How to Create a Happy Home
>> Dec 11, 2011
Looking for ways to turn your house into a happy, welcoming home? Look no further.
Where we live should be more than just a place to sleep – it should be a place we feel happy to call a home, somewhere we can relax and enjoy both our time alone and our time surrounded by friends and family. Here are some ways to help you create the happy home everyone should have.
1. Treat Your House as a Home.
In order to truly feel at home, you need to start treating your house like one.
If you are someone who prefers to spend most of your time outdoors, or always prefers to be out in the evenings, or would rather meet at other friends’ places: ask yourself, why is that?
What is it about your house that makes you want to spend so little time there? Is it that your backyard lacks privacy and you feel like you cannot relax? There is usually a simple solution, such as investing in garden fencing or some other means of providing a little more privacy, if that’s what you feel is lacking.
2. Add Personal Touches.
Any place can feel foreign and uncomfortable if you haven’t taken the time to put your own spin on the place.
Even if you do not own the home, or you share your house with other renters, it doesn’t mean that you can’t put up pictures and photos you love, souvenirs you’ve bought from your travels, and so on.
Give yourself the task one weekend to go out and buy supplies to help you make your home more interesting, and decorate it in such a way you feel proud to show it to those who visit.
3. Make Your Home a Destination.
If you get restless at your house and seem to always arrive there, only to want to go out again straight away, why not find ways to make home life more exciting?
Investing a little now will mean you save time and money later on, and soon your friends will be eager to visit.
You might want to get new pool supplies in time for the summer weather, set up an entertainment system or simply buy some great new music to listen to.
4. Can You Live There?
A happy home needs to be a comfortable one, not just a roof over your head. Do you find it unbearably hot in the summer, and freezing in the winter? Is your bed the sanctuary it should be? Do you enjoy sitting in your living room furniture?
Issues of comfort are perhaps one of the most important parts of making your home happy. Focusing on them will mean you improve your quality of life incredibly - even if it means you need to look into moving somewhere new because you cannot find any other solution: it will be worth it.
Otherwise, if it’s a simple matter of new furniture or getting creative with temperature solutions – get your brainstorming hat on! Look online for great deals and ideas.
5. Be Proud of Your Home.
If your house is a mess, too cluttered - or, on the other extreme, completely barren that if you had friends over for dinner you would have nowhere for anyone to sit: it’s time to change this.
The reality is, we all need to recharge our batteries on occasion, and this is extremely difficult to do if we cannot relax in our own home.
Take care of your house on a regular basis: a little cleaning and extra care taken every week will mean you don’t let the mess get on top of you, and staying at home or having people over to visit will no longer be a stressful experience.
It’s so simple to make your house a happy home, no matter what your resources or situation. Follow this advice and you’ll be feeling relaxed, comfortable and house-proud in no time.
Where we live should be more than just a place to sleep – it should be a place we feel happy to call a home, somewhere we can relax and enjoy both our time alone and our time surrounded by friends and family. Here are some ways to help you create the happy home everyone should have.
1. Treat Your House as a Home.
In order to truly feel at home, you need to start treating your house like one.
If you are someone who prefers to spend most of your time outdoors, or always prefers to be out in the evenings, or would rather meet at other friends’ places: ask yourself, why is that?
What is it about your house that makes you want to spend so little time there? Is it that your backyard lacks privacy and you feel like you cannot relax? There is usually a simple solution, such as investing in garden fencing or some other means of providing a little more privacy, if that’s what you feel is lacking.
2. Add Personal Touches.
Any place can feel foreign and uncomfortable if you haven’t taken the time to put your own spin on the place.
Even if you do not own the home, or you share your house with other renters, it doesn’t mean that you can’t put up pictures and photos you love, souvenirs you’ve bought from your travels, and so on.
Give yourself the task one weekend to go out and buy supplies to help you make your home more interesting, and decorate it in such a way you feel proud to show it to those who visit.
3. Make Your Home a Destination.
If you get restless at your house and seem to always arrive there, only to want to go out again straight away, why not find ways to make home life more exciting?
Investing a little now will mean you save time and money later on, and soon your friends will be eager to visit.
You might want to get new pool supplies in time for the summer weather, set up an entertainment system or simply buy some great new music to listen to.
4. Can You Live There?
A happy home needs to be a comfortable one, not just a roof over your head. Do you find it unbearably hot in the summer, and freezing in the winter? Is your bed the sanctuary it should be? Do you enjoy sitting in your living room furniture?
Issues of comfort are perhaps one of the most important parts of making your home happy. Focusing on them will mean you improve your quality of life incredibly - even if it means you need to look into moving somewhere new because you cannot find any other solution: it will be worth it.
Otherwise, if it’s a simple matter of new furniture or getting creative with temperature solutions – get your brainstorming hat on! Look online for great deals and ideas.
5. Be Proud of Your Home.
If your house is a mess, too cluttered - or, on the other extreme, completely barren that if you had friends over for dinner you would have nowhere for anyone to sit: it’s time to change this.
The reality is, we all need to recharge our batteries on occasion, and this is extremely difficult to do if we cannot relax in our own home.
Take care of your house on a regular basis: a little cleaning and extra care taken every week will mean you don’t let the mess get on top of you, and staying at home or having people over to visit will no longer be a stressful experience.
It’s so simple to make your house a happy home, no matter what your resources or situation. Follow this advice and you’ll be feeling relaxed, comfortable and house-proud in no time.
