Decorating on a budget can be distressing or it can be a blast. Adding freshness to your home without breaking the bank just takes a little creativity and a few little changes.

When you're trying to redecorate your home, one of the biggest roadblocks you'll run into is the high cost of some of the elements of interior decorating, such as carpeting, painting, molding, etc. But there are ways to become your own interior decorator without the high cost of hiring a professional, doing the labor or buying the supplies.

When you're looking for ways to spruce up your home, a change of lighting is one the best and quickest ways to make life and your room a little sweeter. And lighting changes don't have to be expensive. For a cheap lighting change, you don't have to change the entire chandelier-just change the glass in your light fixture(s). This can cost you as little as $0.99 per fixture cover and it will give your home a completely new and different look!

Lamps are also a fantastic and cheap way of improving the lighting in your room. A new lamp shade is a budget idea for a new look. Here is an interesting read, for some interesting ideas about decorating with lamps.

Decorative pillows and cushions add the perfect budget touch to any room. You can find them in a wide assortment of shapes, sizes and colors. Not only are they fun and easy to use they are practical and can fit into any budget. Read this hub on decorating with decorative pillows for more ideas.

Let's face it. Changing the carpeting in your home is a nightmare. From the cost of labor and the actual carpet, to learning how to care for it, to moving all of your furniture and moving it back later, carpeting is the most difficult thing you can do for your home, aside from knocking out a wall or something. The simple, more cost-effective solution to the ugly, old, worn out or just not the right color or texture carpet is...rugs.

A decorative area rug can solve all of your problems. Not only can it hide that major stain from the day the dog got sick, but it can also hide the permanent track marks and fading. Not to mention, rugs come in a wide variety of styles, textures and designs that carpet doesn't come in. And if your rug gets dirty, you can pull it up and clean it the right way-back and front-unlike carpet, which can only be cleaned from the surface.

Don't forget that modern area rugs cost substantially less than carpeting so you don't have to worry as much about replacing your decorative rugs in the future.

Painting every few years is a necessary evil to keep your home looking bright, since even the best paints get dingy over time. Wall-papering can be a solution, but it's messy and it gets very expensive. The best solution to giving your room a little pick me up without letting the hardware store pick your wallet clean is...bordering. A tiny can of paint or border wallpaper can be just the thing you need to give your room that fresh look. If you go the paint route, there are plenty of stencils out there to help you keep it looking clean and professional.

Bathrooms and kitchen are bound to be tough, but guess what? That ugly orange countertop doesn't have to be torn out. Just grab a bucket of countertop paint for $10 and have at it.

Remember, if you're willing to be creative, decorating your home can be so fun and so inexpensive that you'll want to do it again and again!