All My Sons Moving and Storage of San Antonio is an experienced moving company with professional movers that are efficient and careful with their tasks. We serve different cities and communities in and around San Antonio, Texas including Boerne, Converse, New Braunfels, Seguin and more. We regularly post articles filled with information we acquire through our moves and years of experience to help out our friends and customers. We already listed several ways for people to save money on their moves and highlighted examples such as finding free boxes, lightning up the load they’ll be moving, finding a professional moving company and more tips.
This article will focus more on how to save money after you’ve moved. Once All My Sons of San Antonio movers have transferred all your belongings safely into your new apartment or house. We’ll help you with tips and advice on how to decorate and fix up your place for less.
Before you do anything in terms of decorating, All My Sons of San Antonio suggests you assess everything you already have. Look around, make sure you notice your furniture, your decorations and everything else that might still be in boxes. You may find stuff you haven’t seen in a while and you may find stuff you really want to get rid of.
Know that decorating your place can be a work in progress. There’s no need to do everything right now, you can have side projects on the weekend for months to come, that you’ll enjoy and make you appreciate your place even more. Also, hopefully your income will grow with time and throughout the years, giving you the ability to purchase more and more stuff.
All My Sons recommends checking out garage sales or thrift shops for quaint, little charming pieces of decoration that can really spruce up your place. An extra vase somewhere, an antique lamp, even books to fill out a library and so forth. You can also go online on websites such as Craigslist or Backpage to find stuff for sale of for free. Most ads have pictures along with them so you can see if you like the item. You’d be surprised about what you can find online for cheap: TVs, dining tables, window treatments, plants and so much more. All you would have to do it pick up the item.
Your local classified newspaper ads can also be another way to furnish your place for less. But the paper and check out the treasures you can find.
All My Sons of San Antonio recommends getting creative with the paint job in your new place. This will help decorate the space, add color and texture to your walls. It can make a big difference, just stay away from too much neutral. There are a lot of books and online sites to help you choose the perfect colors and even tutorials on painting techniques.
To decorate your walls, no need for extra expensive art. You can place family pictures or even have your kids draw some pictures and hang them on the walls. There are many outlet stores also that sell inexpensive reprint of famous art.
There are many other ways to save money once you move in to a new place. All My Sons of San Antonio will keep giving you tips on decorating for less. Whatever you do, enjoy the process and enjoy your new home.