Designing a Guest Home for Luxury Appeal
Is your guest home as desirable as it could be? Here are some design trends to consider. Since guest homes are just smaller versions of your home, they should be just as luxurious and beautiful. They are essentially an extension of your home, of your style and personal taste. Here’s how to ensure this smaller space lives up to the grandeur of your larger space. Ensure the bedroom is lavish. If space permits, put in a king-sized bed, fitted with the softest, highest thread count sheets that match the room perfectly. Outfit the rest of the room with the finest chairs, ottomans, pillows and blankets you can find from around the world to ensure it feels like the best hotel in the city. Install smart climate control. We might not think about this for our guest home as much as we do for our own home, but since we don’t always have guests, it’s even more important to ensure that energy isn’t being wasted when no one is there. It’s also a treat for your guest to know they can easily access and control the heat and A/C settings throughout the day for maximum enjoyment. Don’t forget about the curtains. The lap of luxury comes with gorgeous, lush curtains that can be controlled from any room with a remote. Custom draperies are a mark of fine taste and good design, and help provide that extra special touch that separates your guest home from all the others. Also, don’t forget blackout curtains for the bedroom so your guests can get a good night’s sleep and sleep in as long as they want. Flowers and greenery take it up a notch. Since guest homes aren’t always in use, it’s extra special for a guest to walk in and find fresh flowers and greenery. It’s not hard to add these to the space to bring that added spectacle, just remember to include it in your gardeners’ list of duties so they remain fresh and well taken care of. Turn the bathroom into a mini-spa. While you might not go all out on the full spa experience as you would in your main home, an impeccable bathroom is the mark of fine luxury. A tall glass, walk-in shower with full body jets, a statement tub and heated marble flooring are all worth considering to ensure it provides more than just the standard bathroom experience.
How to Up the Cozy Factor in Your Home
Looking for a home so cozy you almost want to cuddle with it? The following design elements can create a comforting, warm space that you will never want to leave. Warm colors. Add warm colors to your walls, accents, linens window hangings and more to create a cozy vibe inside. Deep orange, rusty reds, buttery yellows and soft off-white colors can all add a “stay at home” vibe to your space. Plush textures. From fleecy blankets thrown over every chair, to faux-fur pillows and rugs, having textures you want to lounge on will seriously up the cozy factor in your living space. Soft lighting. Nothing derails a cozy home faster than harsh lighting. Add dimmers to your overheads and add ample accent lights on the walls and tables for a soft, warm glow. Well-designed storage.Clutter is the antithesis of a cuddly space. From properly organized closets to sneaky storage spaces (like under your sofa seats or ottoman), having a place to stow away your belongings that aren’t being used will create a sleek vibe. Extra lounge areas.Move past the living room set for lounge spaces. An oversized sofa, a sweet day bed, a hammock, big cushy floor pillows—all of these lounge areas can up the cozy ante in your home.
Getting a Jumpstart on Decluttering Your Luxury Home
Doesn’t it seem like the bigger a house is, the more things you accumulate to fill it with? For many luxury homeowners, this is an ongoing problem. Maybe you’re struggling to get started with your annual spring cleaning. Maybe you’re trying to do a mass purge before putting your home up for sale. Either way, pairing down your things is not a job for the faint of heart. Try these tricks to make it easier: Remind yourself you’re doing a good deed. You know that StairMaster in the basement that never gets used? Or that slow cooker that you made Sunday dinner in once and then retired to the pantry for the foreseeable future? Selling or donating perfectly good items is a way to give them a new life, and possibly deliver them right into the hands of someone who desperately needs them. Removing clutter lets your luxury items take center stage. Much like editing a wordy sentence so the meaning rings clear, getting rid of mediocre or underutilized items allows the pieces you really love to shine. Whether it’s furniture, luxurious accent accessories or even a stunning view, keeping things minimalist brings out the best in your existing objects. There are other ways to create memories. Many times, we are hesitant to get rid of objects that are tied to a memory of someone we love or an experience that moved us. Objects themselves, however, are not the only way to reminisce about people or events. Instead, try taking photographs or writing journal entries, ways that jog the memory without taking up physical space.
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