Decorating Ideas - Bedroom Ideas on a Budget

Your bedroom should be your private retreat; a place to go when you need to escape your hectic day. Your retreat should be infused with your personal style. For a budget bedroom makeover, fine-tuning color and accessories may be all you need to do. Here are some bedroom decorating ideas to help inspire you. Be sure to check out the links below for budget decorating ideas in more rooms of your house.

Add a traditional country look to your bedroom with a blanket trunk or hope chest at the foot of the bed.  These are also great places to store quilts, blankets and extra sheet sets.

If a cozy and quiet space is what you desire, go with light neutral tones, like white, soft gray, and warm wood tones of the furniture.

For an alternate cheap makeover, have a collection of colorful bed linens to choose from and mix them.  Mix white sheets and pillowcases with bright floral sheets and pillows.  Choose a quilt with complimentary colors and layer it at the foot of the bed.

Replace flannel sheets and wool blankets with pastel or light colored sheets and a light quilt or coverlet for a simple, non-budget-busting spring makeover. 

Drape sheer curtain panels over a wall mounted bracket over the bed to create cozy feel.

A nice stack of dressed up journals and vintage (or new) jewelry boxes can be fun accents on a night stand in a bedroom.

Wallpaper can be a great, inexpensive way to add interest to a bedroom, even if hung on just one wall – it can also be a great way to mask surface flaws.

Dividing a wall horizontally with the use of two paint colors can create the same visual effect as having an expensive chair rail molding.

If minimal effort is what you’re after, then spruce up one wall with a cheerful color. Next season it can easily be changed.

In need of a headboard? Repurpose an old barn door or any old door that looks interesting and hang it horizontally for a cool headboard. A salvage warehouse or architectural salvage store will usually have plenty of doors to select from.

Wallpaper can be quite pricey, depending on the one you select. Instead, frame a generous square or rectangle of a favorite wallpaper pattern to achieve a lovely decorative effect for your bedroom.

Add your own trim, like buttons or ribbon, to store-bought pillows to give them a handcrafted feel.

When selecting furniture for a child’s room, think long term and purchase sturdy pieces that they are not likely to outgrow – at least not while they are still living in your house!

A great idea for a child’s room: apply a corkboard wall covering on one whole wall, then frame it out and you’ll have created a bulletin board of epic proportions. This is perfect for pinning up memorabilia, photos, posters, even jewelry and hair accessories. Obviously, don’t do this in a small child’s room where pushpins would be a choking hazard!

In a child’s room, bright toys with interesting shapes can be used as colorful decorative accents on shelves.

If a child’s room is small, paint just one wall a bright color and leave the rest a neutral tone to brighten the room without making it look even smaller.

Repurpose old desks and trunks into kid-friendly toy organizers to store and hide all the stuff that kids have.