From time to time, people get a bit bored and fed up with their homes and interiors. Unfortunately, moving into a new home is not in the cards for everyone to give them a clean slate and a fresh start.
But what can you do when you get blues at home, and you need to freshen up your living space? This post is going to look at some different ways you can refind the love for your home and experience joy when spending time there.
Declutter
One of the most affordable and effective ways to refresh your living space is to declutter. If you’ve not used anything recently, don’t want it, or have a surplus, then now is the time to remove it from your home. Whether you’re sending it to be disposed of, sold, or donated, go room by room, sort out everything you own, and then rid yourself of any excess. This simple step can make a significant difference in how you feel about your home.
Paint
Painting your home can be an easy way to update things and give you a blank canvas from which to work. Whether you start by painting everything a neutral color to remove existing colors and designs until you have inspiration for new colors, or you bring in a painting company to help you paint your entire house for a new look and style, a fresh lick of paint can work wonders.
Rearrange Furniture Or Rooms
Another free way to breathe new life into your living space is to get creative with your furniture. Rearrange rooms, switch rooms if you can, and try different pieces in different rooms and places to see how things work together. This process can be a fun and imaginative way to rediscover the potential of what you already own.
Shop Your Home
One of the most exciting and cost-effective ways to refresh your living space is to ‘shop your home ‘. This involves you going around your home to find things you might have forgotten you have or are hiding away and seeing how you can repurpose them in a different room or for a different use. This process of rediscovery can change up your home and give it a new look and feel, sparking a sense of excitement and curiosity.
Do you have a decorative dish, for example, that you can use on a side table next to a chair? Can you move a lamp to a reading corner and add a bookcase with books to use up an otherwise unused part of a room? Give everything a look over with fresh eyes and think of how you can use it and where.
Musical Chairs
Except without the chairs or the music, if you wish. This one entails you moving things from room to room to see how you feel with them in new places. If you have items in one room you don’t love anymore, can you use them elsewhere? Get creative with what you already have and mix it up to use it in a completely new way to help you design your own space into something you love instead of something that pulls your mood down.
Meg is an author at Cinnamon Hollow. She writes on a variety of topics sharing tips and ideas for daily life.
