3 Rooms Ideal For DIY Decor
When it comes to renovating your home, you want the results to be as close to perfect as possible. The interior design of your home is how you present your personality to the world. Of course you want it to look pristine!
This is why it is difficult for many people to consider DIY home decor. They fear that it will look crafty. This is an understandable concern for people who don’t do a lot of DIY. That said, those who have completed many DIY projects know just how professional DIY decor can look.
However, even if you are worried about how DIY decor may look, you can start trying it out anyway. Some rooms are actually ideal for DIY home projects ideas. Try your interior design chops on these 3 rooms.
Home Office
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2020 has millions more people working from home. For some, this is a temporary situation, but others will transition to using their home office for the foreseeable future. And this provides the perfect canvas for some DIY home decor.
The best thing about a home office is that it should be very much your personal space. It should not be the domain of guests. By reflecting your personal creativity, it will motivate you to work efficiently and more creatively.
In your home office, it doesn't matter too much whether your decor looks “professional” or not. As long as you like it and feel it represents you, it will improve your work-from-home experience.
Child’s Bedroom
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Don’t get me wrong, you do not want your child’s bedroom to look anything less than perfect. The thing is, perfection has a different meaning when it comes to children. Doing DIY projects to decorate your child’s bedroom can give it a tremendous amount of character.
When creating this DIY decor, involve your child. They should lead the idea process, and you should give them a fair amount to do. They will appreciate having their own productions on their walls and will not care at all about how professional it looks.
Another advantage of this is that children grow out of interests fairly quickly. They may love something right now, but in a year or so they will think of it as childish. Having done the decor together, you can easily replace it with a new theme without worrying about wasted money.
Storage Room
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Storage is the bane of every homeowner’s existence. We all need space to keep our belongings, but no one buys a home with this top of mind. On the contrary, it is something that becomes frustrating later on when you realize you need to waste a space or room on it.
Doing DIY projects for your storage room can be an incredibly practical way of optimizing this space. You can create boxes and shelves and clever systems to pack the room in a way that is both accessible and compact. You can save yourself from having to use any more parts of the house for storage.
These DIY projects can look good, but it isn’t as important that they do. Since a storage room is pretty utilitarian, the looks don’t matter nearly as much.
In Conclusion
Most importantly, though, no matter which room you decide to renovate, the key is to always know what it is the room needs and whether you will truly be able to deliver it both better and cheaper than a professional interior designer. You don’t want to spend time and money on a renovation only to reach the end unsatisfied and, worse, needing to call in a professional to fix your mistakes. Know your limits and have a good understanding of what it is you’re setting out to do, though, and this should not be a problem.
Author: Josh Mishin
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