Budget Home Decorating With Fabric

Fabric is an excellent and inexpensive way to decorate many areas of your home.

There are many types and styles of fabric available at most discount department stores, and in the bargain bins at craft and fabric stores too. If you make a habit of looking at what’s on sale each time you’re there, you’ll find yourself with a variety of beautiful fabrics that can be used in all types of home decorating themes.

The satin or silk fabric shown in this picture for instance, could be used as a decorating accent with your books, as a table cloth or covering – which is particularly useful for covering up worn and scratched tables, and even as a window drape. You don’t actually have to sew to make the window drapes either, just drape or wrap it around the curtain rods until it looks the way you like.

If you like to sew, you can open a whole world of budget decorating ideas for your home just by using your sewing machine once in awhile. You don’t have to sew in order to make wonderful home decorating accents though. Whether you choose to sew or not though, here are some wonderful ways to decorate your home using simple pieces of fabric…

1. Cut squares or rectangles from your fabric pieces, and lay them out on the table as decorative placemats.
2. Hang a beautiful piece of fabric on the wall, from a towel rack, or even draped over an old ladder for unique decorating arrangements.
3. Tie the corners of fabric squares around old pillows to give them a fresh new, casual look.