Cheap decorating tips are some of my favorite things to learn and so I would like to share some of my favorites with you. My all time favorite thing to decorate with is candles.

There are two ways I like to decorate with candles and the first one is to take long stemmed wine glasses and fill with sand or fish tank gravel and put a candle down in the center. This is such a fancy look and the color of candle is so easy to change. My second tip is to take a cluster of candles and place them by a mirror or on a mirrored tray. The reflection from the mirror make an additional glow and is very appealing.

Second on my list of cheap decorating tips is throw pillows. I have always loved pillows but did not like the high prices. Even shopping at a large national chain I found the prices way to steep because I didn’t want just one pillow,but several.

Some of the large chain stores have a fabric section and most of them have material on sale. The store I shop at always has a $1.00 per yard rack to go through. I pick through the material and decide on my colors and buy about five or six yards. This will make me several pillows and cost me only five or six dollars. I then buy the stuffing which cost more than the material, however the price compared to bought pillows is still quite a savings.

You can also stuff home made pillows with strips of old clothing, but I personally prefer to pay for the stuffing. I think they look better and the cost for several pillows is still under $15.00.

Sewing pillows is easy and can be done by anyone. Just cut the material the size and shape you want, turn the material to where the wrong side is showing and sew up three and one half sides. Turn the material inside out and start stuffing. Once stuffed to the degree you want, hand sew the opening up and you have a great pillow!

Another thing I do to decorate is when I’m decorating my bathroom, I buy fancy shower curtain rings not the cheap plastic ones. This tip alone will spruce up your bathroom and for under $20.00. Over the years some of the cutest I have had were shaped like the hot and cold faucet handles and were made of Chrome.

One last tip is to take cheap but colorful cup towels and use them as place mats. This looks great and they are so easy to just wash, dry and put out again.