Hello, friends!
Do you want to know how to make your home cozy? You will say that now it’s easy to do this, anyone can do it, and you don’t need to have any special knowledge. Certainly! If you have the necessary funds, there will be no difficulties.
I contacted specialists and they did a good repair. Then I went to the store and bought everything I liked.
What if you don’t have enough money, but you still want to have a cozy home? What to do then? Of course, in this case there is a way out. In this article I will tell you how to decorate your home with your own hands with minimal investment.
Choosing an interior style
Harmony and comfort will only be present in the house when you select all the things in it to match the same style. Don't be alarmed, you don't need to graduate from a design university to do this. Just select the interior elements so that they are similar in shape, texture and have the same color scheme. Be concise, do not overdo it, because unnecessary items will only get in the way.
Greetings, dear housewives! Over the past months, you and I have managed to come a long way - we learned to love our home, clean up as we go, throw out unnecessary trash, introduce new habits and even meet unexpected guests.
Today we will take another small step towards order in the house - we will look into the secluded corners of our home.
Many of them seem clean at first glance, but as soon as you start to wash them, the question immediately arises: “How could I live like this before?”
Pantry and balcony
Every day the apartment becomes littered with things and objects that are no longer used in everyday life, but take up a lot of space. With the thought “maybe it will come in handy” and a calm soul, we, as a rule, send them to spend the winter in the pantry, attic or balcony. I strongly recommend that you start cleaning your apartment from these places.
Slowly review the shelves one by one, collect unnecessary things in bags, give them to those whom they can serve.
Without regret, get rid of worn-out personal items, tablecloths, bed linen, curtains, carpets that lie unused.
Bring scents into your home
Remember, when you enter someone else's apartment, what is the first thing you feel? That's right, the smell. A skillfully chosen aroma is an extremely important component of the comfort of your home! Avoid stale odors and bad air in your apartment. Wipe off dust, open the window after preparing food and ventilate old things. A constant flow of fresh air, aromatherapy and special perfumes for the home will do a great job of coping with this problem.
The room needs to be given personality
You can acquire some exclusive antique item or create some interior item with your own hands, giving this room an atmosphere of uniqueness and attractiveness. Just don’t allow the interior to be oversaturated with such “highlights”, because you can turn your home into a museum or an exhibition of handmade goods. Autumn is coming soon and autumn home decorations will perfectly highlight the individuality of the owner of the house.
How to make your home cozy and beautiful
First, decide in what style you would like to decorate your interior. Maybe you like classic style? Or, for example, are you attracted to the Provence style? View photos online.
Choose colors that please your eyes. What items excite you that you would definitely like to see in your home?
Of course, you won’t be able to create exactly the same interior. But this is not necessary. The main thing is to stick to a certain style.
Determine how much you are willing to spend on furnishing your home. And don't go over budget.
What can you do yourself?
Now get to the fun part. Think carefully about what you can do yourself without hiring employees.
For example, almost everyone can re-hang wallpaper or paint walls on their own. For example, I applied decorative plaster myself. Moreover, I made it myself from acrylic putty, which cost me very little. You can read about this here.
Repaint your closet or chest of drawers yourself, change the fittings on the furniture. Repair the table, decorate the old chairs.
Buy new beautiful covers for old upholstered furniture. They can be purchased on Aliexpress. They cost much cheaper there than in our stores.
Instead of replacing kitchen units, change the facades or paint them with chalk paints. Paints can be purchased on Daria Geiler’s website or ordered from the Wildberries online store. The Internet is full of master classes where you can learn how to paint furniture yourself.
Make beautiful DIY spice jars. It's not difficult at all. Learn how to make decoupage. By the way, you can attract children, especially girls. It’s interesting, and you’ll have fun together.
Sew your own pillowcases for decorative pillows on the sofa, hang new curtains. Beautiful textiles always change the interior for the better.
If you have an ugly floor and don’t have the money for laminate, linoleum will do just fine. The choice is huge now. Another option is to buy an inexpensive carpet that will hide all the imperfections on the floor and give the home additional comfort.
If you want to make your cleaning job easier, buy a robot vacuum cleaner, but first read the instructions on how to choose the right one.
Use your imagination. The main thing is not to be afraid! There are many master classes on the Internet on decorating everything under the sun. You will succeed! Believe in yourself!
Do some renovations
Yes, you can’t do without this if the wallpaper on the walls is more than five years old, the plumbing is malfunctioning, the doors make a terrible creaking sound, and a cold wind blows from the window cracks. In such conditions, are you able to feel comfort?
And finally, remember: you were not made for a home, but your home was made for you. This is the most important truth. Some people feel comfortable only surrounded by a Baroque-era interior, while others feel comfortable in the high-tech style they created. Some people feel tenderness from the sight of various small pleasant things (candles with candlesticks, vases, boxes), while others need to feel a huge space around them without the presence of “unnecessary” things.
Style and design
Stylistics of the room
Despite the fact that modern technologies are moving forward, some, rather out of habit, continue to carry out manipulations in the house that deprive the apartment of the slightest comfort and, on the contrary, emphasize its wretchedness. We will talk about repairs using the “homemade” principle. Most often, independent repairs last forever and over time turn into “piecemeal” repairs - when the plumbing is changed in sections, if it is necessary to update the outdated finish, a piece of wallpaper is placed in an empty space, different from the previously pasted ones.
