It happens like this - you come to visit, but the house seems to be clean and light, and the style is traceable, but uncomfortable. Or vice versa - there seems to be nothing special in the house, but it’s still cozy, good, I don’t want to leave. What comfort items in the house create an atmosphere in it? What is the matter here? Is it only in the hospitality of the hosts?
When the house is good
Lucky for those who are endowed with an inner flair of style and intuitively understand what a comfortable home should be like. On how to create comfort in the house, many articles have been written, there are master classes and lectures. But the topic is still relevant. This article contains all kinds of tips and tricks on how to create comfort in the house with your own hands.
The harmony in the room is created by adding simple but necessary things to the interior. Products for comfort in the house can be found literally in any store. For example, an ordinary curtain, selected according to the rules, can create the desired atmosphere in the room, and if simple conditions are not observed, it will only add chaos.
If the rooms are small
If the rooms in the house are small, then cluttering them with heavy furniture is not worth it. It is better to consider an economical, but effective option, where all the cabinets and shelves will be strictly functional, and the space is designed as useful as possible. In a small room there is no need to hang a heavy multi-layer curtain, it will be quite enough a simple cute curtain.
Flowers as objects of comfort in the house
If a window sill is provided, then a small flower pot will be very appropriate. But if you do not "get along" with fresh flowers, if they die and dry, you do not need to overpower yourself and try to urgently become a grower. Dried, groomed plants only spoil the impression. In this case, give preference to small bouquets of artificial flowers, especially since they can be placed not only on the windowsill, but also on the upper tiers of the cabinets.
If you are a noble florist, they come to you for advice on growing various home plants and seedlings, then you, like no one else, know how to create comfort in the house, and that flowers always set in a positive way. Plants planted in original flower pots, as well as stands for them, artificial butterflies and ladybugs will give the premises freshness and beauty.
Accordingly, if you are the owner of large rooms, then you can choose any plants - at least a palm tree in a tub, even shy violets in small pots. In this case, you only need to correctly select the place where the flowers will look the most profitable. If your rooms do not differ in gigantic sizes, then give preference to medium-sized plants and small ones. And remember the number - too many flowering representatives of the flora can turn your house into an arboretum, and this obviously will not play to the advantage.
Cozy windows
In addition to the flowers decorating the window sills, well-chosen curtains are needed to design the window space. The main condition for choosing window curtains is the observance of the general style of the apartment. For example, if Japanese minimalism prevails in your home, then heavy multilayer curtains will look very inappropriate, just like simple paper blinds will not fit into the luxurious oriental interior.
Lighting
Lighting in any room should be effective. For example, in the kitchen, bright light is important, while in the bedroom it should be soft, intimate.
Bright and brightly lit rooms should be:
- kitchen;
- bathroom and toilet;
- hallway.
Soft, diffused light is preferred in the bedroom and dining room. In the living room, as well as in children's rooms, it is better to be able to change the lighting from bright to soft.
Hallway
How does a cozy house start? Right, from the hallway. Even earlier - from the front door and from her rug. Today you can buy absolutely any rug: with inscriptions, with drawings, even with 3D effects, it all depends on your sense of humor and financial capabilities.
There is nothing easier than to create comfort in the house, if you start from the very door. If the hallway space allows, place a small sofa or soft padded puff-cubes there, it will be more convenient to shoe and take off shoes both for you and your guests.
Bedroom
In the bedroom, however, as in any room of the house, small things create coziness. Here, by the way, a multilayer curtain will look beneficial, even if it visually hides the space, because in this room twilight and intimacy are needed. A bedroom is a room where it is desirable to smooth out the corners as much as possible. Even a bed with right angles can become soft if you lay it with a chic satin bedspread with a “soft” pattern.
In the bedroom, you can abandon the chandelier in the center of the ceiling, soft, diffused light is more likely to be appropriate here. It will be quite enough two table lamps on bedside tables or sconces on the wall.
Kitchen
And here bright lighting is required at any time of the day or night. A large window and lamps along the entire perimeter of the kitchen are welcomed, the concentration of which should be mainly above the work surfaces.
The main rule of the kitchen is functionality. And, nevertheless, here you can implement various ideas for comfort in the home. You only need to correctly select kitchen utensils in a single style, arrange a kitchen apron and furniture. Salt shakers, elegant coasters for napkins, shelves with spices, cereals and more - these are the very little things and details of comfort in the house.
Bathroom and toilet
In an effort to create harmony in the bathroom and toilet, many make the same mistake - arrange various cute trinkets, hang many shelves. As a result, the opposite effect is created, and the room looks cluttered and cramped.
If you want your toilet to always look comfortable, remove all unnecessary from there. Clear functionality and cleanliness are important in these rooms, and this is difficult to achieve if extraneous things are present. Various household cleaning items, buckets, brushes and rags, which many store in the bathroom or toilet, especially spoil the view. For these items, it is better to highlight some nook in the house, possibly a pencil case in the hallway. Or, if the layout allows, make a special niche in the wall, where you can remove all the paraphernalia for cleaning. If you prefer to place these items in the bathroom, make a special cabinet for them, preferably in the main colors of the room. The main goal is to hide all unnecessary. By the way, in such a cabinet you can also hide a basket for dirty laundry.
