How to Create a Luxury Interior on a Budget

Creating a luxurious home doesn’t always require an unlimited budget. In fact, many of the most elegant interiors, require first a thoughtful design choice rather than expensive furniture or extensive renovations. By focusing on smaller details, you can achieve a high-end interior with very little stress!

Here are some of the most cost effective ways to create a Luxury Interior on a Budget:

1. Add Cornice

One of the most simplest ways to elevate a room is to install a decorative cornice in keeping with your properties age. Typically period cornices have the following features:

• Victorian Cornice – Often has larger projections and features details such as floral, egg & dart, dentil and layered designs.
• Georgian Cornice – Mainly features C shaped, Ogee, dental, symmetrical and balanced designs.
• Edwardian Cornice – Typically more smooth Ogee or stepped designs with smaller bead detailing.

2. Create a Feature Wall

Feature walls continue to be one of the biggest interior trends to this day – and for good reason! They’re perfect for creating a focal point, or highlighting a media wall. They introduce texture, depth and visual interest with minimal effort. By painting a feature wall you can change the effect of the room:

• Painting same colour as the walls – gives a sophisticated finish, similar to luxury hotels and boutique restaurants.
• Contrasting with dark walls and white panelling – creates an elegant, classical look, typically associated with Victorian or Edwardian homes.

Don’t be afraid to experiment, a simple change of paint can completely transform the mood of a room without replacing the panels themselves.

3. Add Ceiling Roses

Ceilings are often overlooked, yet they’re one of the easiest ways to give a room a more luxurious feel. A simple ceiling rose can draw the eye upwards, making the entire space feel more considered.

Ceiling roses are often associated with period properties, however, for a more modern interior look, people often turn to a concentric circle design.

4. Introduce Faux Beams

Exposed beams are synonymous with character and history, but installing solid timber can be expensive, heavy and difficult.

High-quality faux oak beams offer the same stunning rustic appearance, whilst still being lightweight and easy to install.

Modern faux beams tend to be more uniform in style and are often coloured in mid tones such as Mellow or Limed Oak, where in contrast, if you’re updating a period property, you may want to look at more rugged beams in darker tones such as Jacobean Oak or Black.

5. Finishing Details

Luxury interiors are built on attention to detail. Matching skirting boards, architraves, panel mouldings and coving ensures your project works together to create a cohesive design throughout your home.

These finishing touches often have a greater impact than replacing furniture, yet they’re surprisingly affordable.

6. Invest Where it Matters Most

Creating a luxury interior, isn’t always about spending loads – it’s about choosing features that make the biggest visual impact. Sometimes even just adding a simple LED Lighting Cornice to your existing space, can create a premium luxury interior on a budget.