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Budget updates for every room

Feature Stephanie Durrant, Abbi Henderson

The bedroom has seen better days and the lounge needs a little something extra, but you’re stuck for inventive and, most importantly, affordable ideas for a remedy. That’s where we come in. We’ve been scouring the web and racking our brains for the very best decorating hacks to give you highimpact schemes without the price tag. We’ve broken it down into four price brackets, though some of these golden nuggets could be brought to life with as little as the loose change in your purse. So whether you’re skinted or minted, we like to think there’s a little something in our book of tricks to spark everybody’s imagination.

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Homestyle
April 2016
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