Who doesn’t want their home to look luxurious and expensive? Sadly, not many of us can afford all the expensive renovations and decorations we see in magazines and on home design websites. Average budgets can rarely cover tons of marble, crystal and glass which are all signs of luxury, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t transform your home with an average budget. You don’t need tons of cash to make your home look beautiful and luxurious.

Luxurious front door

If you want people to get the best possible impression of your home before they even enter it, you should start with your entrance door. There’s nothing that invokes thoughts of luxury like huge doors, but you don’t have to go on and install a second door. Full-glass sidelights and transoms will make your front door seem luxurious and modern, and they will also introduce more natural light into your hallway. Further, you can simply paint your front door in a new colour, and change the handles. If you have a handle, you could try with door knobs, or levers. Put a wreath on and add a new mat, and your entryway will immediately look far more inviting.

Elegant garden

If you have a garden, you should transform it into a small oasis of luxury and elegance. You don’t have to bring in any rare plants or bring your living room furniture out, but details matter, and decorating your garden with simple and elegant items will make it look like it’s worth a fortune. Use old teacups to make your own bird feeders, and transform broken pots into small fairy gardens which you can place everywhere, even near your front door. Make terrariums out of old lanterns, and lovely wind chimes out of old keys, glass beads and sea shells. These tiny decorations will be proofs of time and love invested in your garden, and they will look expensive at the same time.

Decorative concrete

Decorative concrete is another great way to make your home look like it’s been built by billionaires. You don’t have to spend hundreds of thousands on marble, Geostone coloured concrete is an affordable way to make your pathways, driveways and outdoor entertainment areas look great. If you have a swimming pool, coloured concrete works great for pool surrounding. Concrete isn’t marble, but it’s equally durable, high-quality, and looks amazing. You can even combine several shades in order to get the one that’s unique and that will go well with the rest of your home. People will be wondering where you found it, and you can say that it’s been made just for you.

Change your lighting

Lighting is what can connect or separate spaces, make them look inviting, mysterious and comfortable. Feel free to play with your lighting and use daylight bulbs to illuminate your favourite reading nook, and use warm-coloured light bulbs for the living room – nothing says ‘cheap’ like cool tones. Even if you have an old brass chandelier that dates back to the ‘80s, you can transform it into a luxurious piece simply by spray painting it. By the time you add the finish coat it will look like a designer piece – perfect white, baby blue or even matte black are just some of the options.

If you have good ideas and you’re willing to get creative, it’s only a matter of time before your home looks like you’ve invested billions in it. Take the time to make sketches, visit local stores and have small DIY projects in your home – it will all result in a magnificent hose by the time you’ve finished. By making several small, inexpensive updates you will end up with a breathtakingly beautiful home.