Top Tips to Quickly Transform your Bedroom Without Having to Re-decorate
Redecorating your room can be a frustrating and sometimes expensive process. We would all love to have a bedroom that is pinned on decorating boards across Pinterest, or in all the home décor magazines, but for many of us this is simply not a reality.
However, here are some top tips on how to give your bedroom a whole new look without splashing the cash on expensive decorations.
Clear up and tidy your room
The first stage in the process. Start from scratch and gather up as much stuff as you can, and move it somewhere else for the time being.
Wiping your room completely clean gives you a better idea of how it looks and the dimensions. You might find that useless clutter could be transformed into decorations for your new style of bedroom, so take your time to work through it.
Once your whole room is clear, give it a deep clean, as this way it is almost like a blank canvas in which you can start afresh.
Separate belongings
Now your room is cleared it is time to properly sort through items and put them into categories such as clothes, CDs, electronics and decorations. Put anything aside that you think could be used as a decoration, which could include anything from photo frames to candles or empty jars.
Any items that are unneeded can be binned so they’re out of the way – they will only waste space in your room. If you have unwanted clothes that no longer fit or just aren’t worn, give them to charity shops or throw them out.
Don’t hoard things you no longer use, as they will only take up space.
Layout
It’s time to decide on your new bedroom appearance. There are many questions to be considered, around rearranging your furniture, putting up photos or posters and where to place your bed.
This might be the point where you start to realise that you would like some new furniture or a brand new bed from somewhere such as Divan Beds Centre just to help with the redecoration of your room.
To give yourself a better idea of what sort of layout you’d like for your bedroom, why not sketch it out beforehand? Be sure you leave space for your belongings, and remember to give yourself some ‘walking around space’ so that your room doesn’t get overcrowded.
Make a mood board
This is a really cheap way for you to decorate a blank wall. A mood board contains items that create happiness and they are then pinned onto a cork board which you can hang from any wall.
Collect items from around the house that mean something to you and are a reflection of your personality, such as, photos, tickets, quotes or magazine clippings. Design School has put together a great article on how to create a mood board for those of you aren’t so creative.
Decorate the walls
One way to simply transform your room is to add personalised touches to them. This can be done with absolutely anything you want; art pieces, photos or drawings from children in your family are all suitable.
Or, if you are really artistically talented, draw them yourself!
Finishing touches
Now it’s time for the small, final touches which will change the whole perspective of your room. Items such as photographs of friends and families, stuffed animals or small ornaments that you have collected over the years will all spark old memories and create a whole new atmosphere for the room.
These are all simple but effective ways that you can quickly transform your bedroom to make it feel brand new. Give it a go and see where you arrive.
What is your top tip for transforming your bedroom?
*This is a collaborative post.
Lots of great tips thanks
My bedroom really needs a good sort out, so thanks for sharing these useful tips.
Great tips and love the ideas. The way you place or layout your stuff can really change the way it looks.
Great tips! We just did a little refresh on our bedroom and I couldn’t be happier! There is nothing like unwinding at the end of the day in a warm comfortable space!
It is nice when you get to make something look just a little different sometimes isn’t it.
For sure a good clear out and clean up would transform my bedroom-it seriously needs help. It unfortunately is the dumping ground for the rest of the house-don’t know where it goes? Stick it in my bedroom! Ugh, I dislike it. lol
It is crazy how quickly things can pile up isn’t it.
I think painting the walls will make it looks like you have a brand new place. I want to experiement with accent walls!
Accent walls can really make for a great feature can’t they – definitely something to think about.
For me I love to see how things would look visually so I really loved your tip on creating a moodboard. My bedroom needs some personalization!
It can really help you stop and visualise the area can’t it.
I need to do a good clear out and also a move around of the furniture. I am also going to buy some new bedding and accessories too 🙂 x
Ohh that sounds lovely enjoy changing your room around a little 🙂
I love the ideas you have posted in here, and I certainly need to take some of them on board. I need to have a good clear out, throwing out lots of makeup and half used products that are just taking up space. I want to make a mood board too! x
It is so easy to just start collecting things isn’t it – hopefully I can take some time and cut back on non-essentials as well.
I am trying to get my room cleaned up before we leave for a big trip. I desperately need to declutter! Funny that I am an adult but I still need to work on cleaning my bedroom! It has turned into a laundry room!
Oh where are you headed off to? Good luck with your cleaning I hope it goes well 🙂
This was very motivating and inspiring! Hopefully, if I do get a new room/house I can redecorate it using these amazing tips! thank you! 🙂
Yay good luck if you do and give it a go! I shall be rooting for you.
I actually just did quite a lot of this to my room and it now looks and feels like a whole different place, somewhere I want to spend time again. Great post Sarah x
I need to refresh my bedroom and I have been contemplating new furniture but I may just need to move some things around!! Thanks for all of these ideas!!
It is hard sometimes to think about what you can do and the best things to change – good luck!
I had no idea how to decorate a room to be very honest, but with this I think I’d do just fine
Aww good luck if you decide to give it a try for yourself, it can be fun!
Those are great tips. I do need to clean up and wash my carpet as well. I have to admit that I’m a bit of a hoarder. I improved a lot since I got married and we did not quite had space for bout our stuff :)) but I think I still have some stuff I don’t use. I should clean it this weekend.
Ash and I can be a bit hordery it is awful isn’t it – sometimes I buy things then think oh pants where’s this going to go haha!
Very informative. I have been looking to renovate my room for awhile. You just made that process easier
I am so glad it is has given you some ideas to make it easier 🙂
Growing up, I loved to rearrange my room! I usually just moved my furniture around to new places. Now I love changing up my duvet cover or the wall art, especially as the seasons change. Unfortunately the house I’m renting now doesn’t allow for much change in where the bed can go.
It is so much fun isn’t it, it can really change the feel of the room.
All it takes is cleaning, organizing and good lighting! Sometimes we just have to be organized. Great tips.
Most definitely being organised can make a huge difference to how you feel about a room.
I like to mix up the look of my room since it does look a lot fresher that way. The mood board is also a great idea.
It is a great thing to do while you are planning and also good fun 🙂
Decorating the walls always changes the look of a room. It’s a great way to change it up on the cheap.
It really does doesn’t it, but it is nice to have ways to do it without having to completely re-decorate.
That’s really amazing! This is such a brilliant tips and I really love it! I’ll have to save this, I’m planning to re-decorate my room.
I am so pleased you like it – I hope it really helps you with your room change 🙂
Nice tips, I really need to do something different. Next year we are repainting, so hoping to make a difference.
Ohh good luck with your repainting next year 🙂
I like painting my walls. It feels and smells brand new even if I didn’t buy anything new for it.
There is something wonderful about freshly painted walls isn’t there.
I feel like I could do a lot with the walls in my bedroom. There’s still a decent amount of blank space I could work with.
Ohh that sounds like you could have fun! Enjoy!
Some good tips here. I redecorated my room last year and it was so stressful
It can be stressful especially when you need to move things around to get to areas,