Tips for Adding Character To a Cookie-Cutter Home

Tips for Adding Character To a Cookie-Cutter Home

Moving into a new house, condo, or apartment is exciting, but sometimes, you can’t help but feel like your home is empty and lacking in character. It’s not unusual for a new home to feel impersonal. To appeal to a broader audience, sellers list their homes with bland, neutral walls and cookie-cutter features. If you want some personality, you’ll need to add it yourself. While the task of decorating or even renovating your home can seem daunting, it’s a good thing. Your home is like a canvas—put in some hard work, and before long, you’ll have a masterpiece. Let’s check out some tips for adding character to a cookie-cutter home.

Add a Pop of Color

Tired of your interior’s lack of color? Painting it is the simplest way to remedy that. Your home’s neutral walls come with one major benefit—they’ll match just about anything. You can add subtle hints of color using an eye-catching accent wall or by painting smaller aspects of your home, such as the furniture, cabinets, or front door. If you’d prefer stronger elements of color, you can paint entire rooms or even your whole house. Before you pick out your paint, use color theory to decide on a color scheme so that your interior will look cohesive and your rooms will flow flawlessly into one another.

Fill It With Personal Items

The biggest reason your home might feel empty is a lack of personal artifacts. Thankfully, this is a simple fix. By adding pictures of you, your family, and your friends into the design, you can tell the world, “This is my home!” Dig out your family photographs. You can hang them as-is or frame them. Put them on a console table, the wall, or anywhere else you see fit. But photos aren’t the only personal items you can use to decorate your home. Do you collect something? Instead of storing your collection in a box, put them on display. The same goes for things you’ve created. Hobbies are an important part of our lives, so why not showcase them? Put your old records on a shelf, throw your latest knitted blanket onto the couch, or hang the paintings you’ve made on the wall. Here’s a good rule to follow: If it makes you smile, find a way to display it.  It's no secret that bookcases make great storage units. And you are not ready to leave your memorabilias right now, so it’s time to choose a bookcase that best suits your space. There are so many options on the market that you’ll likely have trouble deciding on the best one for your house. For beginning you can check Interiorbeat's bookcases selection in different style and patterns.

Have Fun With Style

Another tip for adding character to a cookie-cutter home is to have fun with style. Prefer something modern? What about rustic? Changing your home’s style is as simple as swapping out pieces, painting or decorating furniture, or moving things around. If you’re not completely sold on a new style but want to try it out, start with the smaller pieces and work your way up. If you’re set on a certain style, you might want to start with larger objects—your focal points. This way, you can design the rest of your room—the accessories—around them. Remember that your interior design doesn’t have to conform to the architectural style of your house. An older, traditional home can have a fully modern interior, and a newer, modern home can be full of antique furniture.

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