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A Strategic Approach To Updating Your Home Design

6/22/2018

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A Strategic Approach To Updating Your Home Design
Every couple of years you probably find yourself looking around your home, imagining the next upgrade that will bring it up to date. Especially if you’ve lived in your home for a long time and have collected decades worth of tchotchkes, art your kids made 15 years ago, and gifted throw pillows that don’t match your current furniture. But how do you even get started?
Choose A New Vision
First things first, you must do your research. Before you start picking out specific items that your life and trying to integrate them into your home, it’s best to put some thought into what you’d like the end product to look like. A great resource for this is paging through home magazines or scrolling through Pinterest. Collect a group of pictures that have the look and feel that you want and then look for the underlying theme that ties them all together. Do you tend toward light and bright rooms, or do you prefer more formal decor? Choosing an intentional home design first will help you to design a home you love with a cohesive style.

Pick Out Items That Transition
It isn’t realistic for most people to imagine getting rid of everything you own simply to replace it with something new. You likely have family heirlooms and collected pieces in your home that you can’t imagine parting with, and you don’t have to. Once you’ve decided on your new home design, take inventory of the items in your home and pick out some items that can easily make the transition to your new style.

Rethink Items That Don’t
Just because an item in your home doesn't match your current style doesn’t mean that you absolutely have to part with it. For instance, a dresser that isn’t exactly doing it for you can be refinished, and new knobs can be added to bring it up to date and in keeping with your new home design. Or if you have a painting or art print that you really love, but can’t stand the frame take it to a professional and have it reframed. Get creative when thinking about the items in your home and you’ll be pleasantly surprised how much of it can be repurposed to fit into your new aesthetic.

Fill In The Gaps
Once you’ve chosen your style and determined which of your existing decor items are fit to make the transition, it’s time to begin filling in the gaps. Bear in mind the process you’ve just gone through and take your time picking items that you love and that are timeless and well made. These items tend to have more staying power and you won't find yourself tossing them out within the next five years.

Changing your home design style doesn’t mean you have to get rid of everything you own. And remember that you don’t have to do all of it at once. You can slowly transition by painting walls, changing fixtures, and transitioning items as you find a worthy replacement. And if you’d like to take this a step further by replacing flooring and reimagining the layout of your home, contact our remodeling team today.
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