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Default Simple Ways to Decorate Your Walls on the Cheap

Decorating walls seems to be a huge dilemma for some home decorators,
but it need not be. Here are a few quick and easy ways to dress up
your walls, on a budget!

The most common mistake most people make when decorating their walls
is to sprinkle things around just to fill empty space.

Solution: Draw an imaginary rectangle on the main focal wall in the
room you wish to dress up. Fill that rectangle with a grouping of
related art, such as portraits, plates, or clocks. This makes a
stronger impact for the room than the "sprinkle" effect.

Try to hang larger scale items to make your rooms seem bigger. This
doesn't mean you have to run out and spend hundreds or thousands on a
large painting! Hang a rug or a pretty quilt.

Create a dramatic wall hanging with a large piece (continued at
http://interior-decor.blogspot.com/2...-walls-on.html
)