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3 Top Tips on making your decor look EXPENSIVE on a budget

October 10, 2020Interior, Lifestyle

Whilst I must admit, I do on the occasion splurge antique furniture or interior ( when they are on sale). In general I prefer keeping my decor items on a budget. I’d rather spend more on a proper shelving system than an on trend print to hang on the wall. With a combination of thrifting, sale hunting and DIYing I’ve always managed to make the house look cute without my wallet going dry. Today I wanted to introduce 3 of my tips that will make your house look expensive without hurting your pockets!

1. Use Postcards & Posters as Art print

Left: What I kept of my childhood postcard collections Right: A old children’s board game I bought at an old toy shop for about 5$ 

Funny story, whilst my peers collected stamps or diddle papers, I actually had a passion for collecting postcards since I was a toddler. People would send me some from other countries and whenever we’d vacation I’d get some new postcards. Some were even taken from free postcard counters in supermarkets! Although now I am less of a collector, I still turn to postcards and posters when it comes to adding some cheap artworks in the house. When I started living on my own I realized how expensive art pieces/ or even prints were and postcards and posters were a lot more affordable. It  look very expensive when famed, it’s definitely one of the cheapest and easiest ways to add art into your room and it can also be a way for you to display some of your fondest memories from travels and trips.

 2.Fake Plants Over Real Ones

Fake plants from FrancFranc, Nitori & Kitchen Kitchen all under 10$

It may come as a surprise but sometimes fake plants are cheaper than the real ones and a lot of them now a days look just as real! As a young girl who went out a lot and wasn’t the most responsible, I definitely have killed a fair share of my plant babies and I soon turned to mixing in some fakes into my collection.  If your not confident about taking care of your plants or just simply don’t have as much time, it’s definitely the route to go as well as you really don’t need to care for it at all.

 3. Expensive looking Dollar Store frames

Left: Dollar store frames Right: After a coat of paint

Wrapped in cheap plastic packaging and lit with fluorescent light Dollar store frames wouldn’t be my first choice! But, there are lot’s of advantages to these cheap frames and just a simple coat of paint turns them into designer looking frames. Dollar store frames are often one of the lightest frames you’ll find and it’s perfect for decorating rental homes where you want to avoid making holes as they hang easily on small command hooks. My tip when transforming these frames? Avoid mixing and matching too much and instead opt for a more minimal or monochrome look. What do I mean? If you mix different types of frame designs together then paint them all in the same color, and If you want to keep the original wood or plastic design then try and buy the same / similar designs to keep that cohesive looks. Remember: less is more in this case, too much of everything can end up looking extremely cheap especially when making a gallery wall.

And there you have it, my 3 tips on making your decor look expensive on a budget! I hope you’ve enjoyed this post and I hope it inspired you all to go decorate your homes.

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🇫🇷🇯🇵 🇬🇧Tomboy with Grandma taste 🎻 Vintage Curator @junoniavintage and I also fight Muay Thai @tokyomuaythaigirl 🤷🏽‍♀️

LOUIE  | スタイリッシュなワンちゃんライフ 🐶
🇯🇵GoToトラベルで12月に5日間のロードトリップをワンちゃんたちとしました!1日目は千葉県香取市。素敵な江戸時代の建築を保った佐原町。ここはワンちゃんと nipponia_sawara ホテルに泊まりました!

🇬🇧 When we took advantage of GoToTravel and went on a 5 days long road trip with our dogs! First stop: Chiba Katori a hidden little  Edo town. We stayed with our dogs at  nipponia_sawara
🇬🇧 First week of 2021 done ! How are you all 🇬🇧 First week of 2021 done ! How are you all feeling so far ? I had a super foodie start of the year, and off course the year can’t start without a bowl of ozoni ( traditional Japanese new year food). Every household has their own twist to this dish. My family does a very light dashi stock flavoring and we finish off with some Yuzu skin  and Mitsuba leaves . 

🇯🇵 2021 1週目皆さんどうですか?今年のお正月はやっぱりお雑煮でスタート!うちのお雑煮は出汁が薄味でゆずと三つ葉を入れます。。。 皆さんはどんなお雑煮食べますか?

