It happens like this - you come to visit, but the house seems to be clean and light, and the style can be traced, but uncomfortable. Or vice versa - there seems to be nothing special in the house, but it’s still cozy, good, you don’t want to leave. What items of comfort in the house create an atmosphere in it? What is the matter here? Is it only in the hospitality of the owners?
When it's good at home
Lucky are those who are endowed with an inner sense of style and intuitively understand what a comfortable home should be like. Many articles have been written about how to create comfort in the house, there are master classes and lectures. But the topic is still relevant. This article contains all sorts of tips and tricks on how to create comfort in your home with your own hands.
Harmony in the room is created by adding simple but necessary things to the interior. Goods for comfort in the house can be found in literally any store. For example, an ordinary curtain, chosen according to the rules, can create the right atmosphere in a room, and if simple conditions are not followed, it will only add chaos.
If the rooms are small
If the rooms in the housesmall, it is not worth cluttering them with heavy furniture. It is better to think over an economical, but effective option, where all cabinets and shelves will be strictly functional, and the space is calculated as useful as possible. In a small room, there is no need to hang a heavy multi-layered curtain, a simple cute curtain will be enough.
Flowers as home comforts
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, then you do not need to overpower yourself and try to urgently become a flower grower. Dried, neglected plants only spoil the impression. In this case, give preference to small bouquets of artificial flowers, especially since they can be arranged not only on the windowsill, but also on the upper tiers of cabinets.
If you are a noble florist, people come to you for advice on growing various domestic 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 plant stands, 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 - even a palm tree in a tub, even shy violets in small pots. In this case, it is only necessary to correctly choose a place where the flowers will look most advantageous. If your rooms are not gigantic, then givepreference for plants of medium size and small. And be mindful of the quantity - too many blooming flora can turn your house into an arboretum, and this is clearly not going to play well.
Cozy windows
In addition to the flowers decorating the window sills, well-chosen curtains are needed to decorate the window space. The main condition when choosing window curtains is the observance of the general style of the apartment. For example, if your home is dominated by Japanese minimalism, then heavy multi-layered curtains will look very out of place, just as simple paper blinds will not fit into a luxurious oriental interior.
Lighting
Lighting in any room should be efficient. For example, in the kitchen, bright light is important, while in the bedroom it should be soft, intimate.
Light and brightly lit rooms should be:
- kitchen;
- bathroom and toilet;
- entrance hall.
Soft, diffused light is preferred for bedrooms and dining rooms. In the living room, as in the children's rooms, it is better to be able to change the lighting from bright to soft.
Hallway
How does a cozy home begin? That's 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 creating comfort in the house, if you start from the very door. If the hallway space allows, place therea small sofa or soft pouffes-cubes, so it will be more convenient to put on and take off shoes for yourself and your guests.
Bedroom
In the bedroom, however, as in any room at home, small things create comfort. Here, by the way, a multilayer curtain will look beneficial, even if it visually hides the space, because this room needs twilight and intimacy. The bedroom is a room where it is desirable to smooth the corners as much as possible. Even a bed with right angles can become soft 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 appropriate here. Two table lamps on the bedside tables or a sconce on the wall will be enough.
Kitchen
But here you need bright lighting at any time of the day or night. A large window and lamps around the entire perimeter of the kitchen are welcome, 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 house. You just need to correctly select kitchen utensils in the same style, arrange a kitchen apron and furniture. S alt shakers, elegant napkin holders, shelves with spices, cereals and other things - 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 - arrangevarious cute trinkets, hang a lot of shelves. The result is the opposite effect, and the room looks cluttered and cramped.
If you want your toilet to always look cozy, remove everything unnecessary from there. In these rooms, clear functionality and cleanliness are important, and this is difficult to achieve if foreign things are present. Particularly spoil the view are various items for cleaning around the house, buckets, brushes and rags, which many people keep in the bathroom or toilet. For these items, it is better to allocate some nook in the house, perhaps a closet in the hallway. Or, if the layout allows, make a special niche in the wall, where to remove all the paraphernalia for cleaning. If you still prefer to place these items in the bathroom, then make a special cabinet for them, preferably in the main colors of the room. The main goal is to hide everything superfluous. In such a locker, by the way, you can hide a basket for dirty laundry.
