6 Budget-Friendly Living Room Makeover Ideas for 2024

Want to remodel your living room on a budget? Here are 6 ways how you can do this.

The living room is a frequently used part of your house. We relax with our family in the living room at the end of a long day, entertain guests there, and sometimes the space also doubles up as a dining space if you do not have a separate dining room. Moreover, this is also the space where your kids may do their homework, your family might watch TV, or you may work.

The multipurpose space sees a lot of wear and tear due to constant use and is a space that requires to be refreshed or remodelled often. Now, frequent refreshing or remodelling can have a significant impact on your bank balance. Here are some ways to refresh or remodel your living room space without being heavy on pocket.

Ways To Remodel Your Living Room On A Budget

1. Rearrange The Layout

Sometimes there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the “bones” of your living room, and all you need to do is change things up to give the space a refreshed look. You can quickly shift the furniture pieces around or even transfer all the furniture into another room for a change of scenery.

A living room revolves around one main feature – the television. So, while changing things up, that is where you should begin changing things. As for the television, you can quickly shift it around – most of today’s televisions are smart TVs, and you don’t really need a lot apart from a working plug point. So, move that television and move the furniture around accordingly.

2. Give The Walls A Face Lift

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Another quick way to change the entire ambience of the room is to refresh the walls. You can give it a fresh coat of paint and make an accent wall with wall tiles for a long-lasting look. Or you can use a combination of paints and wallpaper or paints and tiles to create a new look for your space. Try using a new colour scheme or a new pattern for maximum impact.

Another great way to refresh your walls is by adding artwork, picture frames or fancy hangings, such as dream catchers. Theme your wall art around the ambience you want to create. Add pictures of family members if you wish to create a very homely environment. If you want to have a quirky space, you can add modern art pieces to make a style statement.

3. Concentrate On Your Floor

Redoing the flooring of the living room can prove to be a costly affair, but if you have a damaged floor or worn-out carpet, you will definitely need to do up your floor. While you can replace a carpet without a lot of effort, replacing damaged flooring can prove to be a lot of benefits in the long run.

While many flooring options are available in the market across various price ranges, floor tiles can give you a bang for your buck. They are durable and long-lasting, require minimal maintenance (time, energy and money wise), are easy to clean and are available in a wide variety of options for you to choose from – proving to be a financially sound choice. You can also install new tiles on your existing flooring, helping you save on time, effort and costs.

Wondering how to choose tiles for your living room? Click here for a comprehensive guide on choosing the best tiles for your living room.

4. Refurbish Your Existing Furniture

Rather than doing away with all your old furniture and getting new furniture pieces, why not re-upholster and refurbish your old furniture to look new? Not only is this a cost-effective option, but it is also great for the environment too! But make sure the basic frame of your furniture is sound and will last you for a few more years before you decide to go down this route.

Suppose you are not sure of the quality of your furniture or are just looking for a temporary change. In that case, you can add new covers to your upholstered furniture and paint your wooden furniture a new colour (you can sand them down again if required). You can even add throw pillows or blankets on sofas and chairs to cover unsightly or damaged areas of your furniture.

5. Add More Accessories

While big changes are highly noticeable, subtle changes can greatly impact the look of the space too. Adding new accessories is one of the quickest and easiest ways in which you can refresh your living room. You can use seasonal pillow covers and throw blankets and update them every passing season to give a new look to your living room.

For example, you can use brighter colours during summers and warmer colours during winters as a nod towards the changing climate. Similarly, you can use a thin cotton throw on the sofa in the summer and switch it out for a thicker woollen throw in winter.

Adding a rug is another great way to refresh the space. You can use rugs to inject new colours or a new pattern into the space effortlessly and in a cost-effective manner. Yes, rugs are not cheap. Instead, good quality rugs (that don’t start unravelling on the very first day) can be a bit on the expensive side, but it is a worthy investment that will last you for years.

You can also add floor tiles in your living room to replicate the look of a rug with minimal effort. It also has the advantage of having a permanent design without any worry of it getting smudged or destroyed.

6. Pay Attention To The Lights

Lighting is very important to consider while creating the look of a space, but sadly it is one of the most overlooked factors too. Lighting can help you make the right ambience for a room.

Table lamps and floor lamps can be used as additional sources of light, while a few well-placed spotlights can bring your attention to certain artwork or accessories. The addition of new pendant light or a chandelier can also help enhance the overall look of the space and give it a much-needed oomph factor.

These are just some of the ways you can easily make changes in your existing living room space and change things up without blowing a hole in your wallet. It is always the smallest of changes that impact the overall look of the space – something as small as a turned sofa can have a huge effect on the look of your living room.

How Can Orientbell Tiles Help You?

Looking for suitable living room tiles to give your space a breath of fresh air? Head to the Orientbell Tiles website or a store near you to get started. Our tile experts will guide you to the best of their ability to turn your vision into reality. You can even use TriaLook, the visualisation tool developed by Orientbell Tiles, to visualise tiles in your space and make a choice accordingly.