Carry on Beautiful!

Hands up who’s been bitten by the interior design bug? That will be most of us, then! When you finally move into your own place – whether you’ve gone solo or you’ve moved in with a friend or partner – having the creative freedom to truly make the place your own can be liberating, to say the least. Sure, when you live with your parents you still have autonomy over your bedroom. But if you’ve been brimming with ideas for other parts of the house too, it can be a lot of fun to finally get to unleash them on your home. The transformation won’t necessarily happen overnight, especially as home remodeling and interiors are not exactly cheap. You may have a few trips back and forth from IKEA before the whole place starts coming together! But once it does, and it starts to feel like home, it can be totally worth it. Here’s everything you need to do to get your home improvement plan in place, and you can finally make your dream house a reality.

Break things down room by room

If the property you have moved into is something of an empty shell or a brand new build, you’re in luck. Working with a blank canvas is so much easier than having to rip out lots of old fixtures, or get rid of furniture left by the previous occupants. However, it also means that you can have quite a task on your hands, which can sometimes feel pretty overwhelming. To consolidate your thoughts, try writing a list of everything you want in your home, and break it down room by room. You can also decide at this point whether you want a theme to run through your whole house, or whether you want to make each room completely different.

Consider hiring the professionals

Depending on the size of the project at hand, you may want to consider hiring some professionals to do the more complex work for you. Not everyone is a pro at remodeling and in many cases, attempting to meddle with things you have no idea about can even prove dangerous. Thankfully, the services provided by the people at Detail Developments Building Company and similar businesses range from ground-up building work to internal renovations. So, finding a contractor you can trust and who listens to your vision can be an integral part of pulling together your dream home.

Pick a style that will stand the test of time

Ever bought an item of clothing simply because it was in fashion? Most of us have – but just because something is in fashion doesn’t necessarily mean that it will suit you, and you may well go off it in a few weeks anyway. The same notion applies to interior design, although on a slightly bigger scale. Decorating around one bold trend can often be risky, as if you decide you don’t like it somewhere down the line, it can cost a lot of money to start again from scratch. Try and ignore trends and instead focus on what you are naturally drawn to. Remember, you are the one who will have to sit in your home every day and look at your interiors, so getting it right the first time can pay off.

-Dana