Designing A Home You Love: How To Create A Haven

We are spending more time at home than ever before, and this means that it’s crucial to have a base that makes you feel happy, content and comfortable. If you’re looking to jump on the DIY and decorating trend, or you’d like to make your home a more relaxing, peaceful space, here are some tips to help you create a haven.

Channeling your personal style

When you look around your home, you want to smile and feel happy. There is sometimes pressure to conform to interior trends and must-have looks on social media, but interior design is subjective and it should facilitate personal expression and creativity. Your home should be a place you love, and it should celebrate your personality and the special relationships you have with your family and friends. When you’re drawing up designs or putting mood boards or virtual plans together, don’t be afraid to go against the grain and showcase your flair and style. Whether you love bold colors, you have a passion for quirky pieces of furniture or upcycling, or you prefer contemporary minimalism, don’t feel that you have to design your home using a cookie-cutter approach.




Using your experiences as inspiration

Many of us take inspiration from interior magazines, blogs or social media feeds. While this is a great idea, it’s also beneficial to use experiences to shape your designs. Perhaps you’ve visited different cities or countries, you’ve had memorable trips with friends and family, or your style has been influenced by a love of art, history or photography, for example. Use your own experiences as a basis and mix and match elements and features of different excursions or overseas adventures with ideas collected from magazines to create rooms that look fabulous and make you happy. From a Murano chandelier to remind you of a romantic weekend in Venice to a natural, botanical-themed bathroom to take you back to a vacation in Thailand or Bali, there’s scope to put your stamp on every room.



Making space for peace and tranquility

Most of us lead hectic lifestyles, and we find ourselves craving peace and calm at times. With our homes now doubling up as offices and classrooms, it’s critical to make space for unwinding and relaxing. You can use bedrooms, informal living spaces or even the corner of a living room if you’re pushed for space. Opt for soothing colors and tones, add a cozy vibe with soft furnishings and indulgent textures and use soft lighting. Here, you can escape the hustle and bustle of the rest of the home and lie back and soak up the silence, curl up with a book, listen to music, meditate, do yoga or write.



We all want to have a home that makes us feel safe, secure and comfortable, but it’s also important to be happy. Simple touches can make all the difference when it comes to turning a beautiful house into a home you love. Celebrate your style and personality, take inspiration from your experiences and the relationships that matter to you and make space for relaxing and enjoying moments of calm and serenity.

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