Affordable(Yet Chic) Home Interior Basics

You can put all of these together, or just get and do one. And they are all affordable. They address a lot of the most typical issues people express and ask me about all the time. Particularly with regard to apartments on the small side.

1. I need a big table that I can host a dinner on.
2. I need a big table that I can work on.
Use the same table for both.
3. I want a chair that's comfortable but not frumpy or ugly.
4. I need something for the floor.
5. What do you suggest for an inexpensive yet cool coffee table?
6. What can I do with my bedroom to make it more interesting?
7. What should I do with that blank wall?
Ideas below.

Thomas-Michael




A large table for a dinner or as a work surface.

roomandboard.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Room And Board, Pratt Dining Table, Desk, Large Work Table, 72" X 36", Price ~ $680 USD. This is a great and inexpensive table. It's clean, modern, and will work with anything you've already got. It's also thin and not too heavy looking. So it won't feel like it's clogging up a small apartment. I'm including my four favorite surfacing options. You can put your laptop on it and lay everything out to work, or clean it up and serve a dinner on it. Perfectly functional.

A large table for a dinner or as a work surface.

roomandboard.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Room And Board, Pratt Dining Table, Desk, Large Work Table, 72" X 36", Price ~ $680 USD. This is a great and inexpensive table. It's clean, modern, and will work with anything you've already got. It's also thin and not too heavy looking. So it won't feel like it's clogging up a small apartment. I'm including my four favorite surfacing options. You can put your laptop on it and lay everything out to work, or clean it up and serve a dinner on it. Perfectly functional.

A large table for a dinner or as a work surface.

roomandboard.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Room And Board, Pratt Dining Table, Desk, Large Work Table, 72" X 36", Price ~ $680 USD. This is a great and inexpensive table. It's clean, modern, and will work with anything you've already got. It's also thin and not too heavy looking. So it won't feel like it's clogging up a small apartment. I'm including my four favorite surfacing options. You can put your laptop on it and lay everything out to work, or clean it up and serve a dinner on it. Perfectly functional.

A large table for a dinner or as a work surface.

roomandboard.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Room And Board, Pratt Dining Table, Desk, Large Work Table, 72" X 36", Price ~ $680 USD. This is a great and inexpensive table. It's clean, modern, and will work with anything you've already got. It's also thin and not too heavy looking. So it won't feel like it's clogging up a small apartment. I'm including my four favorite surfacing options. You can put your laptop on it and lay everything out to work, or clean it up and serve a dinner on it. Perfectly functional.

A comfortable chair.

crateandbarrel.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Crate And Barrel, Oasis Slipcover Swivel Chair, Price = $1400 USD. This is the most expensive item in the post, but it's worth it. And honestly, you could easily end up spending a lot more on this type of chair. It's clean in design. I love the thin side arms. Elegant, chic, and comfortable. It's not under designed. It's not over designed. It will work with anything you already have. And. You can slip the cover off and wash it. How perfect.

On the floor.

westelm.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, West Elm, Jute Boucle Rug, 9' X 12', Price = $400 USD. This is an easy, simple answer for any large area of ugly floor. It's neutral, natural, and textural. It's modern with modern furniture, classic with classic furniture. Like everything else, it will work with almost anything you have. And it's only $400 USD.

Coffee table.

elleinterior.se

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Coffee Table, Wood And Books, Price = Wood And Books. Do I really need to say anything. Stack up some books and throw a great piece of wood on top of them. Love it. In fact, if you look around this image, there are a couple of great and affordable things going on.

In the bedroom.

www.style-files.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Simple Chic Canopy Bed, Price = Fabric. All you need here is some nice sheer fabric and you're in business. Drape it loosely, looks great.

And on the wall.

www.pursuingprague.blogspot.com
www.elizabethannedesigns.com

Affordable Yet Chic Home Interior Design Basics, Wall Decor, Book Pages, Price = Books. Really simple, cleaver, and almost no cost. Grab a book and start ripping.

Mirrors

So there are apparently alot of Meagan lovers out there. The post below this one.

Today we move as promised from beauty to vanity. How perfect and ironic. There's a million ways you could go when considering mirrors, but let's try to keep it relatively simple for the moment. Personally I love oversized mirrors. Or at least big. Size does matter after all. Stylistically, you have a decision to make. Either ornate, antique, and distressed. Or clean, elegant, and modern. So I included some examples of both because I think they are equal in application. Mirrors are one of those elements that can completely define a space on their own. This is obvious in the first couple of images. But the second to last image is less so. In this image, the mirror is somewhat smaller and offset or not immediately in focus. Yet it's still highly integral. I can't imagine either space without the mirror exactly where it is. Sometimes you need it for medium sized areas of blank wall to cover, and add another visual layer. While it's simultaneously adding yet another abstract element to spatial composition of the room in general. And the very last image is the total flip where the wall is a mirror in itself. Yet another great idea.

Thomas-Michael

bellemaison23.com

Mirrors In Home Interior Design. Large floor standing mirrors are extremely powerful. They can make a room in themselves. But they also don't take up that much floor space which is ideal for city apartments on the small side.

luxeandlillies.com
designmanifest.blogspot.com

Mirrors In Home Interior Design. Large floor standing mirrors are extremely powerful. They can make a room in themselves. But they also don't take up that much floor space which is ideal for city apartments on the small side.

westelm.com

Mirrors In Home Interior Design. Simple, elegant, modern mirrors can be used more like abstract elements in the spatial composition.

newtopdesign.com

Mirrors In Home Interior Design. Simple, elegant, modern mirrors can be used more like abstract elements in the spatial composition.

designmanifest.blogspot.com
elledecor.com

Mirrors In Home Interior Design. Mirrors as centered or as focal points.

elledecor.com
favim.com

Mirrors In Home Interior Design. Offset mirrors. These are not immediately in view, yet integral. I particularly love this mirror on the left.

apartmenttherapy.com
elledecor.com

Mirrors In Home Interior Design. Walls as mirrors in themselves. Another great idea!