5 tips for decorating your balcony without breaking the bank
Do you want to spruce up your outdoor space without spending too much? Métro spoke with Jessica Locas, interior designer, to get her best advice on affordable and trendy decoration.
- Cover the floor
An affordable decorative element that can make all the difference is the addition of a rug, according to the designer: is not expensive and it immediately creates a wow and cozy effect”. The carpet also makes it possible to delimit a rest area and to put together the small furniture of an area, she mentions.
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If you prefer to completely cover the entire floor, another trendy and not too expensive possibility is to use wooden tiles. “It’s easy to install and it lets the existing floor breathe. You don't even need to glue the tiles: just put them down and you're done!” explains the designer.
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- Dare to pop color
According to Jessica Locas, the trend colors for the terrace this summer are grass green and sunny yellow. For the more daring and daring, she suggests opting for fuchsia pink, the color in vogue at the moment. You can buy paint to repaint parts of your space, existing furniture, or choose to buy colored items.
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- Create your own planters and vases
If you want to get into manual, but accessible projects, the pro suggests you recover old vases and paint them to give them a second life. This makes it possible to put plants in it, an essential for the balcony, in his opinion. Our speaker suggests that you find inspiration on the web, especially on TikTok.
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For the more adventurous and adventurous, it is also possible to create personalized planters in order to optimize the outdoor space available.
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- Don't neglect the lighting
To light up your outdoor cocoon, you can opt for LED lanterns that can be used outdoors and that add a decorative touch to the space. You can also choose lanterns according to the style you are looking for, since there are “modern ones, classic ones and more original ones”.
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Otherwise, classic small pendant lights “are still in vogue and add a romantic effect to every balcony,” says the designer. “Looking at options with solar charging is more eco-friendly, if your balcony space is in the sun, of course,” she adds.
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- Install a privacy curtain
In addition to create a more private and shaded area, curtains can add a final decorative touch to your space: “The white privacy curtains seen at all-inclusives in the South are also popular in people's backyards here. It's a good way to create intimacy between neighbors and to keep a light and chic effect on the balcony.”
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For more decoration tips, you can consult Jessica Locas' blog here.
