Congrats on becoming a new homeowner! You’ve signed the lease and now your home is officially yours. With the house key in your hand, you squeeze onto it like an award. Your hard work has finally paid off.
Immediately after, the weight of responsibility that’s placed on every homeowner’s shoulders when moving into their new residence falls upon yours.
Now, before you lose yourself to your worries, take a deep breath. The space around you doesn’t have to feel suffocating. New homeowners may look at every empty room with sudden intimidation. However, all you have to do is breathe and plan. While you’ve completed the easy part of being a homeowner by signing the lease, you still have a long road ahead of you to make this house feel like a home.
A Message to New Homeowners
Before you do anything as a homeowner, ask yourself, “What is home to you?”
Is home a sanctuary where you can express yourself without judgment? Is home a vacation spot offering an escape when the world becomes too demanding of you? Or maybe, home is a mad scientist’s lair where you cook the zaniest food you can think of just because you can!
For homeowners, a home is whatever you want it to be.
Home Sweet Home
Your home should be one of the most important things you own. Therefore, fill the place up with so much love that you’d never want to leave your front porch. Homeowners may feel intimidated by the empty rooms and white walls at first. However, feeling overwhelmed is a normal part of the renovation process.
Don’t stress yourself out. When walking into the empty rooms, you should see each blank wall as a canvas inviting you to make art. So what are you waiting for? Each white space you see on the walls is crying out for you to fill it up with beautiful things.
Decorate, Paint, and Celebrate
Homeowners tend to model their homes as a reflection of how they see themselves. So what type of person are you? Are you fun and energetic? Shy and withdrawn? Funny and easy-going? Here’s your chance to really get to know yourself by settling your belongings into each room.
Next, fill each room with your favorite colors. Whichever hue puts the brightest smile on your face, fill your home with it. You can add yellow to brighten up your day, or maybe blue that reminds you of the clearest ocean. If you’re really creative, put cool designs and patterns on the walls to make each room stand out.
Decorations are also important for homeowners. Put banners with funny quotes on the walls to humor yourself. Don’t you have family portraits and pictures? Cover the walls however way you like. When someone enters your home, they should know that the beautiful place they stepped into is yours.
Your Home is Yours Now
You know how, in cartoons, an aroma puts a character in a trance, bringing them towards the source? Homeowners should give their houses the same aroma. You want your home to be so beautiful that it calls you back every time you leave. So get some lavender sprays, diffuser sticks, and scent candles, to make your home smell like you care about living there.
Being a homeowner also means that you must know how to make decisions. Throw away clothes you no longer wear; it’s okay, the shirt hasn’t fit you in years. You want to have space in your house to move around, so throw away everything that isn’t needed or wanted. Hoard too much and you may forget where your front door is as there’s a pile of things blocking your access.
Finally, place a welcome home mat outside your front door as your way to claim territory. Now, whenever you walk up the steps of your front porch, you can feel accomplished knowing you built this house to embody the person you see in the mirror.
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