How to Redo A Room On A Budget
Need to remodel a room, but don’t want to break the bank? You’ve come to the right place! We'll show you how to take a boring old room and turn it into something spectacular using products from BidFTA, without spending too much money.
Step 1: Plan Out Your Room The first step in redecorating a room on a budget is planning out the look you want. Do you want an office, or would it be better as a guest bedroom? What kind of furniture do you want? What colors will work best with your existing decor? Make sure you’re taking all the proper measurements of the room, too! It’s important to keep those in mind when looking for furniture, otherwise you might end up with something that doesn’t quite fit. Once you've figured out what direction to go in, it's time to start shopping! BidFTA carries a variety of furniture and home decor for you to choose from. Which you can find easily by filtering for auctions that are in your area!
Step 2: Find Auctions Near You To start your search on BidFTA for your budget remodeling dreams, figure out what locations are near you. You can filter by location, category and auction end date, so it's easy to find auctions at locations close to your home! To give you a hint on how to know if an auction has what you need, our furniture auctions will typically have key words like “home goods'' or “furniture” in the title. Another way to see if an auction has furniture is to look at the auction images. So it’ll be easy for you to find exactly what you need for your budget remodel!
Step 3: Add Items To Your Watch List Once you’ve found items that you like, it’s time to start adding them to your Watch List! This is a great way to keep an eye on bid prices for the products that you’ve bid on or haven’t quite decided on yet. You’ll have everything in one place for you to keep track of instead of trying to write it all down or remember which auctions that you bid on. Your Watch List is also a great place to compare the bid prices of similar items that you want to the MSRP prices. That way you can decide which one has the better deal for you!
Step 4: Compare Prices To MSRP When you're looking to bid on a product, it's easy to compare prices with MSRP (manufacturer suggested retail price). BidFTA.com typically uses the suggested MSRP for an item, so make sure you're comparing the current bids to that price in the right hand corner of the product image. Sometimes we aren't able to find the MSRP in our system, an easy alternative is to search the item you're looking at on Google so that you can still do a price comparison.
By doing this, you can have an idea of how much the item should cost and what kind of deal you’ll get depending on the bid price. Especially when you’re on a budget. Sometimes you’ll get lucky and snag an item that’s almost 90% off retail!
So, you've decided what to do with your room. Now it's time to get started! We hope that this article has helped you think about ways to improve your space on a budget.