These cheap decorating ideas are mostly about walls and how to do it yourself!

Walls surround us, and these cheap decorating ideas, and others - not so cheap, add elegance and personality to a home.

I've spent too much time straightening picture frames around my home! I live close enough to a bombing range, that the ground and walls shake from time to time. Add two boys who want to tear around, rough-house and tussle everywhere and you can see my dilemma - how can you keep pictures straight and level? I'm going to show you simple tricks that work!

Hallway picture galleries are especially prone to getting knocked about as we traverse the narrow space in bulky clothing. To make it worse, pictures are added randomly over time and the frames are of different sizes, shapes, and colors. Follow me as I tear down, and purposely rebuild my family portrait gallery the right way - from the ground up with a real plan!

This is a very special Mother's day present that my boys and I built. She had selected the waterfall mural and just assumed I'd glue it to the wall. Unfortunately, the wall was painted, grooved paneling that would have spoiled the photo. This framing technique solved the problem and made the mural appear as if you were looking through a window!

This is NOT a cheap decorating idea, but let me show you how you can do it yourself and save BIG dollars! This was done fifteen years ago so the prices have all gone up, but by doing it myself, it ended up costing only 30% of having a glass company visit for measurements, build it up, deliver, and install these beautiful decorative wall mirrors. It turned out so well, I added the sliding closet doors to All of our bedroms!

When I designed and built my private "Man-Cave" as part of our garage conversion project, I used many tricks with colors and textures to visually increase the size of this dinky room. When I say dinky, this room is only 110 square feet, but the end result is a very comfortable room that feels much larger than it really is!

Here are some cheap decorating ideas to build a themed bedroom. My boys worked as volunteers at a private zoo over the summer and fell in love with all the big cats. Our oldest boy left home for school, and while our youngest was away for summer camp we decided to move him into the larger room. Here are simple things we did to create a Big-Cat Room theme.

Lets put together all of the cheap decorating ideas I've discussed into one room. I'll tie in colors and textures, lighting and perspective, and introduce molding, built-in shelving, and ventilation to create a cozy private study for me, and a rich entertainment area for family and guests.

This is the cheapest decorating idea of all - lets get the pictures hanging straight and level. This trick for hanging pictures requires nothing more than a level, a pair of scissors, weatherstripping, and maybe some electrical tape if the frame uses a wire hanger!

One of my favorite interior design ideas is this hallway portrait gallery. This is also a very inexpensive decorating idea that is almost a universal standard in homes with hallways, the trick is figuring out the spacing, and then getting them to hang level. You'll love the unique solutions I developed for this gallery!

This is a little more expensive project, and a little more technical. With wallpaper murals it's not so much getting them to stick, it's taking them down if you move! You'll like my solution for removable, yet level murals that literally clamp themselves to the wall!

This is all about decorative wall mirrors, from very inexpensive, to kind of pricey! Of all the ways for using perspective to trick the eye and make small rooms look large, and large rooms look huge, this is probably the most effective. It optically doubles the size of a room!

Our son loved our bedroom decorating ideas that was all about something he loved - Big-Cats! Creating a themed bedroom requires visiting a lot of garage sales, curio shops, and of course, the bedding departments of Sears, Target, Wall-Mart, and K-Mart!

Here are paint ideas that discuss both exterior and interior painting challenges, and the variety of products, and tips, to get the right result. From critical primers and drywall texture, to concrete paint and masonry sealers, I'm sure you'll find something new!

And finally, to sum everything up are these small space decorating ideas. I pull out all the stops on this one and show how to improve a closet to add to a room's total size, hang shelves under the ceiling to add lights, tips for wallpaper and molding, and other tricks!

I hope you've found something useful in this section. There are many other cheap decorating ideas you can find that are fun to do, and add real beauty and value to your home.

This is one cool site dedicated to Kids Bedroom Ideas, where you'll find boys room themes, girls room themes, baby room themes, and all the decor to finish it! There are many great ideas, and you'll find sources at good prices for bedding, furniture, wall decor, and curios. I recommend a visit; you'll want to stay!

We've mostly been talking about wall decor since walls make up so much of the visible space in our homes. This is a wall screen that is a wonderful way we provide privacy in our living room when all the guest bedrooms are being used, yet we have overflow. Light and bright!

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