You have just moved or finally want a change of wallpaper in your own four walls and of course your apartment should be particularly beautiful. You dream of a bright living room, want to furnish your rooms in tasteful colors, a new carpet is needed and you have ideas for three apartments.
But of course, moving, renovation and redevelopment are always associated with extreme financial burdens. How you can furnish your apartment cheaply and save on the dream apartment, you will learn here – in five simple tips.
5 tips and tricks – so you can furnish your apartment cheaply
1. Second hand, used look and industrial chic
The most important at a glance
industrial and raw furnishings are in vogue
Pallets, wine crates, wooden boards and steel pipes provide an individual and often inexpensive way to furnish your apartment
This style can be applied to all living spaces
Upcycling, i.e. the redesign of old furniture, also fits in with this and saves costs for new purchases
For the small purse, the current trends are actually perfect. Furniture does not have to be new for a long time, you can furnish your rooms much more industrial and raw and live stylistically between construction site and blog.
How you design the kitchen, bedroom and living room in the process is, of course, up to you, but with Euro pallets, wine crates, wooden boards and steel pipes, you can make your home very individual. And in addition have done something with your hands.
How to create your own designer furniture and have truly unique pieces, all you need is the right equipment and some working time. You should own a sander to process wood not only quickly, but also cleanly. It does not cost much and is a good investment. Even as a beginner, you'll quickly get the hang of an eccentric or delta sander. Furniture should be sanded quite fine, the final sanding then has a 120 or 240 grit. With children you must pay attention above all to cleanly rounded corners and edges.
With wood from the construction site you can furnish your apartment cheaply and do not have to sacrifice style or decoration. You can also easily find wine crates for inexpensive shelves, steel pipes (or just in trend: copper pipes) are a great support for wall shelves, for this you only need a simple board. But in this style you can furnish your apartment not only cheaply, but also very stylishly.
The industrial look goes best with unplastered walls, but just as well with blank, white surfaces or a uniform dark wall. Wood is best when combined with other natural materials. Without carpet and without wallpaper, this look looks best, even the lamps can safely go in this case and are replaced by simple incandescent lamps in the socket. Less is more, that makes itself then also with the money noticeably.
To customize sanded wood, you have several options. Great for kitchen and bedroom is about an antique white. You can achieve this by thinning wall paint and painting the wood. This is a great way for the grain of the wood to shine through, but it needs to be sealed against moisture. Sand edges once again to create a used look. This lets you furnish and customize your home on the cheap.
Other ideas for working with wood include flaming, which turns the growth rings black and provides a great texture, or simply oiling it. This is how even plain spruce wood becomes beautiful and bright red in the apartment.
Euro pallets, for example, make a great base for the sofa, lamp socket chains make great decorations, and with a little skill and a saw you can craft just about anything. And if you have a good connection with your family or a furniture store, you can also furnish your apartment cheaply by buying furniture used. Often damage can be repaired or you accept an institution with desired flaws.