If the time has come where you want to dress up your home, any idea where your efforts might begin?
Changing how your home looks and feels may seem like a time-consuming process. That said it can be one where you finally like what you come home to each day.
With that in mind, dressing up your home can mean both the interior and the exterior.
For instance, is there a room or two that you’ve wanted to change for a while now? If so, do you have the ideas and the money to do so?
Starting with a Fresh Perspective
As you consider which parts of your home to change moving forward, here are some ideas to get you started:
- Bedroom – This is the one room that you retire to at the end of the day for some peace and comfort. With that being the case, you want a room where you feel relaxed and of course safe. One way to go about that is by adding some timber venetians in Brisbane or wherever you call home. Such blinds not only provide a great look, but they give you the privacy you seek from neighbors. Given weather may fluctuate in your area; have blinds that allow you to help keep out the cold and bring in warmth. Along with the right blinds, look for carpeting or hardwood floors that make it easy to get around. Since you may get up in the middle of the night or even those first steps in the a.m., you do not want to worry about falling. Last, you might decide to throw a few coats of paint on your walls to change the look. In doing so, you might find surprise how that can give the room a new feel.
- Kitchen – Do you walk into your kitchen at times and shake your head? If the answer is yes, is that because you don’t like what you see? Given you likely spend a fair amount of time in this part of the home, make sure you enjoy it. This is even more so if you have a sizable kitchen and have regular dinner parties. Like in your bedroom, make sure the flooring you choose for the kitchen is attractive and safe to walk on. Have the cabinets not seen change for many years? If so, it may be time to install some new ones. You might also think about adding an island. It can give you a spot to have your breakfast or even entertain a small group of friends for happy hour.
- Outdoors – As important as the interior of your home is, don’t neglect the outside. For example, what about adding a garden area? Along with the nice visuals, a garden can be great for getting outside for exercise. An hour or so work tidying up one’s garden makes it look better and leaves you with a feeling of accomplishment. In deciding to put in a garden, go online and also look at what some of your neighbors have. Before long, you can come up with many ideas for your backyard garden escape.
As you think about dressing up your home, where will the first project be?