How to Enhance Your Space as a New Homeowner

The image source is Pexels.

Buying a new house is extremely exciting. It can become overwhelming quickly if you try to make too many changes at once. Unless you have to change out wall coverings or carpet, try to live with what you have while you unpack and settle in. Keep reading to learn how you can enhance your space as a new homeowner this year.

Avoid Big Changes

It can be very tempting to start moving walls and changing footprints. However, that small bedroom may work perfectly as an office or a den in just a year. If you plan to put in a deck off the master bedroom at some point, go ahead and leave that wall space blank while you unpack and settle in. Renovations can add a lot of value to your home, but they can be extremely stressful until you’re absolutely ready to deal with the pressure and mess. Unpacking and settling in can be stressful enough. Don’t add to your worries.

Create Focal Points

If you’re moving from a one bedroom apartment to a bigger home, you may have a lot of open space and blank walls. Add abstract wall art to create bright pops of color. You may currently have a small selection of furniture. Getting a piece of wall art that you enjoy looking at can help you choose the best colors for your new possessions, which you will want to add slowly. You may notice that some spaces in your new home look pretty empty. Avoid buying things just to plug the holes. If you need to close off a bedroom because you don’t have any furniture for it, do so. Don’t buy until you need things. You’ll be much happier with your space and your budget will be protected.

Move Light Around

Carefully study how light moves through your new space. If you wind up with a dark corner, add a mirror on a perpendicular wall to the dark corner, then add an interesting lamp to the spot where natural light doesn’t reach. Mirrors can be found for very little money and do a nice job of bouncing light around your space. If you love candles, hang your mirrors above a shelf so you can light a candle to glow in front of a mirror and increase natural light in your new space.

Start Where You Are

Place your largest piece of furniture in each space as a starting point. If you have a sofa, it’s the first thing that needs to go in your living room. Your bed needs to be the starting point in your bedroom, and your dining table should be the focus of the dining room. Now is the time to take a look at your other belongings. If you need end tables beside your sofa, can you find small trunks to help avoid clutter and keep your space tidy? Can you put lifts under your bed to create space for boxes and bins? Once you’ve sorted through the boxes and bins and made an inventory, slide them out of sight.

Check out your neighborhood. Stop by yard sales and check out gently used items that you can put to use in your home. Even if you don’t find exactly the right piece, you can find things that will work for now until you know what you need.

Work With What You Brought

As you unpack, you will probably find things that didn’t get a lot of use in your former home. If you like them, show them off! Drape that pretty blanket over your sofa. Use that striking shawl as a table runner and enjoy the color. Carefully watch how the colors that you like change as natural light moves through your home. If you’re planning to paint or update carpet, the items that you love to look at can be a great inspiration for choosing just the right colors for your new home.

Conclusion

As you learn what colors and tones look best in your home, you can start customizing some of your belongings. For example, you may find that a particular pale shade of green works especially well in your space. If you find a wicker basket to store your table linens, get a can of spray paint and customize the basket to test out the color before you paint the walls.