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Make a house your home
YOUR little space on earth, your little piece of heaven. Our homes are our sanctuary, our refuge our peaceful place. e become part of us much as we become part of them. It’s where our futures start, our plans are made where we live and love, care and prosper. It’s a special place where we raise our family and welcome our friends. We are what make a home. What we put into our homes is our personalities, a piece of ourselves, who we are what we dream . at is re ected in the style and design we use in our homes. We can be brazen, bold, outlandish or conservative but we will always be us.
Once we have picked our design and chosen our style we have a blank canvas to explore and we should have fun. Remember to progress with caution, to invest wisely putting your money into good use. Spend big on items that will have a long lifetime such as furniture, bedding, oor covering, or products that can o er a return on an investment. Accessories although vital to compliment any design can be short time purchases and may be a needed change if you later decide to alter a look or colour scheme. Don’t be too rigid in your choices and don’t copy! Have faith in your tastes, be adventurist but practical (white fabric versus chocolate or red wine). ink about need, use and when the children arrive. Be comfortable about your surroundings so you will be comfortable in your surroundings. e entrance and approach to your home is important too, a quality surface to your drive way and a colourful garden make a great rst impression. Clean pathways, gutters and stone work make a huge di erence to enhance any design.
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Spend a lot of time deciding what to do with each room. Time spent now is money saved, there is little as annoying as spending big on something that does not work for you later. Include the outdoor areas of your home, can you bring the outdoors in or the indoors out by including a patio area or decking, a sunroom or awning?

All you can do and all you will do to your home is an investment in your own happiness, have fun and enjoy your home.