Only personal hygiene items should remain in the bathroom itself , and two or three shelves are more than enough for them. Accents will help to place original towel holders, floor mats, as well as cute plumbing stickers that you can choose to your liking.
Living room
This is the place where you can show all your imagination and create comfort in the house with your own hands. After all, often the living room is a recreation area for all households, a venue for parties. It is also important here not to overdo it and maintain the space - it should be enough for everyone. A soft fluffy carpet, comfortable chairs, sofa cushions - this is what a cozy house is simply unthinkable without. The main thing is not to overdo it.
How to create comfort in a house where young children live? This is the most burning issue for young families with children of different ages. Even if they have their own room, kids prefer to play where adults are, so often the living room becomes the place of deployment of almost all the toys of the baby. Allocate space for games, put a puzzle mat there and place a basket for toys.
Fireplace
The fire in the fireplace always creates an atmosphere of festivity and mystery, and the muffled light only enhances the overall impression. Firewood burns slightly crackling, and the light from the fire falls on a lying fluffy carpet, comfortable soft chairs ... Romance.
If you can’t afford a real fireplace in your house, then who is stopping you from imitating it? Free one of the walls near one of the walls - and start creating! Here is a small workshop on creating a fireplace from ordinary cardboard boxes.
Take a lot of cardboard boxes of different sizes and fold a square arch out of them. Tape the boxes together with tape. Wallpaper them with a picture of brick or masonry. Now it remains to attach your fireplace to the wall - and voila - the perfect imitation of the mantelpiece is ready! Decorate the space in front of the fireplace, and put a garland inside. Shimmering with different lights, it perfectly replaces the natural source of fire, and on the mantelpiece you can put pictures in frames, plant plush animals or arrange family porcelain.
Invent your family’s coat of arms, draw it and attach it on the wall above the fireplace. So your home will gain a special personality and charm.
Fly lady system
The main rule of a cozy home is cleanliness. For even if the decor of your home was developed by eminent designers and the famous construction companies embodied the ideas, the dirt and dust in the house ruin the whole impression of a magnificent renovation. Many housewives have adopted the Fly Lady system for cleaning.
Its essence is to spend exactly 15 minutes a day on cleaning. After all, cleanliness and comfort in the house is not always a condition of titanic efforts. The entire space of the house is conditionally divided into zones, and every day you will clean in one of the zones. As a result, the system will inevitably lead to a constant cleanliness in the house, and you will not spend a whole day off on chores.
In addition, there are many so-called life hacks for cleaning (and this is the secrets of comfort in the house), which greatly simplify the life of a housewife. For example, everyone knows that on the upper surfaces of kitchen cabinets, special oily kitchen dust and dirt constantly accumulate, which is worth a lot of effort to remove. By covering the top of your cabinets with transparent cling film, you will see how much the cleaning in this room is reduced. After all, you only need to regularly replace the contaminated film with a new one. You can cover the inner surfaces of kitchen cabinets with the same film, this will also help reduce the time for cleaning the kitchen. In general, almost every housewife has her own secrets to maintaining cleanliness in the house, and someone can even give a master class of comfort in the house.
Use a solution of ammonia to shine glass and mirror surfaces. In the water with which you plan to get rid of dust, add a little fabric softener. Then the dust will not bother you for a long time, and the house will be fragrant after cleaning.
But try not to overdo it with cleanliness, because museum sterility completely kills the charm of the house. By handing the shoe covers to the guests at the entrance and keeping a close watch on the things they touch, you run the risk of never seeing anyone else in your house except your own reflection in a perfectly clean mirror.
Atmosphere
Perhaps the most important rule of a cozy home is the atmosphere created not by the environment or things, but by people. Cheerful, friendly hosts, happy guests, delicious food, laughter, lively conversations - this is what creates the atmosphere of any home.
And do not forget about the smells! Unpleasant odors will nullify all your efforts, so do not give them a chance to seep into your apartment. All cracks in the walls, floor and ceiling should be detected and putty, so you get rid of the obsessive basement odors or amber coming from the neighbors.
The kitchen of the cozy house is filled with aromas of fresh pies, coffee and cinnamon, light floral notes predominate in the bedroom and living room, and a fresh aroma with notes of citrus or pine needles prevails in the bathroom and toilet. Modern air fresheners can cope with any of these tasks.
In the kitchen, you can place a small picture made using coffee, cinnamon, dried lemon, it will exude a delicate pleasant aroma. Petals of flowers, poured into glass containers, scented candles not only support the fragrant atmosphere, but can become a stylish part of the interior.
In other words, a cozy house is a house where they pay attention to trifles, or rather, there are no trifles in such a house. Everything is in its place and everything is harmoniously located in space.