Hesitating to re-decorate because of time and budget constraints? If you are planning on breaking down walls and re-doing the flooring, sure it will take a lot of time, test your patience to the limits and cost you a cool packet too. The good news is, you do not need a heavy investment in time, money or patience to give any room a brand new look.

Put your re-painting, re-tiling and re-wiring nightmares behind you. Here are seven easy-to-do suggestions for giving any room a brand new look in a matter of hours if not minutes.

1-Rearrange Your Furniture

Whether it is furniture, artifacts or paintings, rearranging every thing around will give your room an instantaneous make over. If your living room furniture has always been placed against the walls, pull them together at intriguing angles and create a warm and cozy layout for chatting and catching up with friends.

2- Tackle Those Walls

Keeping the rest of your walls untouched, turn any one wall into a large canvas and paint on it; whatever catches your fancy. It could be abstract art, graphic images or your favorite scenery. Alternatively, paint it in your favorite color and use it to display some of your more exotic pieces of art. For a more subtle change, create a border using stencils or a rubber stamping technique.

3- Replace Your Wall Hangings

Change the look of your wall by replacing one large framed picture with a motley group of framed photographs of family and friends. If you've had those African or Indonesian masks on the wall for a long time, take them off and replace them with Egyptian papyrus paintings for a diametrically opposite look.

4- Bring on the Colors

Think of colors as your best buddies when it comes to giving any room a quick makeover. If it is not possible to re-upholster your sofa, it is easy to give it a new look with a heap of decorative pillows in contrasting colors. A bouquet of flowers in a riot of colors is the easiest way of adding color to any room. Afghans and throws in different materials, patterns and styles add instant color and texture to any room while at the same time filling it with coziness and warmth.

5- Lay out the Area Rugs

Forget about laying out a brand new flooring or changing your wall-to-wall carpeting. Area rugs are the easy and quick answer to your floor decorating needs. Area rugs are available in all color schemes, sizes and price ranges to suit any décor and any room size. What's more, they allow you to change the look of the room literally with a flick of the wrist. Consider a contemporary area rug; oriental area rug; indoor outdoor area rug; wool area rug; cotton area rug; floral area rug – the list of rugs available is endless.

6- Introduce Lighting

Replacing overhead lighting involves a whole lot of rewiring, which can be a truly daunting task. Floor lamps with replaceable lampshades provide a versatile lighting option. They can be moved and placed anywhere for a different effect and lampshades in different colors and styles add endless decorating options without any investment in time or money.

7- Reduce that Clutter

Too much clutter has a way of overpowering a room and detracting from its personality. It attracts the eye of the beholder and reduces the impact of more valuable artifacts that are present in the same room. Clear away unnecessary boxes, files and toys and you will experience an immediate transformation in the room.