The reason we often aim for a lovely house to raise a family in (aside from the obvious comfort of shelter,) is that we get to develop and grow in our homes as our family does. In that respect, your best family home of now may look vastly different to the home you have in ten years. Updating as you go, making adjustments where appropriate, and using this opportunity for wonderful design can be a great place to start.
But how might you even begin renewing your household for the family of now? If you understand your home isn’t quite fit for purpose, but you have the space and facilities you need, the little adaptions and adjustments may not come to mind. In this post, however, we hope to raise a few helpful steps you might take to renew that space for better use. Perhaps this can even help you avoid moving into another household when the current space would serve just as well as it should.
Restoring Flooring
It’s easy for the flooring of our household to remain in place for decades if no issues are found. But if you’re bringing home an infant who will likely learn to crawl soon, are bringing a puppy home, or just want to make the space more comfortable in the winter for elderly relatives, you might restore the flooring to your modern standards. Pet friendly flooring is a good place to start, as it remains very easy to clean, withstands heavy use, and can help almost any room feel welcoming, neat, and well-designed.
Dividing Bedrooms
If your lovely household has large bedrooms for your children, you may wish to divide them if you bring more little ones into your family unit. For example, a very large master bedroom could make two independent spaces for teens who are growing up and would prefer their own area, perhaps through full dividing walls. Dividing bedrooms in this way may also allow you to list the property as having more bedrooms than before, which could potentially raise the selling price, a neat little trick that many property redevelopers utilize.
Curating Child-Friendly Fixtures
A good way to rejuvenate a household is to make the household safer and more navigable for children. For example, an open and trendy space-filled staircase could be reformatted into a safer, more levelled set of stairs that have strong guardrails and borders to prevent falls, and perhaps even rougher carpet to add grip and prevent slips. These fixtures are easy to implement but also change as time goes by. Even small implements such as garden fences that are easy enough for adults to reach but hard for a little one to open can enhance the security of your large garden space, ensuring they can play without worry.
With this advice, you’ll have invested well in your space , rejuvenating it for the household you have today, not tomorrow. Through this effort, your household may feel more pleasing and comfortable to live in, especially if it’s felt a little outdated as of late.
