Now that we've begun a new year you may have been thinking of trying new things, including at home. Instead of relocating in order to change your surroundings, why not simply change your surroundings?

Remodeling need not be expensive to be fun and exciting, To begin with, evaluate your things. Scaling back is a trend that makes your home look neater and more modern.

This move will open up your home, giving it a more organized and clean, less chaotic. This will reflect upon you. What items in your home do you love and use? Keep these and part with whatever you can.

Since you spend a lot of time in the bedroom and kitchen, these are good renovation locales. Try new colors, remembering that gray has become the new neutral color. Warm gray tones act as a base, yellow and purples can add life to a room.

Modernizing a more traditional home needn't mean dumping all of your furniture. The pieces that best reflect you can be your focus. Two or three pieces, then ditch the rest. Mixing contemporary with traditional can offer a nice flavor to a decor - a modern lamp atop an antique chest, for example, or fashionable bedding on your classic bed.

Walls can be updated by using metalwork designs for picture frames. Create graphic art by framing swatches of fabric which can be swapped out at intervals for a perpetual fresh look.

Keep in mind what it means to live green. Far from being just a color, it's a way of life. You can recycle, reuse, and renew your living space. Whereas eco-friendly furniture used to be mostly unappealing, today you can find stylish materials, from carpets to paints.

Not only are these products good for the environment, but they are often American made, which is less expensive. This is because transportation costs less. Additionally, higher standards are normally found in green factories.

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