The most inspiring homes aren’t always the ones with the biggest budgets. In fact, some of the most interesting houses we publish are ones where cost constraints pushed the design toward something better rather than limiting it. We love high-end design schemes as much as the next person, of course, but they can often leave us feeling like the most beautiful homes can only be achieved on the kind of budgets most of us can only dream of.
The projects gathered here prove otherwise. This is truly clever, affordable home design: homes that have used paint, upholstery, secondhand furniture, salvage, skip finds and small details to create rooms with real impact. After all, with a good eye, a clear plan and a little resourcefulness, decorating on a budget can create interiors that are, on every level, as individual and considered as their more expensive counterparts.
