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Monday, 7 February 2011

Don’t move, improve!

How often have you thought you needed to move, but that it isn't the best time to do so? Your house feels a bit cramped. The family has increased in size and you feel the need for more space. Before you decide to move think twice, as there might be an easy way to make your house suits your new needs.


I would suggest that you 're-visit' your house as if it were the first time you were viewing it. Alternatively ask a friend to help you see it with a different pair of eyes.
Try to answer the following questions: do I make the best use of this or that room? Do I need to keep a dining room that is only used twice a year for special occasions? Do I need better organised storage? Are the rooms cluttered with object that haven't used for months or even years?...
Try removing all the clutter which has crept in the house and which is taking valuable space. See if you could make better use of each room by interchanging their function. Would a built in storage improve your space?
Opening up the available space frees some under-used areas, and increase your living space.
There are many tricks used to create a feeling of space in a room including the use of transparent furniture, mirrors, a good lighting scheme etc.
If little changes are not enough, you can add a room by extending it, either on a side going into the garden, or upward with a loft conversion or even downward by digging a new room under the current house.Very often just by re-thinking the general organisation of the house, it is possible to free space and use it in a much more efficient way.
Emmanuelle Lemoine

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