Renovating your home is good fun, but when it comes to making decisions, it can be tricky, especially if you are moving in with a partner and you have very different design styles or ideas. Yet this doesn’t need to be a challenge and there are many things you can do to help you find the right furniture for your house. Things such as your budget, where you want to buy it from and the color scheme you’re focusing on are just a few things that can make a difference. Keep on reading to find out more and get inspired – soon your home will be transformed, hassle free!
Consider what base colors you are working with
The first thing you need to think about when choosing furniture, is what base colors you have already picked for the rooms in question. You’ve likely chosen a beautiful wall color and floors from a company such as Faith Floors who have a wide range of choices and now you need to fill the space. If you have patterned walls and flooring, you might want to have more muted furniture pieces. Consider which colors clash and which complement each other. You can look up color theory to find out more and find out what will really work!
Think about how much you want to spend
When it comes to your furniture, you want to have a solid budget in mind so you don’t spend everything on one item and have to scrimp on the rest. One of the best things you can do is to set up a spreadsheet where you list out all the items you want and how much you have in the bank to spend. Try and roughly allocate some of this to each item so when browsing the shops, you know what bracket you can shop in. Get the more expensive and important items first such as your sofa, coffee table, dining table or your bed, then leave the last bits of the budget for things such as accessories.
Create a moodboard
If you have a hard time visualizing what something might look like, a moodboard can be a good way to help you do this. You can put all the different elements in there such as your furniture, wallpaper swatches and flooring samples and take a look at what works and what doesn’t. You could either print this and stick it all on a piece of paper the old-fashioned way, or do it online. There are apps that can help you with this too!
These are just a few things you can do that can help you to choose the right furniture for your home. Whether you are looking to furnish a whole house or just do up one room that you might have renovated recently, these tips are sure to help. What are some bits of advice you have for people looking to transform their home and pick the right furniture? Let us know in the comments below, we’d love to hear from you.
