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The handy guide to improving and enhancing your living space

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FURNISHINGS Whether living on your own or with a family, your main living area is an important space. This room is where you spend most time and it is the room where you will welcome guests. With that, you need to make sure that it is well designed to make it comfortable for everyone. at the design but also think about how long the furniture

give you a sense of achievement. .

needs to last you. Avoid mistakes by getting samples. Ask

Start with the basics. Most living rooms contain a sofa,

for fabric swatches and paint cards to determine how well

armchair, side table and coffee table. Look for these basic

certain pieces and colours coordinate with one another

furniture items before adding extra pieces. What will you

and the room.

mostly be using the room for? This needs to be considered

Pick paint colours, flooring, and finishing details that

when buying furnishings, like the cabinet for the TV,

coordinate with your choice of furniture. Choose a theme

storage or a place where you can place your drinks when

for your interior. If you decide to get an eclectic look, then

you have guests.

this gives you the freedom to mix and match furniture. If

If your living room is used as a daily family hangout, you

you want to get a modern look, then get modern pieces.

will need sturdy, stain-resistant furniture, especially if you

Aside from the basic furniture that a living room needs,

have young children. On the other hand, if your living

add some dual functioning pieces like an ottoman. This

room is mainly used by adults and will only entertain

can also be an additional seating area especially when

the occasional guest, you can choose fragile pieces made

you have guests, you can also add other accessories on it

with delicate fabrics. Stain-resistant fabrics are especially

like throws or cushions

useful if you have young children, but they might still be

Once you have your main furnishings sorted you can

a good idea even if you only plan on using the space for

start adding accessories. Just a few pieces, such as an

guests since spills and stains can happen to anyone. High

interesting painting or a glass-front cabinet to show off a

quality furniture can be an investment so don't just look

collection of something can personalise the space.

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ROOMS Most rooms in a home are there for a particular purpose and their functionality is key as to what you will do with them. A general check list is a great idea and here's what you should think of for every single opportunity. If you follow our plan, every room should be a success. glazing, new radiators etc.... Add to that who is going to do

Use a tape measure with a steel end, the type that keeps

what? Professional decorator or you? Those decisions become

straight and measure the room. Length and width. Sketch it

part of the To do List.

on a large piece of paper and position windows and doors as

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well as things that you cannot get rid of such as columns etc....

If you are looking to do a bathroom or a kitchen, many more

Measure the windows and doors as well!

elements will come into play than a simple paint or wallpaper

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job. If you are doing a house a bit at a time, write down what

Make a mood board of what you like by grabbing magazine

you want to spend on each room first. Once you have ordered

pictures or pictures. Stick those on a large sheet of paper. Look

your furniture/white goods/bath tubs etc. mark on a calendar

for colours and what you feel when you look at them, textures

when they will be delivered with an overall end of that room

as well. Blue skies and ice for a bathroom, green trees and

project. Then book installers, plumbers and electricians and

grass for a bedroom for example.. it w ill help make decisions.

keep on top of everything. This is the most difficult part as one

Go to your local stores and get samples in the mood board

missed delivery can seriously impact a project. This is why,

colours you have chosen. Just ensure you know which sample

again, it is important to choose a reputable local firm to carry

comes from what store and costs by labelling them as you go.

out the work.

3 | TO DO LIST

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What do you now need to do to make the room “happen”?

Check deliveries and installations carefully before signing off.

Think from the bare walls to completion, from electrics to

Once you are happy you can cross that task off the to do list.

lights, from wall prep to wall finish, think possible double

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Saying this, it can be the most expensive to design, refit and

In larger spaces you will you may be able to design a fully

decorate because it requires appliances as well as furniture

open-plan space that opens out to the garden and across your

- at the very least a cooker, fridge-freezer, oven and hob and

ground floor, to include a fully multifunctional family space.

washing machine. Because the kitchen is multifunctional, it is

In larger houses it might even be possible to remove some

also the room that takes the most planning.

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To achieve a dream kitchen, one that is not only functional

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The bedroom is the ultimate area for relaxation. Plan a bedroom well and it can become a comfortable, beautiful space. Functional furniture will also need to include organised storage. neutrals and plains, rather than strong colour and pattern,

room, try to include a bed, bedside cabinets, chests of

will help open up the space, too. Go for a shade that you

drawers, wardrobes and dressing tables.

will both be happy with and one that will help relaxation

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and sleep.

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If you have a spare bedroom to redecorate, think about the

If you happen to have an en-suite or a dressing room you

guests that you would usually accommodate, they may

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vary, it could be an older couple one week and two young

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