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How Your Home Can Tell Your Story
Use these design tricks and home technology tips to create spaces that truly reflect you and all the things you love
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If you’re someone who daydreams about having a beautifully styled home all the time, but is brought back to reality by the hectic clutter of everyday life, then you’ll love these simple yet effective lifestyle tricks for getting closer to your goal.
With the help of a few quirky design ideas and home technology updates, you can create spaces that are fully in sync with your personality and lifestyle, making them a little easier to live in and a joy to come home to.
With the help of a few quirky design ideas and home technology updates, you can create spaces that are fully in sync with your personality and lifestyle, making them a little easier to live in and a joy to come home to.
Think about how you live
Make your home match your work: To create a personalised home that suits the way you live, consider your lifestyle, your habits and your daily schedule. For example, is your home a hive of activity from dawn to dusk? If the answer is yes, then ensure your rooms are effectively illuminated, so that the myriad of tasks that happen on a daily basis – such as applying make-up, shaving and study time – can be performed with ease and efficiency to get the household running smoothly.
Target busy rooms, such as bathrooms, kitchens and living spaces, and turn them into user-friendly spaces with task lighting above and around the most-used spots, such as the cooking hob area, bathroom basin and desk.
Make your home match your work: To create a personalised home that suits the way you live, consider your lifestyle, your habits and your daily schedule. For example, is your home a hive of activity from dawn to dusk? If the answer is yes, then ensure your rooms are effectively illuminated, so that the myriad of tasks that happen on a daily basis – such as applying make-up, shaving and study time – can be performed with ease and efficiency to get the household running smoothly.
Target busy rooms, such as bathrooms, kitchens and living spaces, and turn them into user-friendly spaces with task lighting above and around the most-used spots, such as the cooking hob area, bathroom basin and desk.
Bonus tip: Bright task lighting can also be combined with softer, ambient lighting to alter the mood of a room depending on the activity, whether you want to lift the tone or slow the pace. When you’re entertaining, for example, you can instantly liven up the night by changing your lighting to disco mode and its coloured illuminations. Then, when it’s time for bedtime stories, adjust the lighting to a soft, soothing glow.
Make your home suit your mood: Lighting can have a huge impact on the ambience of a room – just think about the intense glow that harsh ceiling lights can cast over spaces for instance. Bright light can also show up every inch of the space all at once, making it feel busy and cluttered, so aim to create spaces and moods with lighting. Use layered lighting with a mixture of floor, wall and pendant lights that you can use independently when needed. This way you’ll have calmer, more relaxed spaces that feel welcoming.
Go one step further and opt for lighting that can be set to the beat of your music choice. What better way of creating a truly personalised space that’s in sync with your mood?
Bonus tip: Tailor your favourite space to suit your character by adding your favourite scent through candles or diffusers. That way, you’ll always have a personal sanctuary where you can totally relax and be yourself.
Go one step further and opt for lighting that can be set to the beat of your music choice. What better way of creating a truly personalised space that’s in sync with your mood?
Bonus tip: Tailor your favourite space to suit your character by adding your favourite scent through candles or diffusers. That way, you’ll always have a personal sanctuary where you can totally relax and be yourself.
Show off your personality
Your home should be the place where you can truly express your passions, where you feel most at ease. Play around with your favourite colours and patterns in your home, and don’t be afraid if this means going bold – your home is all about you and what you love.
Look out for electrical fittings that are unique and will grab attention for all the right reasons, such as light switches that come in bright colours to complement your scheme. Alternatively, you can choose switches that have a photo cover to add your personal memories or a totally unique image.
Your home should be the place where you can truly express your passions, where you feel most at ease. Play around with your favourite colours and patterns in your home, and don’t be afraid if this means going bold – your home is all about you and what you love.
Look out for electrical fittings that are unique and will grab attention for all the right reasons, such as light switches that come in bright colours to complement your scheme. Alternatively, you can choose switches that have a photo cover to add your personal memories or a totally unique image.
Bonus tip: A quick and easy way of injecting your home with original style is by creating quirky vignettes or wall displays of your treasured items. These could be favourite heirlooms gifted by relatives, or a collection of eclectic travel souvenirs picked up on exotic adventures or city breaks. The key is to arrange the items in a stylish and balanced way, so they look like a curated display and not just clutter.
Make life a little easier
With so many smart add-ons available on the market, you can now customise your home’s technology so that it makes daily routines a little bit simpler. Pop motion sensors into busy rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms, so that the lights come on as soon as you enter, while automated window treatments that you can operate remotely will make morning and evening routines a breeze.
When it comes to charging devices round the home, create dedicated spots for charging stations that have USB ports to plug in chargers directly. You’ll stay on top of the problem of unsightly appurtenances of technology all over the place.
Bonus tip: Get your household super-organised with apps that allow you to set up your customised settings in advance and operate them remotely. Turn lights on or off, set the temperature of your heating and keep an eye on your energy consumption, all from a Bluetooth device.
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With so many smart add-ons available on the market, you can now customise your home’s technology so that it makes daily routines a little bit simpler. Pop motion sensors into busy rooms such as kitchens and bathrooms, so that the lights come on as soon as you enter, while automated window treatments that you can operate remotely will make morning and evening routines a breeze.
When it comes to charging devices round the home, create dedicated spots for charging stations that have USB ports to plug in chargers directly. You’ll stay on top of the problem of unsightly appurtenances of technology all over the place.
Bonus tip: Get your household super-organised with apps that allow you to set up your customised settings in advance and operate them remotely. Turn lights on or off, set the temperature of your heating and keep an eye on your energy consumption, all from a Bluetooth device.
More:
For more information about Schneider Electric’s products, click here.
Tell us:
How does your home tell your story? Share with your fellow Houzzers in the Comments.
- This story was written by the Houzz Sponsored Content team.
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