Moving into your first home is a resounding, defining life event. After you’ve rid yourself of the futon in your college and your roommate’s attempts to create art, you’re now able to think of a plan to transform the space of your house into a welcoming home. Here are some ideas to get it done:
1. Clean up the old home
Even before you present an offer to buy the new property, you can make sure you are ahead by kicking off the process. This crucial first step will not just make your current home easy to clean up and move into, but will also make you a step ahead of the pack on the day of moving in.
Take your time and get rid of 25 percent to 50 % of the stuff you have accumulated that is a mess: shaky furniture in your attic, malfunctioning appliances in the garage, and questionable items you receive as gifts. It’s the ideal opportunity to begin fresh. Get rid of your old belongings to a minimum. Organize an auction, garage sale it on eBay, or give it away to a charity. You’ll be surprised by the things you don’t want to forget.
2. Begin with your Bedroom
It’s where you’ll spend a good third of your time at home in the end. If you’re on a strict budget, consider buying the latest bedding, however, be sure to not skimp with thread count! Purchase as much as you can spend on this space -it can make a big impact. If you’ve got a bit more money, paint the walls of your bedroom to match the new bedding. Are you still able to put money in your pockets? Consider coordinating window treatments. The early risers should choose lighter colors and more transparent designs. Night owls who prefer to lie down will most likely prefer darker tones and heavier bed covers that block out bright light.
If you’re willing to invest in a bed, purchase that dream bed you’ve been thinking about. Be sure to pick your bed carefully. Your bedroom should reflect your personal style fit comfortably in your space and last for many years.
3. Do not buy everything at all at
Live in your new home for at least two months before making any major purchases. The way you plan to utilize the space and the way you live in it are typically two distinct aspects. Perhaps the $5,000 you planned to spend on a bathroom renovation may not be as significant as upgrading the kitchen and dining space to maximize entertaining. The loveseat in your living room may be more suitable for your master bedroom. Likewise, the chaise in your master bedroom will be more appropriate in the den.
4. Beware of the desire for matching
Retail stores love to keep promoting the false notion that everything must match. They’d love for you to purchase all of your furniture in sets, but not to! A couple of pieces that have the same style are acceptable, but anything more than that and your house is a bland, boring appearance of a furniture showroom. Be sure that your individual style is evident it, and that’s not bland, boring, or beige.
The most important thing is proportion to scale, balance, and proportion for your furnishings as well as the accessories in each space. Do not cram five pieces of large lounge furniture in the 15×5 space with only a modest 8-foot ceiling. It’s like a clown’s car. Contrarily, putting the buffet’s low height and a slender circular dining table for four in an area of 20×30 with a 12-foot high ceiling will appear equally unnatural and insatiable.
5. Connect everything with the use of color
If you’ve moved to your first home with furniture dating from the 1960s until today do not fret. The most cost-effective, simple method to solve this seemingly impossible problem is by bringing everything together by using color.
Let’s suppose you have an armchair that has one thing that it shares with the furniture in the rest of your living space just a little bit of the color of the sofa is identical to the shade that’s less dominant throughout the upholstery in your living room. Solution? Make the most of that similarity and create the living room’s common wall color. If it’s too much work for you, look for curtains, rugs, or other accessories that are in this color and watch how they start to blend.
6. Solutions to problems that are practical and inexpensive
When your cabinets in the kitchen appear dull perhaps you could make them look new by painting them and changing the hardware. Also, don’t install excessively extravagant (and costly) hardware for your cabinets on woodwork that is cheaply made it’ll appear out of place, and your money could be better utilized elsewhere. For bathrooms, something as easy as changing the lighting could instantly improve the appearance of the bathroom.
If you spot the usual R-type incandescent lamps in the new space change them out with more “yellow” PAR-type bulbs. Another option that is inexpensive and has huge benefits is installing dimmers to keep the lighting levels at a minimum to allow for a nighttime bathroom break or to set an intimate atmosphere for couples to enjoy bubble baths.