Decorating a Guest Bedroom on a Budget

Decorating the guest bedroom to be both stylish and functional while staying on a low budget can be a difficult task. Follow these designer tips for decorating a guest bedroom without breaking the bank! From color choices to decorating themes for the guest bedroom, there are numerous options for inexpensive decorating in the guest bedroom.

Inexpensive Decorating for the Guest Bedroom: Color

Add a splash of color along the main wall of the room to create a bold and beautiful accent wall. This works great for large and small guest bedrooms and it's the perfect inexpensive decorating tip even for those afraid of color. One wall can't hurt a thing!

Inexpensive Decorating for the Guest Bedroom: Pictures and Art

The art for the guest bedroom doesn't have to cost a fortune. In fact, chances are that they art in the room will not get seen very often so it would truly be a waste of money to place expensive art work in the guest bedroom. Try choosing some prints and framing them yourself or make a collage from magazine prints and place those in a frame. Another great choice, black and whites taken from a vacation or one of your favorite places. Why pay high dollar for pictures that you can take yourself and frame?

Inexpensive Decorating for the Guest Bedroom: Linens

The linens for the guest bedroom should always be crisp and clean but this doesn't mean that they have to be in a complete set. Mix and match linens in coordinating colors to give the guest bedroom a wholesome yet shabby chic feel. You can also mix and match different fabric textures in the guest bedroom to liven up the room.

Inexpensive Decorating for the Guest Bedroom: Create Your Own Coordinating Linens

An inexpensive way that you can create your own decorating themes for the guest bedroom is to paint the linens to coordinate. Use fabric paint and stencils to create a coordinating theme on the linens such as Hawaiian flowers in bold hues of teal, green and orange or pink or you can monogram the linens with stencils. Both techniques are very inexpensive and will give the guest bedroom a homey feel.

Inexpensive Decorating for the Guest Bedroom: Create Your Own Wallpaper

Wallpaper can be easily created using wallpaper paste, heavy cardstock, and stencils. To coordinate the wallpaper with a floral themed bedroom simply create your own stencils, cut out large cardstock pieces in the shape of your stencils and use the wallpaper glue to adhere them to the wall. It's like wallpaper appliqué and it looks great in the guest bedroom!

Inexpensive Decorating for the Guest Bedroom: Throw Pillows

You can add some more pillows to the bed as a quick and easy way to spruce up an old décor. Buy some inexpensive throw pillows in solid colors and then use the stencils and fabric paint to create coordinating designs for the guest bedroom. Another quick and easy fix--make pillow covers for existing throw pillows so that you can interchange the covers with the pillows to change the look up periodically.

Inexpensive Decorating for the Guest Bedroom: Coordinating Lamps and Rugs

Another quick change to the guest bedroom--buy a new lamp or just create a new shade for an old lamp. Use fabric to cover the existing shade or use grosgrain ribbon to spruce up the shade creating a striped pattern. This works for rugs too!