Cheap home decor offers interesting possibilities when you throw shelf brackets into the mix. Yes, shelf brackets, those ordinary supporting elements produced for the mundane task of hoisting up shelves. In fact, decorative shelf brackets made from wood or steel open the door to cheap home decor that looks elegant and unique. Each idea below offers one aspect of cheap home decor achieved with shelf brackets. You can then replicate the idea in various ways and decorate your home on a budget.
Use Shelf Brackets to Decorate Doorways
Cheap home decor that has a strong impact will generally affect not only the decorating style in a room but its architecture. Open doorways that separate a living room from a dining room or an entryway from a family room are ideal candidates for decorating with shelf brackets. Select large decorative shelf brackets for this cheap home decor idea. Using liquid nails or another type of strong glue, stick the shelf brackets at the top of the doorway on either side of the door, making sure the brackets are flush with the edge of the doorway.
If the doorway is a wide one, you’ll find that the shelf brackets only cover a portion of the doorway width. Ideally, invest a little more money in shelf brackets and glue them back to back to fill in the space. Typically two or a maximum of three shelf brackets on either side of the doorway are all that’s needed. Alternatively, you can make this cheap home decor idea even cheaper by gluing one shelf bracket on either side at the middle of the doorway width, or two on either side to come flush with either entrances.
Paint the decorative shelf brackets inserted in the doorway to match the rest of the doorway color (as in the picture included with this article). This cheap home decor solution creates the illusion that the entryway was curved in luxurious curving shapes at the top.
Use Shelf Brackets to Create Art Pedestals
Cheap home decor that presents art in unusual ways enhances not only the beauty of the art but of its affect upon the room. There are various ways to use decorative shelf brackets to create art pedestals, and each offers a cheap home decor solution with specific attributes.
For a narrow art pedestal that can support a painting or decorative glass or metal ware, install two shelf brackets back to back with their flat surface pressed against the wall. For this cheap home decor idea, I used two wooden shelf brackets to create an art pedestal for a sailing ship model (see picture). You can use metal brackets to display a wrought iron mirror, or small wood shelf brackets to support a beautiful book.
For a wider art pedestal that can display sculptures or artistic boxes, install two shelf brackets up against the wall at a distance that is smaller than the art you intend to display. In this cheap home decor idea the shelf brackets play the original part intended for them of supporting something, but because of their proximity to each other they become a decorative pedestal on which you can display beautiful objects.
Discover more cheap home decor ideas by learning how to create your-own-art, or how to transform iron candle holders into metal-wall-decor.
