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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Choosing the Right Table Lamp for Every Room

The Living Room 
Think of living-room lamps as one part light and one part sculpture. They should be lovely to look at whether on or off. Just make sure they don't block the view or get in the way of conversation.

Height: Most living rooms can handle a lamp that's 26 to 34 inches tall.  To see if your lamp is right for a given table, sit on the sofa or the chair next to it, she says. The bottom of the shade shouldn't fall higher than eye level.

Base: Even a skinny, candlestick-style base should be substantially weighted so those who talk with their hands don't rock the lamp if they bump it accidentally.

Shade: A fabric shade gives a warm, flattering glow. In general, drum shades look more modern; conical ones, more traditional. A shade should never extend past a table's perimeter.

Bulb: If you intend to use your lamp for reading, make sure the bulb is at least 60 watts; a three-way bulb or a dimmer will modulate the brightness.


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