Creativity is the key to transforming your home. Here’s some inspirational hacks!
National Creativity Day takes place this month, and there are fewer places that make such a big impact with a little creativity than your home.
The joy of improving your home is that, unless you spend a large amount of time away from it, you can feel the difference it makes every day. And when you do these things, you are dressing your home for sale and making it desirable for potential buyers.
The kitchen
We spend more time in here than in any other room in the house, so why not make it a bit more homely? Even if you have a larder, hang one up on the wall and make it a feature with interesting herbs and spices. Or if you prefer wine, start a collection with an antique wine rack or weathered table for the coffee machine. Such features blend well with modern kitchen design, even if you have installed a state-of-the-art design. This also creates a space to celebrate the seasons. As it’s nearly summer, use flowers, and at Christmas, use scented candles.
The garden and outdoor living spaces
Summer is nearly here, and the possibilities are endless. Redesign your lawn, adding curves to complement your outdoor garden space. Add lighting, then sit back on some nice garden furniture and take in the view. Mirrors, candles, lighting, fire pits, barbeques—the trick here is to bring a bit of the outdoors indoors. Add decking, a patio, a seating area defined by trees, rearrange the flower beds, and create a vegetable garden with your larger garden. These areas should effortlessly flow from your home to the garden, de-stressing you as you, in some ways, enter another room in the house, even if it’s outside!
Bathroom
Often here, you will want to start again and make it as perfect as possible, but even if you have recently installed a new bathroom, there is always room for a human touch. A simple shelf for a speaker and flowers, along with scents and a few more mirrors, creates space and a feeling of relaxation, especially if you light a few candles.
Bedrooms
Easily overlooked as not as important as the other rooms in the house, but remember you sleep here, so arguably these rooms are just as important. Blackout blinds make for a great night’s sleep, so before you even get out of bed, you are already in a better place!
Work from home space
Who says this must be indoors? You can have both. Create an outside area for the summer, and if you add a heater, you might be able to work outside in the winter too. A pergola set on stones, sheltered by trees, with an outdoor log burner—what a nice way to do a day’s work! If you don’t fancy working outdoors, then create a compact area in a spare room that is ergonomic and comfortable to work in but does not dominate the room. This retains the flexibility of what could also be a guest or hobby room.
Sitting and dining rooms
From creative lighting, rugs, artwork on the walls, add colour. These rooms really benefit from a splash of colour, so getting a high-end look with some paint by choosing the shades that make you happy will make a bigger impact than you think. Painting the chimney breast and contrasting the walls with other shades, then matching with restored furniture, is on trend. On the other hand, you might be able to afford high-end furniture, in which case the sky is the limit.
Conclusion
Making your home more attractive to you and potential buyers is all about the little details. But equally, even if you have redeveloped every room in the house, there is always room for a little improvement by adding some finishing touches.
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This article was originally published by BriefYourMarket and is reproduced here with their permission.
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