Does your home need sprucing up a bit but you don’t have a fortune to spend on new leather sofas or furnishings? Well, here’s a secret for you… you don’t need to spend a fortune to give your home a face lift!

Take a look at your furniture. Sofas can be given an immediate new look using throws or cushions. If you want to give chairs, tables and cabinets a new lease of life try stripping them down using sanding paper and repainting them.

By painting furniture white, this immediately updates it to a modern, clean contemporary look.

You can achieve different finishes using various paints, waxes and finishing techniques.

Other tricks to give rooms a revamp would be repainting them in light colours. This gives the impression of space and also updates for a super modern feel. Use mirrors and glass to make rooms appear bigger by giving the impression of natural light. You can also change the appearance of a room by adding wall prints or by framing photographs in nice frames and hanging them on the wall. Then of course there’s vases with flowers and candles which can add touches of detailing to any room.

Update your bathroom and kitchen units by buying new doors, taps, and door handles/ towel hangers. Or, simply just paint the old doors. Look at second hand stores, car boot sales… even tips. You’d be amazed at what other people throw away that you can turn into something else with a bit of paint!