Whether you’ve recently bought a new home, plan to rent or are still deciding if you want to purchase a home, it goes without saying that you’ll probably want to add your own little stamp on the place so that you can personalize it to your liking. It’s natural that you want to make your mark and come home every day to a house that fits your tastes, needs and your preferences. However, personalizing a home can often seem daunting or even expensive, but it doesn’t have to be
Use your personal belongings as decor pieces
Be it your wedding photos, artwork that your child painted or even your favorite hobby figurines, there’s plenty of ways to use your personal belongings as a way to personalize your rooms even further. We recommend that you hang up paintings if your walls are relatively bare, but there’s also the option of adding shelving units to display things such as holiday memorabilia, figurines, toys and other memorable pieces that are personal to you.
This is a fantastic way to show off your tastes, your personal hobbies and even the history of your travels. It’s easy to bring out some of your prized possessions and favorite trinkets to use as decor, but do make sure that they’re protected if they’re fragile. You may want to use display cabinets for memorabilia and illuminate them using small LED lights for a nice glowing effect. However, if it’s just books and other small trinkets, then using a bookshelf is perfectly fine as well. In short, personalizing your home with different items is a simple and fun way to add a bit of style that represents you.
Don’t be afraid to add colors that you love
Be it cool blue shades mixed with white or warm natural colors such as brown and green, there are plenty of color choices to choose from and it’s important to pick something that matches your personal tastes. If you want your room to look a bit colder, more mysterious or even modern, then a cool blue shade is the perfect match. Neutral colors are also a fantastic choice as they can be mixed with bright and bold colors for a personal touch.
There are plenty of permanent and temporary ways to add a splash of color to your rooms. For a temporary way, consider getting furniture covers or paintings that match the hues that you want to show in your rooms. Smart lighting can also be a fantastic way to convey certain moods in your rooms by simply changing the temperature of the light between warm and cold, and there are even some RGB smart lights that can show off any color you could imagine. Peel and stick wallpaper is also a great option! It’s easy to apply and removes easily if you change your mind or are renting
For permanent solutions, consider painting the walls, replacing the flooring or even adding a touch of paint to the ceilings. Finally, adding or removing windows can also have a huge effect on the way your rooms look because it allows you to control the amount of natural light. Most people prefer to have a lot of sunlight in their rooms, but if you’re going for a darker and more intimate room then you may prefer to shut out as much light as possible by using thick curtains and blinds
Custom-made furniture for your rooms
Most people buy furniture and attempt to fit it into their rooms depending on the size of the space. This can restrict your choices, such as the length of a shelf not fitting into a small gap in your home or a chair being too wide for your living room. As a result, you may want to consider ordering custom furniture that can be personalized to your exact specifications. This will get rid of much of the worry regarding furniture dimensions and you can even get custom solutions designed specifically for certain parts of your home.
For example, if you’d like to have under-stair storage then custom furniture can be the perfect solution. You don’t need to purchase existing flat-pack furniture, you won’t need to try and hack together several pieces of furniture and it’s arguably one of the best ways to improve the overall look and feel of your home while keeping it personalized to your liking. Everything from the material to the dimensions can be modified and you can get extremely specific with things such as shelf spacing or cabinet sizes. It’s the perfect way to custom-make a furniture solution that’s designed for your needs
Don’t be afraid to display your hobbies
Whether it’s having your sewing machine in the living room or even an arcade video game machine in the corner of your basement, it’s completely fine to display your hobbies in the open. It is your home, after all, so why not decorate it in the things that you love so that every time you walk into your house after a long day at work, you’re surrounded by positivity and things that you enjoy? Your home is a blank canvas in terms of what you’re able to do with it, so customizing it to a point that your hobbies show is something that you should aim to do
For one example, you could bring in plants from the garden that you’ve been working hard on growing and add them to little pots around your house or even hang them from the ceiling with hanging planters. For another example, you could consider hanging posters of your favorite bands if you’re big on music, or even having inspirational quotes and paintings near the front door of your home so that when you’re leaving for work, you’ll get a little touch of motivation to cheer you on. There are plenty of fantastic ways to display your hobbies, so don’t be afraid to let it out into the open.