Updating Your Interior Design in a Recession

In an economic recession such as the one the world let alone the UK is currently experiencing, unnecessary expense has to be avoided, and people are always looking at ways to save money in all aspects of their domestic and working lives. Owning and maintaining a property has always been one sure way to spend money, particularly where older properties are concerned. The financial pressure on everybody, the reluctance of banks to lend money, and the high cost of borrowing mean that improving and / or selling your home can be very difficult in a recession. There are however some low cost ways to enhance the look and upkeep of your home.

Replacing a kitchen can be very expensive, even if you choose the finance options. In many relatively modern kitchen units there more or less standard sizes to the cupboards and a modular nature to them. This means that individual parts of them can be replaced with new parts rather than replacing the whole thing. By simply replacing new kitchen cupboard doors, some worktop surfaces and / or the kitchen cupboard handles, your kitchen units can look like new and can incorporate elements of the most modern designs.

Something as simple as a new coat of paint can also bring a brighter more up to date feel to a room. By incorporating this with a boldly patterned accent wall paper on just one wall of a room you can bring the room right up to date for very little money.

New, modern light fittings and bulbs often end up reduced in price in regular sales at large DIY stores. By installing some of these in the most widely used rooms you again really enhance the appearance of the room, and make the whole design look much more up to date at a relatively small cost.

Changing the blind slats in your vertical blinds, or buying a new vertical blind can be another relatively low cost way of improving the overall aesthetics of a room. Good vertical blind companies offer a wide range of fabric and colour options, and some offer the chance to buy individual vertical blind slats at less than £1 each.