Therefore, in order to make the house cozy, it is advisable to gather your thoughts, save money and turn to specialists who will carry out the repairs professionally. The exception to the rule is craftsmen who like to do construction work, but here it is important to achieve comfort by following generally accepted process technology, which will guarantee high-quality repairs in the apartment.
If you have the financial opportunity, decorate a cozy interior that combines wooden motifs. It is known that wood indoors has a good effect on the psyche. Some designers use a clever trick - to create coziness in the apartment, they choose materials that are high-quality imitation wood. Let the decoration contain elements of wooden patterns; the beams placed on the ceiling of the house will look homely and at the same time stylish.
Lean on the classic design of your living space. Arrange furniture and hang decorations in a variety of textures and textures on different types of surfaces. Wickerwork will add a special zest and coziness to the rooms, if, of course, they fit into the designated interior. There is room for a fireplace - be sure to take the opportunity to create a personal, cozy “home.” The imitation fireplace is no less attractive and contributes to a homely, warm atmosphere.
Do not strive to achieve ideal forms; allow some chaos in the design of square meters. But don’t overdo it - complete chaos will cause completely opposite sensations, not like comfortable ones. Why doesn't ideal order bring inner satisfaction? It’s simple - a person begins to experience a constant feeling of anxiety, worrying that his careless actions may disrupt the created “idyll”.
For comfort, it is recommended to place a table in the center of the kitchen, which by its appearance alone should lure guests and invite them to a meal. It’s wonderful if there is a tablecloth and a bowl of fruit on top. Chairs should also be comfortable - dress them in soft textile cases and place small cushions. A table located indoors near the wall is decorated by hanging “delicious” paintings on the wall, which also add coziness to the apartment.
When showing your creativity in the kitchen, give preference to tea and coffee coziness. A teapot with a snooty spout, a retro-style coffee grinder, and a tea jar decorated with lace and aged labels on top will add an unusual piquancy to the room. Your task is to achieve a warm environment that everyone will like.
Young families will probably have a question: can apartments made in high-tech or modern style be cozy? Designers claim that they can, although this requires a lot of effort.
Cozy textiles
Textile household items will help you escape the coldness of an office space and create coziness in your apartment. These include curtains, pillows, tablecloths, napkins, wall panels. Don’t be afraid to place ottomans and banquettes in the hallway, because often in the hallway there just isn’t enough something to sit on for comfort. In the living room, an ottoman can be used as a cozy footrest.
By the way, with the help of curtains, the area of the room is successfully expanded and the window opening is increased. Designers advise hanging curtains in such a way that they cover not only the window, but also the walls of the room on both sides. When purchasing curtains, take into account the width of 1.5 times the window structure. This technique will allow you to decorate the curtains with beautiful airy folds, especially if they are made of organza. It is advisable to decorate the curtains in the open position with cozy, decorative clips and elements (bows and butterflies).
Fabrics for placing on windows can have a pattern, regardless of whether it is on the walls or not. Try to combine a large pattern on the curtains with a large image on the wallpaper, and the coziness of the apartment will be ensured.
As for carpets and runners, they can cover the entire floor or be located in one area. The latter option is more suitable for cozy placement near a table, armchair or sofa. For the entire floor, choose a carpet darker than the walls; a multi-colored one is appropriate for a monochromatic finish.
Flower arrangements
It is unlikely that you will be able to make your home cozy without taking into account “green” design and its basic rules. Even in office premises, green spaces can bring a special cozy atmosphere. This does not mean that pots with indoor flowers need to be placed everywhere, thereby turning the apartment into a kind of botanical garden.
Limit yourself to a few pots and arrange them, focusing on the necessary conditions for keeping each flower. It is customary to place outdoor flowers in the living room, for example, ficus and palm trees. In the bedroom, it is useful to have plants on the windowsill that produce oxygen - aloe and kalanchoe.
Another important nuance is that a pot suspended from the ceiling with stems and buds hanging down will reduce the height of the ceiling of the room, while a floor planting, on the contrary, will elevate it and add space and comfort to a small apartment.
Decoration of a cozy apartment
It is preferable to decorate the empty walls of the room with personal photographs; they will add individuality to the apartment. Elegant vases, figurines, candlesticks with candles placed on bedside tables and coffee tables look cozy. If you need to hang several bright decorations or certificates on the walls, which is also welcome, it is better to choose a place for this in soft, neutral colors.
To create coziness in the apartment, one of the cabinets with a mirrored panorama can be allocated for souvenirs brought from travels and trips abroad, gifts received from loved ones on memorable dates. At least once a month, wipe sea shells, plates and ceramics from dust, otherwise the display case will turn into an untidy place, far from cozy.
Craftswomen will certainly like the idea of creating a personal, cozy space in the apartment for their creations. Play with the shapes and colors of decorative pillows framed with original pillowcases. When creating coziness in your apartment, adhere to the rules of having enough decorations and things in the room, and not having too much of them.
