Unless you’ve built it brick-for-brick, you won’t stumble upon your dream home organically. After all, a lot of your vision will be built around personnel preferences and style. However, this does not mean that you cannot turn things around after your moving date.
With that in mind, here are some tips that you can follow to make a house feel like (your dream) home!
Consolidate Your Vision
In order to ensure that the picture you have in your mind for your home becomes a reality, you need to find some way to put it onto paper. One way in which you can achieve this goal is by creating a vision board, or seeking out inspiration in interior/home design magazines.
Alternatively, you may want to choose a specific theme for your home or each specific room.
Invest In Key Spaces Within The Home
If you’re working within a tight budget, try to focus on transforming key areas within your home first.
For example, this could mean that you work with a company that specializes in luxury kitchens to ensure that the space is both elegant and functional. As this is a space that you will use multiple times a day, it is well worth the investment, especially as this will also add considerable value to your home.
Find Ways To Make Your Home Unique
Finding as many ways as possible to personalize the space or make it unique to you will also help make a house feel like home. For example, if you love to start your day with a cup of coffee, then you could set up a home coffee bar. Alternatively, if you’re a cinephile, you could invest in a home theater.
The more ways you find to add your own stamp to your home, the better, as this is a great way to make the place entirely your own.
Introduce Your Favorite Colors Into The Space
Introducing your favorite colors throughout the space can also make a house feel more like home, especially if you tend to dislike the muted colors palettes of most homes.
While this can be achieved by applying a fresh coat of paint, there are also more subtle ways to introduce a splash of color, especially if you do not want to make lasting changes. For example, this could be achieved through decor such as cushions and throw covers.
Don’t Leave The Walls Bare
Bare walls lack personality, which can leave you feeling as though you are staying in a hotel or rental property. As such, finding ways to decorate or enhance these spaces is key to making a house feel like home.
Fortunately, there are many different ways in which you can achieve this goal, from creating a collage wall featuring your favorite memories, keepsakes, and photographs or even finding (and framing) printable wall art.
If you’re not sure how best to display photographs, try to have them printed in a variety of different mediums and sizes, from framed images to canvases. This will allow you to create a collage wall that is visually dynamic, creating an interesting focal point within the room, whether you display it in your living room or bedroom.
If you are living in a rental, you can still personalize the walls in this way; just make sure that you purchase command strips or similar replies that will not damage the walls or paintwork (meaning they can easily be removed at the end of your tenancy).
Let Everyone Have Their Say
While you may have a specific vision in mind for how you’d like your home to look, if you are not the only person living there, you should also be sure to allow others to have their say, too.
For example, you may want to let your children decide the theme or color scheme for their room.
Upcycle Old Furniture
If you’re looking to save money when moving, then it’s important to remember that you do not need to leave all of your old furniture behind, even if it may look a little worse for wear.
For example, you could focus on upcycling instead, breathing fresh life into pieces you love and ensuring that they remain on theme.
Bring Nature Indoors With Plants
Adding plants to your home is a simple yet effective way to make the space feel more inviting and alive. Not only do they enhance the aesthetic of any room, but they also purify the air and create a calming atmosphere.
Whether you opt for low-maintenance succulents, vibrant flowering plants, or larger statement pieces like a fiddle-leaf fig, greenery can breathe life into your home.
Final Thoughts
In short, there are many steps that you can take to make your house feel like home. This can make the process of moving into a new property a lot less stressful, allowing you to relax into your new home and routine as quickly as possible.
Thanks for stopping by!
Magda
xoxo