Hello World! Welcome Friends! Our homes are some of the most meaningful and potentially positive and uplifting places of all, at least if everything is going the way it should.
While everyone wants their house to not just be a place to live, but actually a home, it is still unfortunately quite common for people to feel frustrated in their own living spaces – with the vague sense that things are just nowhere near as comfortable or uplifting as they should be.
Here are a few tips to try out if you want to find ways to make your house feel more like a home, and less like a place where you just sleep, store your belongings, and have breakfast and dinner.
Buy (and Hold Onto) Items that Have a Bit of Authentic Character
We live in the age of flatpack furnishings, and utilitarian products that don’t have much character, but that can be quite useful in a number of different ways.
While there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with affordable and easy-to-assemble flatpack furniture, actually buying – and holding onto – items that have a bit more authentic character can really help to make your house feel more homely, comfortable, and upbeat.
Of course, just what those particular items are will vary from person to person. For you, Moscow mule cups might help to give a bit of personality and life to your kitchen, or it might be the case that a hand carved ornament would really do the trick.
Either way, don’t let your home just feel like a clinical utilitarian environment. Give a bit of character in terms of the belongings you acquire and hold onto.
Establish Cozy Niches in your Home, Rather than Just Making it all About Presentation
While it’s important to decorate your home in a way that feels significant, uplifting, and meaningful to you – it’s also important to remember your home isn’t just meant to be an art exhibit to showcase, but is actually also meant to be a place where you can let your hair down and feel comfortable, as well.
One great way to help to make your house feel like a home, is to establish cozy niches where you can really unwind and let your hair down.
That might mean setting up a reading alcove next to a bookcase, or a cozy sofa complete with blankets and a homely coffee table, or a variety of other things.
Dare to Decorate and Ornament
As well as making sure that the belongings in your home have a bit of character, actively decorating and augmenting your home can also help dramatically to create the kind of atmosphere that you want, and that corresponds best with your sense of taste and personality.
Just a handful of well chosen paintings, posters, statuettes or trinkets can have very profound effects on the overall mood and atmosphere of your home, and can turn it into a place that feels distinct and authentic to you, as opposed to just generic in one way or another.
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