It’s amazing what you can do with a little creativity and subtlety to decorate you ceiling! Charisse describes how she and her husband found an affordable and creative way to add personal character to their vaulted living room ceiling by adding painted stars that looked professional:

There’s nothing like personalizing a room so that you place your permanent stamp upon it. Of course, I don’t exactly know what psychological symbolism is reflected by the way my husband and I decorated our living room, but we are glad we did it. Reaching the vaulted ceiling in the living room was not as difficult as I anticipated, once we were able to navigate the 15 foot ladder inside the center of the room. Spray painting the multi-colored stars upon the white walls wasn’t too challenging either. The hardest part was creating the various starred patterns. After going to a local arts and craft store, we came out with foam board; day glow spray paints of blue, yellow and orange; and, a box cutter. After stenciling stars of differing shapes and sizes, we cut out the stars and discarded them. Left with the hollow exterior, we would press the foam board onto the ceiling and “fill” in the empty space with one of our spray paints. The best idea is to practice on a couple of surfaces away from where they can be seen since, inevitably, nothing goes as planned. The first stars came out looking more like bloated puffs on the wall: we sprayed too close and so the paint clumped. Spraying too long didn’t turn out well either as the slanted ceiling now made our stars streak – we weren’t going for shooting stars and it sure did not look like it either. In the end, it took the right amount of distance and a light “dusting” of spray to get the actual definition of the star. It also took larger and thicker poster board to project the image as desired. Aside from almost falling a couple of times and the crook in my neck from looking upwards for an extended time, it looks surprisingly good. It appears so faint and subtle on most days that it draws attention because of its lack of conspicuousness. Most people don’t bother to stare at the ceiling, but casual glance upwards reveals something more.

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Sometimes the TV home redesigning reality show ideas are actually easy to make a reality! After seeing some of the ideas from reality shows, the Cunninghams found out they could recreate some of those themes in an affordable but effective way. Read their story:

When decorating our house, we didn’t go with a particular theme. We were inspired by the rooms we’d seen on some of the reality shows. We looked through catalogs, and we also browsed in stores. We got some of the materials at Home Depot but, also shopped at local area stores. First, we picked some new carpeting. We wanted a warm, comfortable feel and chose blue, wall-to-wall carpeting. It was very deep plush and was installed in the living room. We took down the old, faded wallpaper we had in this room and painted the walls. We chose to paint these walls a slightly lighter, blue color. We chose mahogany furniture for the living room and dining room. We replaced the older dining room table and the sagging entertainment unit. We got the table ordered from a local business and the unit from Ikea. It was a lot of work, as these are large items. We had to move (and store) many things until the items were put in properly. We left most of the upstairs untouched. However, we did get a new bed and dresser for the main bedroom and new wallpaper for the bathroom. We went with a flowery design, mostly yellow and blue. The kitchen ended up with a new floor. The tiles were marble-like in look (but not in price). This involved more moving of furniture. Wood paneling was bought for the family room. And a new table (also mahogany) was purchased and put in the room. We put in beige carpeting. The room ended up with a very cozy feel. While we never went for a particular theme, the accent was definitely on wood and the color blue. We ended up very satisfied with the results and were very glad to have gone through all the effort for it.

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Retro themes are very popular these days, not only with regard to fashion in the clothing world, but also with regard to home décor. Read about how Juliana and her husband used retro décor to bring life back to the interior of their home:

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When it comes to decorating a bedroom, it helps to nail down a specific overall theme. A great starting place is to simply think of your favorite color and your significant other’s favorite color and combine them in a unique way.

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Check out what Kaitlyn has to say about her experience decorating her kids rooms:

My family and I recently moved to Vermont from California because my husband got a new job. We found a house for a great price with four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The only problem with this house was that everything was white: the carpet, the walls, everything. We knew we had to add personality to the rooms, but we didn’t know how. I went searching for decorating books and found “The Big Book of Kids Rooms: Everything You Need to Create the Perfect Room for Your Child.” This book was full of so many ideas for dressing up a child’s room. I have two children: a son who is six and a daughter who is seven, so they had several ideas of their own for decorating their room. This book provided cheap and easy ideas for decorating, but they were not the most stylish. Instead the ideas were good starting points for deciding how to decorate a child’s room, whether boy or girl. The book gives eight simple room designs and offered tips on how to reuse old furniture instead of buying everything new. Most of the ideas required few items, typically only paint and other material. My son picked the nautical theme while my daughter chose the bug room style, but she did not use every piece of advice given. Additionally, the book was full of pictures for each of the themes. This made decorating a little easier, especially if the directions are hard to understand. This was also a great book for me since I had no idea where to start with the decorating process of my children’s rooms. I would recommend this book to anyone moving to a new home or redesigning their current home, but only for beginning ideas and for parents of relatively young children, ten or younger.

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You can get professional decorating help and guidance without paying professional prices, if you know where to look! Carol turned to a local university program in interior decorating where she got help from interns for a fraction of the cost, and they did a professional job! Read about her innovative strategy:

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If you’d like to create a relaxing beach atmosphere in your bathroom without trying to do some cheesy beach theme that will always fall short of your expectations, here are some wonderful tips on how to capture the feel of the beach in a classy way with an affordable budget. Margaret shares her story of how she did this perfectly:

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Choosing home decorating themes for all of the rooms in your house can be a difficult task. Read about the themes that Janice picked for her house:

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A great starting place for your house decorating endeavors begins at the fabric store. Allow your instincts to dictate what color gives you vision, and every other necessary step will become apparent.

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Home decorating becomes a little easier when you pick a theme. Read about the country theme that Julia and her husband used to transform their town house:

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