How To Give Your Home Some Love And Attention

It’s easy to let your home take second priority when you have other things to worry about – like kids, career, family and friends, but there’s much to be said about turning your home back into your haven by giving it some much-needed love and attention. Take a look at these simple steps that could make a big difference to your home.

Enhance its features

If there’s something in your home that you’ve always loved but is surrounded by clutter or hidden behind furniture, consider making changes and turning it into a main focal point in your room and let everything else revolve around it.

Your focal piece could be anything from your favourite piece of artwork, to statement lighting to a vintage fireplace or a wallpaper mural; the key is to find something that stands out. Use your focal point to start creating the story for the rest of the room and choose furniture, colours, and accessories that will complement it to create a coherent theme throughout. Check out this bedroom wallpaper to see what I mean. 

Rearrange

Making small changes such as rearranging the furniture layout can make all the difference – opening up a badly used space and creating a better flow throughout to make the most of the room.

Take a step back and consider the layout of your room and highlight what space you can make the most of. Start by placing the largest pieces of furniture first as this will help make the best use of the space and aim to fit smaller pieces and accessories around it.

Take this opportunity to get rid of any items you don’t need and that aren’t adding to the room visually. Give away old furniture to charity shops or sell it at a car boot sale and use the money to buy something more fitting for the room. You might even find that a particular item would be better suited for another room in your home.

Improve your kitchen

Phil Spencer's top 20 ways of increasing the value of your home include concentrating on improving your kitchen to add an extra 4 % to your house value. Recently we have had a new kitchen and the way it is now arranged has given us extra space, with more cupboards and less clutter. We had the sink moved and used reliable plumbers and fitters to make the process smoother. 

Improving your kitchen can really add value to your home and make it a nice place to cook in.

Add value by adding space

Lastly, add value by adding space. A dilemma faced by many homeowners is the fact that they may love the area they live in and love their home but maybe stuck for space. Instead of moving out why not think about adding more space?

There are many ways that you can add space to your home including loft and basement conversions, adding a conservatory or even building an extension. In the majority of cases too, if you create extra space you will potentially increase the overall value of your home.

So here are some ways to give your home some love and attention. By doing these things you can make your home much more livable again, whether you are here for a long time or looking to upgrade your home in the near future. 

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