Making a house a home is one of the most rewarding experiences in life. The human instinct to personalise your property with unique touches is universal and is what can help you to feel fully secure in your house.
Instilling your house with your personality is fantastic fun, but it can be difficult to know where to begin.
Depending on your budget and the current state of the house, you may want to make substantial structural alterations which will help make the property reflect your tastes, or simply move in prized furniture that holds priceless memories for you.
If you have just moved into your house, then you are likely eager to feel comfortable. This might be as simple as waiting for the property to develop your unique ‘smell’ or developing the lived-in look that can only appear after weeks of you being there.
This is how to inject a home with your personality:
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The House Should Reflect Your Lifestyle Choices
A fantastic way to inject your home with your unique personality is to make it reflect the type of activities or lifestyle that you enjoy.
If you like relaxing and being around nature, then this could mean landscaping your garden, planting flower beds or even installing a Modern orangery.
Alternatively, if you enjoy socializing and hosting your friends around your house, then installing a decking area and barbeque, a drinks cabinet in your kitchen, or a large dining table could be a good way of reflecting your interests.
Not only will these additions help you to enjoy your favorite activity, but the house itself will become more desirable to you. It will increasingly feel as though it has been built to cater to your specific requirements, rather than a featureless box that you must fit into.
Bring In Your Own Furniture and Finishings
Alternatively, if a large-scale home improvement project sounds too much like hard work and money then you can easily put your stamp on a house by bringing in your own furniture and finishings.
This sounds like an obvious point to make, but many people opt to move into pre-furnished properties or sell their current furniture because they think they should upgrade.
Although this might be a sensible move, you will lose a sense of ‘homeliness’ that can only come from creature comforts like the couch moulded to your body shape over time or a fridge magnet given to you by a cherished family member.
A Little Mess Isn’t Always a Bad Thing
As strange as it sounds, a little mess can help a new house feel like a home.
This doesn’t mean that you should throw chip packets down on the carpet or refuse to take the bins out but giving it that ‘lived-in’ look can transform a featureless house into a home.
No one lives in perfect neatness because it is impossible, so don’t be afraid to make yourself extra comfortable when you first move into a new property.
Paint the Walls
Finally, a lick of paint can do wonders for transforming the appearance of your house.
Choosing your favourite colours for each room can help personalize the property and make each space look individualistic, rather than just a series of white boxes.
