If you’re want a new look for your kitchen, try updating your kitchen cabinets! Save money by using paint and new hardware to update your existing cabinets. We’ve rounded up 7 ideas to get you started!

1. Bright Colors

Add a pop of color by painting the inside of your cabinets and removing the doors. Open cabinets and glass-front cabinets can give your kitchen an open and airy look.

2. Open Shelving

Remove some of your existing cabinets and add shelves. This gives your kitchen more of an open look, and make sure to use shelf brackets that match your kitchen’s style.

3. Distressed Look

For an aged look, try distressing your cabinets. We love these Victorian-style distressed cabinets!

4. Details

These gingerbread appliques are too cute! They come in many different styles and sizes to match your kitchen’s look, and you can find them at home centers. Glue them on with wood glue and give your cabinets a coat of burnt umber glaze (wipe off with cloth while still wet) for a vintage look.

5. Hardware

Change up the hardware on your cabinets for an instant makeover. We’re in love with these vintage fork handles!

6. Add Feet

Add feet to your kitchen cabinets buy purchasing them at hardware stores, or make your own using scrap wood. We love how these cabinets look like they’re built-in, and it was all made on the cheap! Tutorial here.

7. Wallpaper

Add wallpaper to the inside of your cabinets to brighten them up. Try a geometric pattern in a color that subtly contrasts with the rest of your kitchen.

Photos: BHG, Flickr, Ate My Tauntaun, Hometalk, Interior Design Blog.

Wallpaper can have many uses, not just to adorn your walls. Decorating furniture, adding it to your stairs, lining your drawers, and many more! Freshen up your home on the cheap with these creative ideas!

1. Line Drawers

For a pop of color, line your kitchen or office drawers with a fun wallpaper. This is great for people on a budget, and you can find cheap rolls of wallpaper on Ebay, or samples at your hardware store.

2. Wall Art

Choose an artistic printed wallpaper for instant wall art. Add wood panels to frame the wallpaper, and choose a contrasting color for the rest of the wall to really make them pop.

3. Transform TV Trays

Turn boring TV trays from drab to fab with wallpaper! Cut the wallpaper to size and adhere it with spray mount. Seal it with clear contact paper.

4. Decorate Furniture

Add wallpaper to your dressers or cabinets to dress them up. We love the pink-on-pink on this TV cabinet!

5. Light switch Covers

Dress up light switch covers with wallpaper and Mod Podge. Easy and inexpensive, you can complete it in an afternoon! Tutorial here.

6. Wallpapered Stairs

Add some spunk to your stairs with wallpaper! Pick a fun pattern and paint the rest of your stairs a complimenting color.

Photos: Decor Pad, Lus Home, House Wives of Riverton, Modern Home Interior Design, How About Orange.