The first apartment you get, either when you are going into college, in college, or coming out of college, often feels like a bland, boring box.

You’re on a student salary and can only afford a simple place, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

You can make simple changes that will turn your first apartment into something beautiful and welcoming. Keep reading to learn how to make your first apartment feel luxurious.

Invest in Luxury Candles

Candles add great ambiance to your home as long as you invest in good ones and know how to burn them correctly. While you may be tempted to save money and buy cheaper candles, cheap candles often use synthetic wax that isn’t as safe as natural wax.

They also often have overpowering scents that make your home feel like a perfume store instead of a luxurious spa. Invest in luxury candles made with natural wax and layered with scents that will make your home smell amazing. This small change will make any apartment, no matter how small, feel luxurious.

Add Plants

Another way to make your apartment feel livelier and more luxurious is to add something alive, like plants or fresh-cut flowers. Blooming plants are the best combination of the two since they add color and life without you needing to constantly replace them or watch them die.

If you worry your apartment doesn’t have the light or the space for something alive, then consider fake plants or small plants that could grow on a windowsill. While living plants are the best option, some fake plants look extremely realistic and will still help your home feel luxurious.

Adjust Lighting

Many interior design experts believe you should have three forms of light in a room: task, overhead, and accent. Making sure your apartment has these three lighting options will allow it to function well, keep you comfortable, and feel luxurious with all your options.

You can arrange task lighting as lamps beside a couch, perfect for reading. Most apartments already have overhead lighting, but if they don’t, you can place tall floor lamps in corners to give a similar effect.

For accent lights when you’re already using floor lamps, try small, hanging light sources like fairy lights. And if your apartment already has overhead lighting, then you can use a floor lamp as an accent in a corner.

Bring in Textures

Candles and lighting will treat your nose and eyes to plenty of luxury, and bringing various textures into your apartment can help the rest of your body feel luxurious too. The right rug under your feet, pillow and blanket on your couch, and other textured accents will make your apartment comfy and luxurious.

Mix and match textures when they feel comfortable together, such as a soft rug underneath a rattan ottoman or a faux fur pillow on a velvet couch. You don’t need lots of pieces in crazy textures, but choosing a comfortable combination will leave your body swimming in luxury.

Making your first apartment feel luxurious is about indulging your senses with candles, lighting, and textures and bringing in bright spots of life with plants. And the good news is that you don’t even need to overspend on these items.

You can find great lighting options in thrift stores and buy fake plants on sale to add affordable luxury to your first apartment.

Image Credit: How to Make Your First Apartment Feel Luxurious by Christian Hillebrand FILE #: 364521317

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