10 Cheap ways to make your home look more expensive

None of these ideas need to cost much money. What they do cost is time. Time to hunt down the right things that work in your home. Some will cost more than others, of course, but I have tried to give you adaptations on the principle where possible. And sometimes it's about spending money on one thing rather than several.

1 GO LARGE

large vase from the anthropologie soho home collaboration (this was an expensive piece and was part of a shoot I did with them but the point stands. This always works. I have always said that you should buy the biggest rug you can afford – see below for why, likewise a big mirror. Even a huge paper lantern – one that is slightly too large for the space – makes everything look better. Don’t do it with everything or it will look odd but a big plant, a big vase – that becomes a real focal point – or any of the above will always, always (can I say that again – always) look better than a collection of tiny dust collecting objects and rugs that look marooned in th…