Inexpensive Decorating at Etsy.com

As the new year unfolds unemployment remains stubbornly high and people who once thought of their homes as ATM machines are rethinking the value of everything associated with their biggest possession. This is certainly true with interior decorating.

A person’s home is more than just her castle, it is a canvas for the expression of style, color and personality. With less to spend on the home’s interior many homemakers are decorating on the cheap yet still finding many creative, colorful and unique alternatives at Etsy.com. Etsy an online marketplace of hand made and vintage items has over 800,000 sellers, 7 million registered buyers and sales of $467.8 million through November 2011.

The choices for functional, inexpensive and beautiful home furnishing at Etsy are a joy to behold for any shopper trying to make her home ‘House Beautiful’ on a dime.

One really inventive and practical Etsy shop is Dress a Shade, a lampshade slipcover which comes in many pretty colors and patterns. It is removable and washable and will add a touch of color to any room. If there is one thing in most homes that can use a periodic update it is lampshades. They are not only dust magnets but tend to get dingy over time.

Dress a Shade and Velcro Back Trim being applied to a lampshade

Dress a Shade recently had some very good news as well having been named a Home Shopping Network vendor. Dress a Shade is going to be debuting it's lampshade slipcovers and a product called Velcro Back Trim in May on the HSN network. Dress a Shade Slip Covers sell for $21.95 at Etsy, but Velcro Back Trim is an HSN exclusive and is not yet available. 

Fiber and Water does the Eiffel Tower

If you are in the mood for unique wall art and are Eco oriented, (who isn't these days), then a new shop on Etsy called Fiber and Water is worth a long look. The silk screen artists at Fiber and Water combine water color ink with the natural fibers of canvas and burlap. Out of Portland ME, they have assorted themes nicely framed for hanging in the living room, den, or foyer. Fiber and Water is a cool name and their wall hangings are being coveted by Etsy shop goers at between $15 unframed and $35 framed.

Three original designs from The Cottage Cupboard

Sometimes you just have to put your head down on a nice soft lovely pillow. The Cottage Cupboard makers of designer pillow covers understands perfectly. One of the older and certainly one of the more successful Etsy shops, The Cottage Cupboard has had over 1,500 sales since it first started at Etsy in 2009. Cotton and Linen are two favorite fabrics used for their pillows and they sure look comfortable. The Cottage Cupboard's pillows are some of the best home decorating values on Etsy selling mostly under $50 for original designs. 

Westmoreland Salt and Pepper Shakers

What was old, is new again at Etsy which hosts thousands of sellers of vintage items. Finding an inexpensive vintage home decor shop is merely a matter of picking from the abundance of outstanding examples. The Silk Creek Gallery's motto is "reuse and recycle" and they do that as well as anyone on Etsy. Their collection of milk glassware and decorative serving ware
is impressive and their prices excellent. These salt and pepper shakers were only $22.50.

Just because your house value isn't what it used to be doesn't mean your home has lost any real value to you; especially if you can fill it with beautiful things. At Etsy you are supporting artisans and craftspeople at their sewing machines, printing screens, jeweler's tables and refurbishing workshops all across America and beyond. At Etsy everything is hand made or vintage. Such a deal. 


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