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3 Must-Have Home Comforts for Your Renovation Plan

 

Renovating your home or flat to be more comfortable can, ironically, be an arduous task. It takes a lot of work to create a living space you want to spend time in, but these 3 home comforts easily make a difference.

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It’s easy to focus on technicalities and forget to craft a pleasant and chill environment. These 3 home comforts will turn your home into your own paradise.

Home Comforts for Flooring and Walls: Simple Patterns

Unless you adore that extravagant maximalist look, it’s better to opt for flooring and wall options that are easy on the eyes. You don’t only have to think about the specific shade and tone of your preferred colours, but also about any patterns you’ll be using. Don’t overwhelm a room before you’re even done decorating it!

Dial it back and keep it as simple as possible. You can always add more later on if you want to, but it’s harder to rip up badly coloured vinyl flooring or tear down way too loud wallpaper once all the furniture has been put back.

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Warming Elements for a Cosier Home

It’s rare for heating to be forgotten about completely, but a lot of homeowners and renovators don’t realise the amount of warming elements that are actually required in any modern house. When it’s time to make a choice that reflects your aesthetic vision, find a retailer with ample options and nationwide delivery like Radiator Village. You can pick up some slim radiators and heaters for the cold spots that have cropped up in your rooms!

To prevent this from becoming an issue, take note of where the cold spots already lie and what was wrong with the heating before you started the renovation. A warmer home feels cosier too! So, if you’ve always wished there was another radiator on the opposite wall of the living room, that problem won’t disappear just because you’ve changed the layout!

A girl standing in front of a window and by a slim radiator.

 

Why an Open Plan Isn’t Always Better

If you want to open up your home and remove as many barriers as possible, you’re within your power to do so. However, it’s better to take a moment to properly consider what that will mean for your home at large. Walls are used to section off rooms for a reason, and more often than not, that makes a property a lot more comfortable.

Open-plan living is freeing and fun, but it also removes any sense of privacy you once had, and it can limit the function of the space as well. Walls are great for setting furniture against and hanging up new and interesting décor; are you sure you want to remove any chance to make use of them in future?

An open-space living room with a rustic ladder with throw as a decoration.

 

If you’re about to renovate your home for more comfort, don’t forget these 3 essential elements. Plan for them now and enjoy the process!

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Valentina Chirico: a past as an archaeologist, a present as an editor between London and Bedfordshire. An expat born in Southern Italy from an expat family. She holds an MA in Egyptology from the University of Birmingham and contributed as a co-author and postgraduate ambassador to the UoB PG Recruitment Blog before fully embarking on online editing. Besides archaeology, beauty and arts, this alumna loves travelling and shares an uncommon sense of humour. Online since 2009 with ValentinaChirico.com and later with ItalianMemories, Valentina is a storyteller and wants to inspire you a good laugh or to aim higher, for the stars.

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