Simple wall makeovers

YOU can give your home interior a fresh look just by dressing up the walls. You don’t need anything elaborate just simple tools, existing accessories, and inexpensive DIY labour.

Here are some ideas on how you can easily transform a “blah” space into a “wow” while adding some of your personality into it at the same time.

Colour tapes

Colour tapes are inexpensive and are easily available in most stationery shops. One way to decorate an interior using these tapes is to draw your favourite shapes and designs on the wall (preferably shapes and designs based on straight lines), and then stick the tape above these lines.

Benefit: It's tape. So, even if you intend to draw a straight line but are not able to do so due to shaky hands, the tape can help keep the lines straight. Secondly, if you are unhappy with it and want to redesign it, simply remove the tape. Significantly less hassle than using paint.

Affix a black board on the wall

A plain-coloured wall may create a spacious feel but may sometimes seem a tad boring. Repainting the wall may be too much work. One easy way to inject some interest on the wall is to place not just one but a couple of black boards of different sizes on it. This adds new elements to the wall without a messy makeover.

The black board can be the family memo or message board or an invitation to the creative ones in the family to express their thoughts.

Benefit: Good for covering stains or cracks immediately. Much easier than repainting the wall.

Some origami may help

Paper lanterns are affordable and lend a quirky vibe to a space. Add some originality with origami works of pretty butterflies or birds on the lanterns as well as on the walls.

Benefit: Home owners can change the origami pieces whenever they want especially when they need to create a festive ambience.

Light up the room

Instead of buying a bulky Christmas tree for instance, how about making one by just affixing a string of light bulbs on the wall and putting on some Christmas decoration. This also saves space especially if you live in a tiny apartment.

Benefit: One can arrange the festive LED lights, neon lights or light bulbs into all sorts of designs, including a string of inspiring words.

Good ol’ photographs

Most of us have a number of photographs which have been left unseen for years. Why not print them out and place them on the walls to create your own special wall of memories? You don’t have to arrange them the way grandma did though.

Benefit: Another great and quick way to cover up stains, cracks and holes in the wall.

Decorative plates

Too many plates lying around?

No worries. Just use some glue to affix the extra plates to decorate the walls. Plain-coloured ones can also be a canvas for some creative painting or stick some decor on them and make them a special collection of art work.

Benefit: Instead of keeping the extra unused plate sets in the cupboard, one can now show their collections off.

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