🇫🇷Première semaine de 2021 fini! Comment vous sentez vous ? J’ai commencé l’année avec beaucoup de bonne nourriture et surtout du ozoni, un petit plat traditionnel qu’on mange au nouvel ans au Japon. Chaque famille ont different façon de préparer ce plat, chez nous la soupe est très claire et on rajoute de la peau de Yuzu et un peu d’herbes de Mutsuba
🇬🇧We ended 2020 with a shoot for studio_oden 🇬🇧We ended 2020 with a shoot for studio_oden and it was such a surprise to be on maoizm new year card! 

🇯🇵2020の終わりは studio_oden の撮影で占めました!そして maoizm からの年賀状になりました🥰 

🇫🇷A la fin de l’année 2020 nous avons fait un shooting pour studio_oden qui font des photos en tenue japonaise avec un twist moderne ! Et on a fini par être sur les cartes de nouvel ans de maoizm
Happy Belated New Year to you all... I started th Happy Belated New Year to you all... 
I started the new year slow and quiet and took a little break from social media for a bit... I don’t like the feeling of being dependent on it which is why i decided to take a step back and chill a bit on Instagram this year.
🇬🇧 In japan the decorations come down as soo 🇬🇧 In japan the decorations come down as soon as Christmas is over and we put up all the new year decorations but I’m thinking this year I’ll just do it the European way and keep them up 

🇫🇷 Au Japon ils enlèvent les décorations de noel des que c’est fini et mettent les décorations de nouvel ans mais je pense garder mes décorations jusqu’en janvier comme en Europe

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🇬🇧 Do you wait till Boxing Day to open your 🇬🇧 Do you wait till Boxing Day to open your gifts or do you do them on Christmas morning ? We learned that we’re really bad at waiting in recent years 😩

🇫🇷 Quand j’étais jeune on attendais le 26 ( Boxing Day) pour ouvrir les cadeaux. Maintenant on a moins de patience et on arrive même pas à attendre jusqu’au soir du réveillon. 

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#noel #joyeuxnoel #noel2020 #espritdenoel #pèrenoël #calendrierdelavent #cadeaudenoel #cadeau #joyeuxnoel2020 #joyeuxnoelatous #noël #deconoël #sapin #sapindenoel #sapindenoël #christmasfood #famille #christmaslover #tree #メリクリ #decorationdenoel #おしゃれ #tenuedujour #クリスマス #コーディネート #コーデ  #christmasornaments #ornaments #ootd
🇬🇧 Our first Christmas family portrait ! Mer 🇬🇧 Our first Christmas family portrait ! Merry Christmas to you all 🎄 

🇫🇷 Notre premier portrait en famille ! Joyeux Noel a vous tous ! 

🇯🇵初めてのクリスマスの家族写真! 皆さんメリークリスマス

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🇬🇧 Started this morning with a long call wit 🇬🇧 Started this morning with a long call with grandpa and got to cooking for Christmas Eve. Even if we can’t be with family this year it reminded me how much we’re grateful that all our family and friends are healthy this year. 

🇫🇷 J’ai commencé la journée avec un long appel avec mon grand-père puis j’ai cuisiné pour le réveillon. Ça m’a rappelé que même si nous ne pouvons  être en famille, tous nos proches sont en bonne santé et c’est le plus important 

🇯🇵今日はおじいちゃんと一緒に長い間電話をしてからクリスマスイブの支度を始めました。今年は家族から離れた一年でちょっと寂しいけどみんな元気だか良かった🥰

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🇬🇧 Got dressed up to go last minute holiday 🇬🇧 Got dressed up to go last minute holiday shopping  because we both know I’m in sweats 90% of  this Christmas 

🇫🇷Cette année je suis en jogging 90% du temps donc pour changer  j’ai choisi jolie tenue pour aller faire les courses de Noël

🇯🇵 今年のクリスマスはパジャマしか着てないから おしゃれしてクリスマスショッピング行ってきました

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