{"id":179,"date":"2016-11-03T16:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dinani.ca\/blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2016-11-03T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T20:50:54","slug":"179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dinani.ca\/blog\/2016\/11\/03\/179\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Highly Effective Ways to Make Your Home Look More Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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4 Highly Effective Ways to Make Your Home Look More Expensive<\/h1>\n

Article by\u00a0Taryn Williford<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Sep 26, 2016<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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You’re getting older, and your secondhand furniture is, too. While you may feel like you’re outgrowing your taste, don’t make a knee-jerk reaction and drop major bucks to redecorate your whole house with more grown-up gear (you know, the kind you don’t have to assemble yourself). There’s a secret to looking expensive on the cheap: Restraint.<\/p>\n

Add just one splurge.<\/h2>\n

Don’t replace everything. Just replace one thing. A single investment piece will elevate your whole space with a more high-end look, even if it cost as much as all the other inexpensive basics put together. Here are the four pieces that give you the most bang for your buck.<\/p>\n

Above: A mid-century dining room in Perth, Australia, from Collected Interiors<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Big Artwork<\/h3>\n

Step one: Take down all your cheap frames and discount bin wooden plaques and donate them to Goodwill. Step two: Replace it all with just one big, bold and beautiful painting or print as a focal point on the wall. Done.<\/p>\n

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An Amazing Light Fixture<\/h3>\n

Luxury is in the hardware. What amazing appliances can do for a kitchen, a statement light fixture can do in any other room in the house.<\/p>\n

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A Great Rug (that’s the right size)<\/h3>\n

It can be tough, mentally, to get over the hurdle of spending so much for something just to walk all over it. But a properly sized rug (try this tape technique<\/a>) really does change a room. And if it’s something you love and take care of, you could have it for many more apartments to come.<\/p>\n

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Upgraded Textiles<\/h3>\n

This can mean throw pillows for the living room or bedding for the bedroom. Using a quality fabric where it counts makes a whole room feel more luxe.<\/p>\n

Re-edited from a post originally published 9.17.15-NT<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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