The One Room Renovation That Changes How You Feel About Your Entire Home
The home renovation industry is very good at persuading people that improvement requires scale. The whole kitchen needs to be replaced. The bathroom needs to be gutted. The extension is the only answer. And while all of these things may eventually be true, they are expensive, disruptive and slow to deliver the change in daily feeling that most people are actually after.
The room that changes how you feel about your entire home, if you choose it correctly, is almost always the room you spend the most time in. Not the room that guests see first. Not the room that adds the most value at sale. The room where you actually live.
The room worth changing is almost always the room you spend most time in. Not the one guests see first.
The room that changes how you feel about your entire home, if you choose it correctly, is almost always the room you spend the most time in. Not the room that guests see first. Not the room that adds the most value at sale. The room where you actually live.
The room worth changing is almost always the room you spend most time in. Not the one guests see first.
For most people with children, this is the kitchen. For most people who work from home, it is whichever room contains their workspace. For most people who read or watch things in the evening, it is the living room. The answer is personal and worth thinking about before committing to someone else's idea of what renovation looks like.
Within any room, the interventions with the highest return on daily feeling are lighting, paint colour and the removal of things that do not belong there. These three things together transform most rooms without requiring structural work, planning permission or a lengthy period of living in a building site.
Within any room, the interventions with the highest return on daily feeling are lighting, paint colour and the removal of things that do not belong there. These three things together transform most rooms without requiring structural work, planning permission or a lengthy period of living in a building site.
Lighting is the most underinvested category in most homes. Overhead lighting is cheap and convenient and produces the effect of a waiting room. A combination of table lamps, floor lamps and indirect sources at different heights produces warmth, depth and the general sense that someone has thought about the room. The bulbs should be warm white. The switches should ideally be dimmers.
Paint colour is the highest-return surface investment available. A litre of good quality paint costs under forty pounds and changes the room more fundamentally than any piece of furniture. The choice matters. Terracotta, deep blue, warm sage and off-white all read differently in different light conditions. Order sample pots and live with them for a week before committing.
Paint colour is the highest-return surface investment available. A litre of good quality paint costs under forty pounds and changes the room more fundamentally than any piece of furniture. The choice matters. Terracotta, deep blue, warm sage and off-white all read differently in different light conditions. Order sample pots and live with them for a week before committing.
WPP Elevate members have access to home and interiors discounts through the portal, covering everything from paint and lighting to furniture and home accessories. If you are planning a room transformation, checking your member benefits before you shop is a useful first step.
HOME AND INTERIORS DISCOUNTS FOR MEMBERS
Save on paint, lighting, furniture and home accessories through your WPP Elevate membership.
www.wppelevate.com
HOME AND INTERIORS DISCOUNTS FOR MEMBERS
Save on paint, lighting, furniture and home accessories through your WPP Elevate membership.
www.wppelevate.com
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