Who wants a house, isn’t it true? We go further and dare to say that whoever marries wants a well decorated house that is a reflection of themselves as a couple. However, a space that is both a refuge for both and an inviting place to receive family and friends is not conquered in the blink of an eye. But fortunately, this too has its advantages because a large part of the pleasure of decorating is the process itself – a creative exercise that will be pure fun if you both give yourselves, body and soul, to decorating your new home.
Budget
A new house requires a multitude of things and, even if your wedding list was a huge success, you will still be missing countless items, from bathroom towels, wall paintings, curtains and ceiling lamps. While it’s not necessary to spend tons of money to get a well-decorated home, it ‘s important to establish a budget for each room. Thus, they will know where they want and can spend more or less money and it will always be easier when purchasing furniture, home textiles and decorative items.
Priorities
To ensure a comfortable daily life and the desire to return home at the end of the day, it is important to decide which rooms to decorate first. In the case of newlyweds, the bedroom is recommended first, followed by the living room and kitchen. With these spaces guaranteed, the house will already look like your home, your nest, which you should then continue to decorate, as time and your budget allow.
Search
Instead of just acquiring the basic elements for a given space – any bed, a random sofa or a table that can fit both – dedicate some time to research. The world of decoration is full of beautiful and innovative things, so make sure you discover them all, instead of making hasty decisions that, in a few months (when you have more in the art of decorating!) you will regret. See shop windows, magazines, catalogs and websites , get inspired and compile, together or separately, a folder with everything you would most like to see in your home. Then analyze everything and find out where there is harmony and where some commitment will be needed.
Style
This initial research will be an excellent investment on several levels, one of which being finding the style(s) that you most appreciate and that will not only help you acquire everything you need, but will also inspire you to make the your personal and non-transferable decoration. Knowing exactly what you are looking for and what the desired end result is is a challenge in itself and each piece achieved will be another achievement… much of the charm of the decoration is in the “going doing”, going shopping to see the space composing itself to the little, exactly as they dreamed.
Colors
Decor is a world of shapes, shapes, patterns, textures and colors, and it is sometimes as difficult to choose a color palette as a piece of furniture or a lamp. Colors contribute to defining an environment as calm or young, fun or elegant, and for that reason should be carefully considered. Ask for samples of paints and fabrics, always trying them out in the room to be decorated before making final decisions. When in doubt about this or that shade and how to combine different colors in one space, use your inspiration folder.
Functionality
The style and colors you decide to apply in your decor must also take into account another important concept: functionality. It is essential to decide if you want an exquisite house because they spend little time there and it will only serve to receive visitors; or if they prefer a family and cozy space, even because they think they will have children very soon. If the apartment is rented, you may not want to have custom-made furniture made or the landlord may not allow you to paint the walls; on the other hand, if the house is bought, they no longer have these restrictions and can make other types of investments.
Exploitation
Many couples bring furniture or objects from their life into their new home as singles, and while some may fit in perfectly, others may have nothing to do with your dream apartment. For example, paintings painted by one of you at university or an inherited sideboard can prove to be an original and economical addition to your love nest decoration. In the case of more “special” souvenirs, they may have to enter into negotiations like “if you get rid of that all old and full of holes armchair I’ll return my stuffed animal collection to my parents’ garage”.
Cooperation
Although one of you may have a greater appetite or taste for decoration, it is essential that you both participate in choosing the pieces, colors and layout of your home – otherwise, in the end, one of the couple may not feel so at home as it was supposed to; you may feel that your ideas have not been valued and that your home is not a reflection of the couple, but of the wife or husband. The result can be unnecessary arguments and/or something to be used against each other in the future. Since the decoration of your new home is such a special and unique project, it’s not worth it. If the marriage is made by two people, your home should be too.
Grants
As they cooperate in decorating the new house, it is natural that they will not agree with all the choices of paints, the layout of the furniture in the office or the fact that one wants to fill your bed with pillows and the other dislikes so many accessories in the same place. What to do? Exhausting all possible hypotheses until reaching a consensus or making concessions on both sides, for example: “I don’t mind having these dark leather sofas in the office if you don’t mind me decorating the service bathroom in a style more feminine”.
