Decorating does not have to be expensive. You can make simple and even modest surroundings more beautiful by accessorizing your home. You can accessorize your home inexpensively with items from one of the many dollar stores that have popped up all over the country. If done correctly, no one will ever guess that your beautiful and classy decorating items were purchased at dollar stores.
Here are a few of the many items you can find:
• Purchase hand towels for your kitchen and powder room at the dollar store. If they do not have towels that match your décor, check back every couple of weeks. Eventually they will a selection that you will like.
• candles of every shape and size are available at dollar stores. You can dress up plain candles with raffia or other embellishments, or by pressing a design into a pillar candle. Alternatively, if you have expensive candles that still look beautiful from the outside, but the wick is burned down, you can insert cheap votive candles to bring your original candle back to life. You will also find beautiful candle holders from time to time.
• Wall hangings are readily available at the dollar store. For the bathroom and kitchen, it makes sense to purchase pictures there because you will not feel bad about throwing them away and buying new pictures if they are damaged by moisture.
• Wallpaper border and wallpaper cutouts are also available at the dollar store. Check the dollar store before you visit an expensive wallpaper store. The designs may be limited, but with a little imagination, your rooms will be beautiful.
• Towel racks and hooks are available at the dollar store, as well as many other items to help you organize your home. An organized home is a well designed home, so be sure to check for organizational items on a regular basis. You will find under-the-bed shoe organizers as well as closet door organizers. Drawer shelf liners and contact paper found at the dollar store will also help you beautify your home.
• The dollar store has many decorative items for display as well. You can use these decorative items such as angel figurines to fill out an existing collection. By interspersing cheap items among expensive item, you will find that all of the items look expensive. Other inexpensive accessories for display are teacups and saucers, painted plates to hand on the wall, as well as items you can embellish yourself.
• Use the dollar store for all of your seasonal décor. They sell many items for every holiday for Halloween, to Christmas and Easter, to the fourth of July. If you shop early in the season, you will never have a reason to pay over a dollar for any item.
• You can also find items for the exterior of your home at the dollar store. From welcome mats to wreaths and garden décor, you can make the entry of your home as beautiful as the interior.
There is one caveat of shopping at the dollar store of which you must be aware. Occasionally there will be items selling for a dollar that you can buy somewhere else for less. Be aware of the regular prices of the items you buy.