In the bathroom itself, only personal hygiene items should remain, and two or three shelves are more than enough for them. Accents will help you arrange 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. Indeed, often the living room is a recreation area for all households, a venue for parties. Here, too, it is important not to overdo it and maintain space - it should be enough for everyone. Soft fluffy carpetcomfortable armchairs, sofa cushions - this is what a cozy home is simply unthinkable without. The main thing is not to overdo it.
How to create comfort in a house where small 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 location of almost all the baby's toys. Designate a space for play, put a puzzle mat there, and arrange a toy basket.
Fireplace
The fire in the fireplace always creates an atmosphere of festivity and mystery, and the subdued light only enhances the overall impression. The firewood is burning, slightly crackling, and the light from the fire falls on the lying fluffy carpet, cozy soft chairs … Romance.
If you can't afford a real fireplace in your house, then who's stopping you from making an imitation of it? On one of the walls, free up the necessary space - and start creating! Here is a small workshop on how to create a fireplace from ordinary cardboard boxes.
Take a lot of cardboard boxes of different sizes and fold them into a square arch. Tape the boxes together. Cover them with brick or stone wallpaper. Now it remains to attach your fireplace to the wall - and voila - a beautiful imitation of a mantelpiece is ready! Decorate the space in front of the fireplace, and put a garland inside. Shimmering with different lights, it will perfectly replace the natural source of fire, and on the mantelpiece you can put photos inframes, seat plush animals or arrange family china.
Create a coat of arms for your family, draw it and stick it on the wall above the fireplace. So your home will acquire a special personality and charm.
Fly Lady System
The main rule of a cozy home is cleanliness. For even if the decor of your house was developed by eminent designers, and the ideas of famous construction companies were embodied, dirt and dust in the house ruins the whole impression of a magnificent repair. Many housewives have adopted the Fly Lady cleaning system.
The essence of it 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 up in one of the zones. As a result, the system will inevitably lead to the fact that the house will be constantly clean, and you will not spend the whole weekend on chores.
In addition, there are many so-called life hacks for cleaning (and these are the secrets of comfort in the house), which greatly facilitate the life of a housewife. For example, everyone knows that special greasy kitchen dust and dirt constantly accumulate on the upper surfaces of kitchen cabinets, which requires considerable effort to remove. By lining the tops of your cabinets with clear cling film, you'll see how much less cleaning in that space can be. After all, you just have to regularly change the contaminated film to a new one. You can cover the inner surfaces of kitchen cabinets with the same film, this will also help to reduce the time for cleaning the kitchen. In general, almost anya housewife has her own secrets for keeping the house clean, and someone can even give a master class in home comfort.
To shine glass and mirror surfaces, use a solution of ammonia. Add a little fabric softener to the water with which you plan to get rid of dust. Then the dust will not bother you for a long time, and the house will smell fragrant after cleaning.
But try not to overdo it with cleanliness, because museum sterility completely kills the charm of the house. By handing shoe covers to guests at the entrance and vigilantly watching the things they touch, you risk never again seeing anyone in your house except your own reflection in a perfectly clean mirror.
Atmosphere
Perhaps the most important rule of a cozy home is an atmosphere created not by furnishings or things, but by people. Cheerful, hospitable hosts, cheerful guests, delicious food, laughter, lively conversations - this is what creates the atmosphere of any home.
And don't forget about smells! Unpleasant smells will negate all your efforts, so don't give them a chance to seep into your apartment. All cracks in the walls, floor and ceiling should be found and filled, so you get rid of obsessive basement odors or smells coming from neighbors.
The kitchen of a cozy home 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 hints of citrus or pine needles in the bathroom and toilet. Modern air fresheners will cope with any of these tasks.
Bin the kitchen, you can place a small picture made using coffee, cinnamon, dried lemon, it will exude a delicate pleasant aroma. Flower petals, poured into glass containers, scented candles will not only support a fragrant atmosphere, but can become a stylish part of the interior.
In other words, a cozy house is a house where attention is paid to the little things, or rather, there are no little things in such a house. Everything is in its place and everything is harmoniously located in space.
