Ways to make your home look more expensive

Gunjan thakurAugust 2, 2022

We all want our things to look luxurious and expensive, no matter even if we have brought them from the roadside. After our beloved kitchen, the living room is an important room of our house. This is where everything happens. Where guests sit, where you spend your lazy hours, and most importantly the place which is seen first when we enter the home. 

You don’t have to spend thousands of bucks to make your room look expensive. With the help of design experts, we have come up with many ways which will help you make your living room look expensive.

• ADD LAYERED LIGHTING 

The overlooked thing is lighting, which matters the most in space. To add depth to the room, you’ll be needing different kinds of lights. You don’t have to spend thousands on lights, you can just get a pendant light instead of an ancient lamp. Or adding candles is another excellent way too. 

Getting yourself wall-mounted candles that are sconces is an amazing cheap alternative too. 

• ADD IN CUSHIONS AND TEXTILES 

The best and easiest way of decorating your living room is by adding Cushions and pillows. Though pillows and cushion covers 24×24 can cost you bucks, we have even that figured out. 

Get yourself a great cushion cover, or you can even get it customized accordingly. You can get yourself the desired fabric and get crafty with it too. 

• MAKE SURE THE CURTAINS ARE TOUCHING THE FLOOR

An up-to-the-mark window treatment can bring you instant luxury. A good curtain is the best way of decorating the living room. Short window curtains or draperies will make them look cheap even if you have brought them for thousands.  

You can get yourself a luxury-looking fabric and cheap curtain rods and brackets and get them tailored accordingly too.

• GET YOURSELF LARGE ART 

Buying some attention-seeking arts can bring a great luxurious look to your room. The art which makes it beautiful is its backstory : get art pieces from second-hand shops or galleries. You can get yourself a canvas and paint it yourself too that will add a personal touch to it. 

• DON’T TURN YOUR BACK ON TEXTURES 

When nothing seems to make sense, mix things up. Experts say you should mix things like woods, glasses, woven materials, and glasses to create a look of things being collected and are not old-fashioned matchy-matchy. 

A woolen sofa when paired with a silk velvet pillow brings different textures to your room. Bringing in the luxury you are looking for. 

If you can spend some bucks, throw a sheepskin or a fur blanket on a couch and quirky pillows on your chairs. 

• USE A LARGE RUG

Using small rugs will make your room look small. So if you are planning to make your room look expensive and large throw some large, less expensive rugs over smaller ones. Even if you buy less expensive rugs that won’t mean they are not durable, jute rugs are inexpensive and durable too. They bring a great texture to your room 

• USE METALLICS

 Using small metal items can bring no harm to your room, a desk clock or a decorative item can bring weight to your room. These metallic items can bring a wow factor and a luxury to your home. A metallic wallpaper, light fixtures in metals, or high gloss paint is all you need. 

• REPLACE OR ADD MOLDINGS 

Great architecture is the easiest way of making your home look luxurious. To change the architecture of your home you don’t have to change all the walls. Just adding a mold over narrow walls can do the work. Adding moldings doesn’t cost that much either. They bring charm and a great character to your home. 

• PAINT THE WALLS AND TRIM THE COLOR 

A few coats of paint on the wall can bring a great way of making your home look rich. Focusing on decorative accessories and simplifying the room details can enhance the whole look. This way you can use bold colors as they create depth and will appear great. 

• RAID ON THRIFT STORES TO GET ANTIQUE PIECES 

 Thrift stores have cheaper pieces with a backstory making them a bit mysterious. A unique chandelier, a rusty wardrobe, an antique metal cabinet, or something breathtakingly beautiful can bring a great appeal to your overall look. Thrift stores have amazing glassware, mirrors, and art for you to grab. Many times you might not like the art but the frame is appealing. You can always swap the art with a picture of yours or any other art.

•  TRY TILES 

You can easily get an expensive look in your kitchen, by adding tiles to your wall. They don’t even go out of trend or style 

• SAY NO TO CLUTTER 

Clutters never look expensive. Throw away things that are not in use, and additional cabinets and baskets to organize the things you have. This will make them look clean and aesthetic, making them look expensive. 

• UPSCALE WHITE 

White looks expensive no matter wherever it is used. Changing your pillows and blankets which are old and replacing them with crisp white can make your home look rich and expensive. 

• DISPLAY SOME FLOWERS AND PLANTS 

Flowers are plants that help us instantly lift the whole vibe of the room. Adding a potted plant on a coffee table or fresh flowers in a beautiful vase can give you the perfect look you are looking for. 

• TURN THING GOLD

Buy a gold spray and paint the old frames, vases, trays, or mirrors to add the missing glamor to your room. 

• UPDATE YOUR ENTRY DOOR 

You can simply get a bolder color door, or make it quirky by adding flowers and patterns to it to make it look more welcoming. Small changes and touches can go a long way. 

• UPDATE HARDWARE 

The easiest way of making your home look expensive is to change the hardware. This a quick and most inexpensive way of making things look expensive.