Modern Furniture

How clearly you can see the outline of your space depends partly on whether the house is new to you or all too familiar. Have you just moved in, full of plans, knowing the space is limited but inspired by good intentions to make the most of it? If so, then you are seeing It with fresh eyes and clear sight, unjaded by experience. However, you do not know it well enough to envisage how you will live in it, how the space works, where the light falls, how that awkward door opens the wrong way and blocks the corridor… Give yourself time to get used to your new home, to get a feel for how you will live In it. Do not rush straight In with your most ambitious and imaginative plans.

Or is it somewhere you have lived for some time and grown too big for? Has it filled up until you cannot see the edges and have no space to turn round? If so, you will know all the problems and be aware of which rooms are most comfortable at which time of day. But you are probably bogged down with clutter and frustration, and are unable to see it in a new light. Take a step back and envisage it without its over-abundant contents.

The convention of living downstairs and sleeping above no longer makes sense when you consider that It is the upper rooms that tend to get the most daylight and that these are wasted by being used solely at night. Take a look at many new house designs and you will find that they are turning this style of living upside down, with bedrooms downstairs and living space on the upper floors to take full advantage of the light, it could be worth rethinking your layout to turn the bedrooms into daytime living space.

Tags: Bedroom, furniture, Living Room, planning

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