Best 5 tips for a weekend makeover on your holiday home

Small changes can have a big impact and here we give our ideas for a holiday home makeover.

 We all know the feeling, there's a room in the house that needs a bit of TLC, but there's never enough time and the bookings are flooding in...

Never fear! Here are our top tips to enable you to transform any room easily and cheaply, over just a weekend.

Tip 1. Get moving that furniture

Often a room can be transformed just by rearranging the furniture. Find a focal point and arrange around it. This may mean taking an item out, or perhaps bringing something in, but you'll be surprised at how quickly the space can change with just a few alterations. 

Number 3 By The Sea makes good use of the open plan living space with the dining table perfectly placed overlooking the garden.

Little Croft makes clever use of the mirror as a focal point above the fire place. 

Tip 2. Its time to upcycle

Upcycling just a single piece of furniture, or accessory in the room can add new interest. Be it a chair, a lamp or even fabrics, small changes can make a big difference. Re-purposing old items for a new use, or re-painting old furniture, the key thing is just to get stuck in.

The Little Dairy Park Farm on the Isle of Wight uses a charming combination of traditional and contemporary furnishings. 

 Statement lighting adds the finishing touch to The Apartment, Broadway.

Tip 3. Cushions, throws and rugs

The addition of some new cushions for the sofa, a cosy throw for an armchair or a luxurious rug will give any room a completely new look and feel, like here at The Old Pottery.

Tip 4. Go big!

Sometimes all a room needs is a new focal point to create new interest.
Try your local antiques centre or charity shop for cheap art works. Either try one large piece or buy several smaller pictures and hang them all together to create an impact. Equally, a large mirror or a vase or bowl can make a real statement.

These delightful prints adorn the walls of Octopus House giving a nod to the seaside location. 

The gorgeous bedroom at The Barn, Great Eckworthy is decorated in pastel shades with pops of colour on the walls and bedding.

The Old Pottery, has wonderful feature wallpaper.

Tip 5. Go green

Using plants and greenery can provide an instant impact in a room like here at Copper Rise House. If you don't have lots of space, use pot plants or macrame plant hangers to achieve the same effect.

If you really want low maintenance, then you can always go fake and there are some lovely options available from high street retailers. A vase of large white flowers create a lovely feature, dried lichens and mosses make beautiful decorations and a fake banana plant adds greenery to a sitting room.

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