How to Make Your Home More 'You'

Your home should always be the one place that you can really feel like yourself.

At work, you’ve probably got your business mind on. And when you're out with friends or family, you may have to keep your social side up. But when you're at home, you can relax and just be yourself. And it’s for this reason, that you need to make sure that your home is exactly how you want it to be. Because if you don’t feel at home in your house, you may not feel like you can relax and be yourself either.

For a range of reasons, you may find that your home just isn’t you. Maybe you’ve yet to get around to decorating, or you just haven’t really thought about it. Either way, you need to make sure that you’re able to create a space that really speaks to you.

But how do you do it? How are you meant to make sure that your entire home, from your entryway to your yard is very much to your taste? Because it can be really hard to get your taste out of your mind and into the space in a way that just works. But this doesn’t mean you have to live in a house that you just don’t feel at home in. Instead, it just means that you need to do a little bit of work to turn things around.

So let’s take a look at some of the things that you can do to really make sure your home is perfect for you.

Take It One Room At A Time

To start with, you may not even know where to begin. Because when the entire home just doesn’t feel right, you can feel like you have a big job on your hands. In some ways, you do. But you can easily break this down into more manageable projects. And that’s what you’re going to do. Because you’re going to take this project room by room. That way, you can focus on completing one room at a time, before rushing onto the next.

Focus On The Main Aspects

The next idea is to make sure that you focus on the main elements in the room first. And by this we means the walls and floor. Because when you’ve got the right paint colors on the walls and the flooring down, it can really transform a room. You really do have to get this right in each room if you want to be able to build on that and create the perfect finish.

Stick To Your Style

From here, you then need to think about everything that you’re adding into the space. Because it really has to be your own personal style. Yes, it’s only natural that you’re going to be influenced by magazine features or different ideas that you see online and on social media, but you have to stick to what your own taste if you want the finish to feel perfect, especially when it comes to the furniture that you’re buying.

Go Beyond The Basics

If you just tend to paint a room, put down some flooring, and add in your furniture, then this is probably going to be the reason why your home just doesn’t feel complete. Because you really do need to go beyond the basics. By accessorizing a room, you’re dressing it up. This is usually what makes it feel personalized and more to your taste.

Choose The Right Features

Your next move is to really think about the features that you’re working into each space. Because when a room has the right central focus, like a fireplace from Ultimate Fires Australia, it is instantly lifted. This means that whenever you’re working on a room, you have to make sure that you’re able to choose a feature and accentuate it, so that the room is really set off.

Put The Right Spin On What You Have

Another great idea is to take what you have and improve it. Because you’re not always going to be able to renovate the entire house. Instead, you just need to spruce. By painting the kitchen cabinets or your furniture, you’ll be able to give a new lease of life to what you have a make it more your style.

Upgrade Where You Can

But if you can, you should think about upgrading some areas in your home. Maybe you are going to paint the kitchen cabinets - then why not invest in a new bathroom suite instead? Because if what you have isn’t something you like, then it’s always going to be worth investing in the right one.

Shop Around

No matter what you’re looking to put into your home, whether it’s furniture, furnishings, or building materials, make sure that you shop around. It’s really easy to just head to one store or website that you know sells what you need, and choose from there. But that way, you may be overpaying for an item, or you may be limiting your options. When you shop around, you’ll know that you’re able to get the right pieces to put into your home.

Create Mood Boards

If you’re really not sure what kind of look you’re going for, or you tend to lack vision about what the finished room will look like, then create a mood board. When you do this, you can keep your creative ideas in check. It helps you to make sure that you’re bringing the right look together and so that it doesn’t end up looking off or wrong. Plus, creating the mood board can be a lot of fun too.

Broaden Your Focus

Finally, try to remember to cover off everything too. It’s easy to focus on just the interiors, but this will only mean that your job is partly done. So, instead, you’re going to want to make sure that you head outside and tackle that too. From the windows and doors to the landscaping, you can really make sure that your home feels more you by bringing this together too.

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This is a contributed post written for WhimMagazine.com