5 tricks every girl can use to deck-up her apartment

On a budget? These tricks will help you personalise your space without burning a hole in your pocket.

Ritu Malhotra

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Play with lights
Whatever the size of your room is, you can lighten it up with some DIY ideas like lights in bottles as they are money saving, easy and never go out of style.

Use low lying-furniture
Using low lying furniture makes the room look bigger and spacious. If you have an unfurnished apartment, you don't have to go ahead and spend all that money on a new bed. Just get a couple of vibrant and colourful mattresses, deck them up with cushions in different shapes and sizes. There! You have a beautiful and cosy bedroom on a budget.

Personalised wall art
Empty walls make a room look monotonous. Pep it up with some easy DIY ideas. You can give it a treat by assembling a few of your memorable photographs and it will surely be your favourite corner in the house. You can also use temporary wall art stickers and decals which are easy to apply and remove. They lend character, colour and theme to any empty wall.

Beautify with greens
You can add some potted greens which will make your home feel alive, refreshing and bring you little closer to nature.

Window films and coverings
What to do if you don't have the finest views? Window films can prove to be an elegant solution to grace your windows with a contemporary - modish way. You can also use colourful sheets and wrapping papers to make it pocket friendly.

The author is an architect and co-founder Renomania.