How To Create A Functional And Beautiful Home
As professional organisers our main goal is to make your home functional and organised, but we also believe homes should be beautiful and make you feel good at the same time. We believe home organisation and interior design go hand in hand as you need both to achieve a balanced, functional and aesthetically pleasing home. Today we are sharing with you our tips for creating both a functional and beautiful home and the reasons why this is so important.
Where To Begin
Functionality in a home is essential for making everyday life easy, seamless and stress free. Through smart home organisation and storage solutions you can ensure your home functions well, items are put back where they belong, and clutter doesn’t build up on every surface. Here at Organised Simplicity our team of professional organisers come into the home and help you declutter and streamline your space to ensure you are keeping only the essentials and items that ‘spark joy’. Decluttering is the first step when it comes to creating a functional and beautiful home and a professional organiser is there to hold your hand throughout this journey.
Why Does Functionality Matter?
Before making your home ‘beautiful’ and buying new homewares and accessories you need to ensure you have an organised space that allows for good interior design to become the focal point. There is no point in having a perfectly designed home if clutter is building up in every corner and there are no smart systems implemented throughout the home. As we mentioned above, decluttering is the first step, then comes organisation and implementing smart storage solutions to ensure your home functions well for everyday life.
Ways To Create More Organisation In The Home
Apart from the obvious example of hiring professional organisers to swoop in and implement smart home organisation systems for you that are perfectly suited to your lifestyle, we have a few easy solutions you can implement in your home today. We recommend starting with the most high traffic areas such as the entryway and kitchen. These often become dumping grounds for everyday life, especially with kids and busy family activities. After you have decluttered the areas, we recommend adding items such as baskets for shoes, a tray in the entryway to catch items like sunglasses, keys and mail and a larger tray on the kitchen bench as a drop zone. We also recommend ensuring spaces such as the pantry, linen cupboard, wardrobes and kitchen are grouped into like-minded items and label accordingly so that every item has a home, and clutter does not build up.
Making The Home Beautiful
Decorating, designing and adding homewares should be the final step in creating a functional and beautiful home. Having an organised home allows for creative design and decorating to sing and ensure the spaces are aesthetic and visually pleasing on the eye. We recommend avoiding too much open shelving in spaces such as the living room and kitchen as this creates a cluttered look and requires extra styling. Instead, opt for furniture with cupboards and drawers for extra storage and a seamless look within a space. Sticking to a neutral colour palette in the larger furniture and decorating items and adding pops of colour through smaller home decor pieces and soft furnishings creates an overall aesthetically pleasing look.
If you would like your home professionally organised and designed, then get in touch with the team at Organised Simplicity today. We have experienced home organisers that can help you declutter and organise your home and interior designers to complete the spaces in a beautiful and professionally designed way. Check out our services page on the website for more information.