Living Room Ideas on a Budget to Update your Space for Less

Living Room Ideas on a Budget to Update your Space for Less



Looking for living room ideas on a budget? Take a look at our surprisingly affordable, unbelievably stylish ideas

The living room is one of the most frequently used spaces in the house, so it needs to both look good and stand up well to daily activities. Creating a beautiful, livable space can seem like a big project, but it doesn't have to cost a fortune. If you're working with a tight budget, the trick is to find cheap living room decor and furniture ideas that still deliver on style. Once you invest in a few quality pieces, refreshing your living room on a budget is simple. A few tweaks in the color scheme, decorative accessories, or furniture layout can make a huge difference without delivering a big hit to your budget. Use these cheap living room ideas to give this essential space an affordable makeover.

1. SHOP YOUR OWN HOME FOR LIVING ROOM IDEAS ON A BUDGET

Before you go blowing your tiny budget on new pieces, look around your house and see if you can borrow anything from other rooms. You may find that a piece of furniture lingering in your bedroom would work so much better in your living room or take a look in your loft or garage to see if any neglected pieces could be put to use again.  

Top tip: If you come across a great find but it doesn’t quite match your existing living room, painting furniture will bring it in line with your scheme. 

2. UPDATE YOUR WALLS WITH ARTWORK



Want an alternative to displaying photos and pictures? Fabric wall hangings are a quick and cheap way of brightening up your standard-issue blank wall and of adding an on-trend bohemian flare. In the case of wall hangings, you might not even need to buy anything new if you have an attractive bed cover lingering in a drawer somewhere. 

3. ADD GREENERY WITH HOUSE PLANTS



Plants are an easy win to add to your design arsenal. They add color, shape, and (literally) life to a space. There are some great places you can pick up inexpensive, high-quality foliage: Ikea has a great selection and are small budget-friendly. Larger house plants can however still be expensive so to create the illusion of your room being filled with lots of greenery, arrange groups of small plants at different heights.

Thinking of adding some common house plants to your space? Check out our guide and to create a full-blown indoor garden, we can help too.

4. BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PAINT 



One of the easiest living room ideas on a budget is to don your DIY dungarees and get painting. There are loads of good quality, low-priced paint out there, but if you really want to save you could just buy a small pot and paint one wall or alcoves for a pop of color.

 5. MIX UP THE LIGHTING


Living room lighting is something that can be updated really quickly and doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. Avoid making your room feel like an over-lit operating theatre by going for floor or table lamps at different heights; layering your lighting this way will create cozy pools of light that can quickly change the mood of a room. 

6. CREATE A GALLERY WALL


 A trend that has truly stood the test of time, gallery walls are a great way to cheaply fill a blank wall and give a room much-needed personality. Use photos, record covers, prints – you could even frame fabric cut-offs or spare bits of wallpaper. 

Casa Pop has a great service on their website, which helps you plan the layout of your gallery wall and choose prints and frames which work in your space. 

Top tip: If you’re renting your property and hammering hundreds of holes into the wall isn’t an option, command hooks are a good solution, or go with a picture shelf for minimal wall damage. 

7. SWITCH UP YOUR CUSHIONS 


Cushions: the most versatile of soft furnishings. Available in so many different sizes, shapes, colors, and textures, a few new cushions could be all your living room needs to feel refreshed. 

8. LAYER UP RUGS


Rather than spending money on re-carpeting your living room, copy this budget living room idea and hide the numerous red wine stains with layers of rugs. Rag rugs, jute rugs, Persian rugs, sheepskin rugs – more-is-more seems to be the rule. Mix up textures, colors, and patterns to add interest to the space. 

To keep the right balance between edgy-bohemian vibe and full-on carpet shop, stick to a simple color palette and use neutral rugs, such as jute, as a base.  

Find more living room rug ideas in our gallery. 

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