang them on the wall. It's an inexpensive way to fill your rooms with fantastic pieces of art.

• Cover the inside or outside of a lampshade with fabric. The outside if you want a bold change, the inside if you want a subtle change.

• Can't afford a nice headboard? Make your own. Buy some molding and attach it to the wall above the bed in whatever shape and height you like. Wallpaper or paint the inside.

• Spray paint a vintage chandelier a vibrant new color.

• Add a natural element to every room. It can be as little as a plant or as much as a sea grass rug or raffia wallpaper. It adds depth and texture in a way nothing else can.

• Pull out your best silver and use it every day. What are you saving it for?

• If you've got an ugly brick fireplace, paint it. It's not hard and it looks amazing.

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