If you like to surround yourself with nice clothes, you’re probably also particular about the way your home is decorated. And as with clothes, there’s no need to spend your life savings fixing up your house. Here’s our budget-friendly home decor advice that includes fun DIY projects, budget home decor tips and more.
Bedroom Haven! 3 Easy and Fabulous Ways to Turn Your Bedroom from Blah to Beautiful
If you’re uninspired by your bedroom’s interior design, you’re not stuck with it. A few simple tweaks can revamp your bedroom décor for a fresh feel in 2020. Here are a few easy ideas...
Decorating Tricks That Will Make Any Place Look Expensive
Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. Charles Dickens Home is the place we escape to,...
The 4 Rules of Style — for Your Wardrobe and Your Home
From the catwalk to the kitchen, there are rules of style. These are the dos and don’ts that can guide you to choosing just the right home accessory or garment to achieve a particular...
Home Decor Style Inspired by Your Fav Outfits
When you look good, you feel good. That proverb has stood the test of time, even as fashion has evolved over the centuries. When black gives way to pink, and fur becomes so last...
Spring Home Decor: Quick Guide
Redecorating every season takes a hefty bank roll, but swapping out a few trendy touches? That’s the savvy way to do spring nest style. A couple fresh accessories for the family room, your favorite nook,...
5 Fall Home Finds You Can Leave Out All Year
Don’t let the party stores fool you, there’s plenty of harvest-inspired decor options without going full-on leaf garlands and gourds galore. Subtle selections are our favorite way to go, pieces you can set and...
Budget Home Tip: When You Shouldn’t Do It Yourself
In order to save $, we’ll basically do anything. We’ve fixed our heater when it was -10 outside and installed a dishwasher (a project that ended in tears and cursing, but the dishes got...
Time to Change: Cool Clocks that Dress up Your Home
Sure, clocks are reminders that Monday morning *sigh* has arrived or that it’s time to meet up with friends. Even though things like keeping track of how long the lasagna’s been in the oven isn’t the most...
Food Mood 101: Cute Kitchen Accessories
Cute kitchen accessories can make the difference between wanting to entertain and dreading the thought. Think about it. What’s more inviting: steel mixing bowls, steel utensil holders and steel tins or kitchen accessories that are pretty and...
Shower Power: Shower Curtains to Jazz Up the Bathroom
Most of us don’t consider our bathroom a stylish place. But why not? Think about it: between baths, doing our hair and putting on makeup, we spend a lot of time there. So why stop the décor at a pretty tissue...
Home Fashion: The Unexpected Charm of Coasters
At TBF, we’re all about sprucing up a look whether it involves our nails or our napkins. Ready to add some oomph to your house without commiting to a new wall color or different carpeting? That’s...
Fall Weekend Getaway – Right In Your Own Home
Sure, we all dream of the time and money to jet set for a weekend getaway. But why wait when you can do it at home? Here is my favorite way to have a...
Bringing Transparency to the Dinner Table
I guess the closest thing I have to a family heirloom is a gorgeous, ruby red punch bowl that I use now as a fruit bowl. I value the gem-like qualities of the bowl the...
Halloween Party 101: Home Decor Must-Haves
Forget the candy. Right now, oodles of Halloween decorations and costumes are in stores everywhere, reminding us that it’s time to do some serious Halloween party planning. Whether we’re hosting a mega bash or having a small...
Summer Sale Items for Your Fall Home!
My favorite home decoration tip every is to buy items that are cross-seasonal and get them at the end of the first season. For example, when winter was turning in to spring this year,...
Petal Power: Perk Up Your Home with these Unique Vases!
I think there’s nothing prettier than walking in a room and seeing a vase of flowers. Of course decorative pillows and a nice painting also do the trick, but something about flowers really livens up a room...
Lighten Up: Summery Table Lamps that Brighten up Any Living Space
For those of us who can’t get enough of summer and are itching to brighten up their home (or both), summery table lamps are just watt (ahem) we need. Bright bases, colorful shades and cheery designs brighten...
Bringing the Outside In: Summer Home Decorating Ideas
Green grass! Blue sky! Bright sunshine! In summer, I tend to leave the house first thing in the morning to soak in the beautiful outdoors and I spend as much time outside as possible....
How to Make Every Room Pop with Awesome Decorative Pillows
Decorative pillows: who knew? They’re an affordable way to freshen up the look of a room when we don’t feel like breaking out the paint (or cash.. or time) for a home decor overhaul. They’re my go-to quick fix for...
What Sharon Osbourne Taught Us about Candles: Go Flameless with these Budget-Friendly Finds
Sharon Osbourne’s recent candle incident has set the media world on fire these days. For those not aware, she’s always had a penchant for candles – lots of them. Recently, an unattended little wick...
Break the Rug Rut with these 13 Awesome Yet Surprisingly Cheap Home Decor Rugs
When it comes to home décor, I feel kinda bad for rugs. It seems like they’re an afterthought: “We have the perfect wall color, pillows and statement lamps. Oh. (Nose crinkle). Guess we better choose a...
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Thanks for stopping by! I'm Catherine, your Budget Fashionista style editor. I'm a bargain shopper at heart, as I love nice things but hate paying for them! I'm also a personal finance writer who's been featured on USA Today and MSN Money.