How To Refresh Your Room In An Afternoon
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Hi hi! First of all, I’d like to take a minute to just send you all some positive vibes and well wishes during this crazy time. I know being quarantined is not easy and I want you all to know that I am here with you, so please do not hesitate to reach out if you need some encouragement.
I have been wanting to refresh my room for awhile now, but just never got around to it. I am also moving soon, so I was hesitant to do anything to the room that may not carry over to my new place. So, I decided to use this “down time” during quarantine to do a quick refresh that was minimal but also made a difference.
I’m going to drop a photo of my room (well the bed area — but that’s the main attraction right?) below. Granted, the bed isn’t made, but you can see the color scheme was just blah and felt washed out with the headboard and the lack of life in those picture frames was just …sad lol.
I really felt like I needed to get a new comforter — something that was going to say a lot on its own leaving everything else to be minimal. The comforter was probably the most expensive part of this refresh, so you truly can do this without spending a ton of money. Linking this comforter HERE.
I was really struggling to figure out what I should put in these frames. I thought it would be weird to have family pictures above my bed for some reason (lol), so I let go of that idea. Then I thought maybe I could put pictures of my friends, but I also thought that was kind of weird. ugh. My last idea led me to what I finally came up with — I wanted to have something up there that would be a daily reminder to keep going. So I thought along the lines of a vision board and came up with a quote. I am such a creative and have a personal attachment to the word “create,” so I worked from there and created this:
I made these myself, but you can also get some ready made quotes to download from this ETSY SHOP.
I had an empty wall to the left of my bed that I had no idea what to do with. I wanted something that would open the space up — mirrors are the best for that. I actually needed a full length mirror, so I decided to go that route — and I’m so obsessed with leaning full lengths. I got this one from HOME GOODS.
The last little bit of spruce came from decorative throw pillows. I added some new ones to my bed and to my chair-and-a-half. All of my decorative pillows are from Home Goods and/or TJ Maxx. (I am going to link my cuddler chair HERE because I get asked about it often, but it’s not part of the refresh — I’ve had it.)
The last little touch to my refresh is my door stop. My door is higher than average, so I used to have to use two plastic door stops stacked on top of each other to keep the door in place. As you can imagine, it was driving me NUTS. So I have been on the hunt for a cute door stop for a good while and finally found one I love. I am linking it HERE.
When I am not using it, I just hang it on my door knob, which is super convenient.
I hope this sparked some ideas for you on how to refresh your own space. It truly doesn’t take new furniture or expensive things. I know that’s a common misconception, but I did all of this under $200 and half of that was just the comforter, so you can really gear the budget accordingly and get great stuff if you shop around. Send me your before and after photos if you decide to refresh your space!
