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7 Fast And Easy Summer Decorating Ideas For Any Budget!
Summer decorating should add freshness to your home, not bog you down with more projects during an already busy season. Here are 11 of The Budget Decorator's top easy, fast and cheap summer decorating ideas.
1. If you want to add color to a room fast, paint is a great option. To save time and money however, try just painting the focal wall in a room. In most average rooms, you can paint just one wall in less than an hour!
2. Instead of sewing up new pillow covers and tablecloths, try using no sew techniques instead. Pillows can be wrapped in a piece of unfinished fabric on the diagonal like a present, and wrapped with decorative ribbon to secure it. Use duct tape to put a temporary hem in flat sheets or older tablecloths to make them fit your end tables and breakfast nooks. Once you have those tables covered, use cardboard boxes pushed under the tables to hide the kids toys and books and flip flops, but keep them handy. The floor length tablecloths will hide the storage area.
3. Take a box around the room and pick up all your knick knacks and collectibles. Now replace just three of your favorite items or collections. You will appreciate the less cluttered look, and the decrease in dusting chores as well!
4. If you love fresh flowers in your home, but hate the time and expense of changing the arrangements, find a sunny spot in your yard and toss out some sunflower seeds! Many varieties leave no pollen on your tables, are foolproof to grow, make your yard look great, and can last up to 10 days in a vase...all for the cost of a packet of seed!
5. Take down your layered window treatments and pick up your area rugs for a cool, clean look for summer. Be sure to leave mini blinds or sheers on your windows for privacy and light control.
6. Clean the glass in all areas for your home! The shiny surfaces in your home reflect light and sparkle, both contribute to a fresh summer look. Don't forget your tv screens, kitchen appliances, and even picture frame glass. Try this one technique, and see if your rooms don't look brighter and cheerier, for no more cost that an little effort a few pennies of glass cleaner or vinegar!
7. Finally, mix up your décor a bit for a fresh take on the rooms you've spent so much time in these winter months! Move around some furniture, borrow and lend pieces from other rooms. Use clear strings of holiday light over the top of cabinets for sparkle. Bring out your good china and hang it on the wall as art. Put your toaster or bread machine under the cabinets for a cleaner look. Feel free to take down some wall art and store it for next fall. Paint your aging dining set a bright white.
Whatever you do to bring the summer season into your homes, make sure that you pick a couple of ideas from this list, and give them a try. They are fast, easy and cheap, what could you lose?
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If I stepped on a rake and punctured my foot - what's the best way to sew up the hole?
I can't go to the hospital because no $$ and no insurance. I need to close up this hole, it's the diameter of my thumb. Right now I stuffed the hole with cotton and duct taped it shut.
You need to do what Rambo did in Rambo III. He filled his wound with gunpowder and let it. This sterilized and cauterized it at the same time.
You might want to hit the whiskey pretty hard first, because it's gonna hurt.
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