Simple Ways to Transform a Room on a Budget
Interior designers know the quickest and most inexpensive way to dramatically change a room's style is to attack those boring white walls. Sure, you could try painting the room a bold new shade, but the newest design techniques go a step further with drywall, faux painting, and nontraditional wall coverings.
Drywall Textures
Once purely functional, drywall techniques are now a designer's trick. Using drywall techniques to add new architectural or design touches, or simply retexturing ceilings and walls, can update the overall appearance of a home with a relatively small investment.
Walls and ceilings can be finished in many different ways. Retexturing or smoothing walls can freshen and modernize older homes or even return the original character to period homes that may have been carelessly remodeled.
Changing up the old-fashioned styles of texture (such as skip & trowel or brushed) can significantly freshen and update a 30-year-old home.
On the other hand, covering those styles of texture with a new layer of hand-troweled joint compound to resemble plaster could restore the charm to a 1900 Victorian. Custom textures and treatments, such as combining textured walls with totally smooth ceilings, can give a home a unique look.
Try the Orange Peel Finish: Very popular right now, the orange peel finish is created by spraying texture compound onto a smooth wall and then letting it dry. Paint when ready for a brand new look. Continue ..
