Think about the purpose of your home, not just the look – the main objective of creating a vision board is to capture not only how you want your family home to look, but also how you want your family to feel in the home. The layout, functionality, etc. all have a massive impact on family life.
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Avoid fads and short-lived trends – we prefer to keep our bold design choices to features that can be changed over time, like paint and furnishings.
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Identify the focal point of a room – it can be a structural element, like a picture window or fireplace, or a piece of statement furniture or artwork. Once you’ve determined that, build the rest of the room around it, starting with big-ticket items like large furniture pieces. Without homewares, trinkets, books, and candles, a room can end up looking more like a hotel than a home. But it’s best to leave these items until last, after all the major furniture and soft furnishings are in place.
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INSPI R ED L I V I NG
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There is such a thing as too much open space – Australians love openplan living. But we learned the hard way that there is such a thing as too open-plan. One of our renovations saw us having to add walls back in between exchange and settlement because buyers were concerned about noise travelling between the two open living areas. It was like residential reverse psychology – the exact thing we thought made the house more liveable had, in fact, done exactly the opposite. Not a mistake you make twice!
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