A house becomes a home when it's more than just a living space. It is that personal sanctuary that affords us the luxury to relax, rest, think, entertain, spend time with family, and do all the things that bring us happiness.

That's why the décor of a home is so important-it lends a very unique character that goes beyond its walls and roof. Furniture and furnishings help a room, and by extension, the whole house, come alive and truly abound with personality. All sorts of material can be used while selecting furniture, but the popularity of wood has remained universal over the years. However, what often prevents people from choosing wooden works for their homes is the perceived expense. While wood may be more expensive than other furniture items, it's also a fact that there are a variety of options where one could use wood to design individual items or pieces of furniture without prohibitive costs! Here are some ideas that could help you lovingly Decorating the woodwork in your home even on a budget:

• Consider choosing timber for your doors, windows, sofas and some other things: Timber offers numerous advantages over other types of timber. It is available in abundance, thus ensuring competitive pricing to begin with. It is also very adaptive to different colors, designs and styles. As a result, there are a great number of manufacturers and suppliers who sell beautiful furniture designs in a variety of options, suited to every sort of budget. With the right maintenance, timber items can last literally for a lifetime. It is extremely durable, strong and improves rather than deteriorating with age. It can be a very practical furniture investment. It can also easily match different appearances in tones and textures of décor.

• Use of lumber, pallets: A relatively new trend is to use lumber, pallets to design sets of furniture, shelves, storage space and freestanding wooden pieces in your home. Timber pallets are much cheaper than solid timber, for instance, and can prove to be quite versatile. Ensuring that they are properly treated, it's quite possible to build living room sofas, coffee tables, kitchen cabinets and storage racks out of them.

• Recycle and re-fashion wooden items: Innovation and creativity can go a long way in using wooden Products. While planning, decorating your new living room, for instance, consider using the old, tired-looking door to be re-modeled into new table tops, headboards or even fashionable screens to add depth to the room.

• Wooden plank / ply sheet flooring: To give a contemporary, modern and really stylish appearance to any room (or all of them!) in your home, consider using wooden planks. The size and number of planks can be customized basis your individual requirements and they are relatively easier to install. Besides, they can even be painted in colors matching the rest of your home décor, to reflect your own individual taste. Ply sheeting is great too. It can be sanded to smooth out the rough edges, then stained in dark or light shades as preferred and then simply lied. A finishing with polyurethane coating is a sure-shot way of increasing its resilience and protection from damage.