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Having your 1st apartment is awesome: Congratulations! No matter what moving into your first apartment is a big deal, you’re a grownup now. That feeling of independence is priceless, so enjoy your freedom. Now, it’s time to decorate it.
The “Decorating My First Apartment”: A Lesson In Budget-Friendly Classic Pieces And Creating Moments is a really good article. I highly recomend you to go and read it so you can have and idea of what you can achieve too decorating your first apartment. She walks you all over the process and why some decisions were made when selecting their furnitures and decorative elements.
Figuring out how to style and decorate your first apartment although excited could be a challenge. Now you have a lot of space and probably few ideas and little money to have it decorated like you’ve always picture your house.
How to Decorate your First Apartment
You’re probably, like me, feel frustrated by all the things that comes with moving into your new apartment, but don’t worry, things get a lot better.
It takes some time before you get all settle in your new 1st apartment, but with a little help and some new ideas you’ll get what you need.
Aim to make your first apartment a warm and cozy space, is the most satisfying thing ever.
Tip#1: Small apartments are the easiest when it comes to decoration. Since you don’t have a big space to fill in, just a few decoration pieces and you’re ready.
New Apartment Decorating Ideas
Try to go for your own style, it’s your apartment, your space, so it must be true to your style and what you love the most to make all this moving to your 1st apartment thing the best experience ever.
At first you will only focus on the most important thing but once you have all the big furniture set focus on the details, those are key to improve your apartment décor.
The finishing touches: cushions, curtains, vase, flowers, candles… play a big role in the overall picture of your apartment decoration.
First Home Decoration
Apartment decorating on a budget is easy if you follow the right guide and I’m here to help you out with it.
Tip #2: When choosing your basic furniture go for the simpler styles some basic colors, shapes and so on, that way you can add personality with decorative elements, and it will be way easier to make everything blend and end-up with an integrated great looking space.
First Apartment Living Room Essentials
Checklist for First Apartment (Living Room Basics)
- Furniture
- Rug
- Coffee table
- Curtains
Checklist for First Apartment (Decorative Elements)
- Cushions
- Plants
- Lamps
- Hanging lamps
- Mirror
- Candles
- Vases
- Flowers
My Living Room Project
If you’re having a hard time trying to decorate your living room and you don’t have a lot of money to spend on it, maybe this will give you hope. I don’t have much money to spend on decoration eigther but I managed to save some cash (less than U$1,000.00 for sure) and with patience and time I achieve a very pleasent living room in my first apartment.
Way better than it was when I first got here. Take a look and let me know what you think. No matter if you like it or not, let me know.
Your comment will, for sure, help me improve it!
We just got here, there was nothing but a pair of plastic chairs. A really good place for workouts!
Then we got a couch exactly how we wanted. Nothing to big, because the living room is very small and we had to save some space for bar stools or something to sit over meals.
It was white but with a really cheap fabric and a good upholsterer we change it gray so it would be a better match with or other thought of decorative elements plus it wouldn’t get dirty so easly as a white one will.
Then we found two bar stools very simple and beautiful.
A great alternative that can give you both seats and space are ottomans. I’d seen plenty of options but they where too expensive. Until I found a pair that cost me less than $100.00.
With some floating shelves from IKEA…
A rug from IKEA
At the end I got, in my opinion, a great result:
