We all like to tailor our homes in small ways from month to month. We might collect ornaments or personal items we enjoy for proud display in our home. Over time, this can be a wonderful thing to do, as it gives your home that sense of character that only time can bestow. However, sometimes instead of viewing your home in the small details, it pays to think of the larger, overall picture. This can help you take a more comprehensive view of your household.
Taking this wider snapshot is crucial in helping you make decisions that mean the most sense to you, but also the most sense in a larger perspective. What do we mean by this?
How to Take a More Comprehensive Look at Your House
Consider our following list for examples, advice, and potential tips you may really benefit from before starting any DIY projects:
Preparation
When it comes to preparing your home for certain seasons, events or eventualities, considering a more cohesive plan could help you make more balanced choices. For example, let’s say you hope to knock a wall through. What might that mean for the orientation of your furniture in each room? How might you naturally divide the flooring from tile in the kitchen to laminated wood in the living room?
A more comprehensive design plan can also influence the installations you keep. Where might your heat or A/C unit be installed to treat the most sizeable space possible, and what firms, such as 5 Star Repair Services Inc. be up for the job?
Hidden Utility
Might it be that considering your entire home on a macro scale help you find the hidden utility of your household? For example, might it be that opening a wall between the kitchen and dining room leaves space for a bar area that crossed the previously held border?
Might it be that opening up your basements leaves you more room for an entertainment space, effectively giving you three floors of a household and helping you open up the room appropriately? Might a child leaving finally give you room for the office you have needed, and moving your previous office desk helps you extend the kitchen a little?
No matter who you are, a little hidden utility can really make a massive difference if you pay attention to the changes and choices you make in your household.
Design Flow
Consider the design flow of your home. Might it perhaps be worth coordinating the color of each room with the color of the room next to it? Where are the feature walls going to be, and how might that impact the general flow of a room? How is the navigability of the space going to be used, and how might you economize that to give a greater sense of flow from room to room?
here will you store and hold belongings, and how might you drip your property from room to room to prevent that feeling of overall clutter? All of these examples and personal questions can help your home take on a more comprehensive and generally better design philosophy.
With these tips, your home is sure to remain wonderfully kept.
Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."
Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.
Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
This blog celebrates all things home.
