How do you start to make a new house feel like “home”

[NeverTwerkNaked]

Just wondering. Think I am nervous because last time we moved it took me ages to feel at all settled, although that may have been exacerbated by PND.

We are moving to a new village (although not too far away) and I am excited about the size of the house (quite a lot bigger than our current small one) but I do feel sad to be leaving the home my children have lived in since they were babies. Plus some of the decor in the new house is questionable but we will have to save to change it (we do have emergency savings but want to hang on to those!)

Just wondered what things (ideally low cost and not requiring any practical skills ) you have found that made a house feel more like your home?

Choosing a colour scheme for the house and buying some cheap paint to start decorating rooms here and there (yourself).

It really helps with cost to have a basic theme throughout. For example, you can choose a main, and secondary colour and an accent colour. You can reverse them and use them in different proportions around the house. And you can add in extra or different accents in different rooms.

This often means you just need one or two 10L buckets to make a big difference to a lot of spaces, plus some free evenings!

A friend told me when I moved to my last house that plants,.cushions, candles and pictures help to make a house a home. I took this advice to my new house and it has helped a lot. Could you even do a quick paint job (says she who lives in the house of magnolia still and is desperate to paint!)

Plants always make a house a home imo

We moved out of the family house and into a smaller flat whilst DD was at uni. When she came home and saw it for the first time I asked her if it felt like home... she looked confused and said yeah... it's got all our stuff here. I think pictures, soft furnishings plants and familiar belongings made it home. Mind you food in the cupboards probably helped ☺

I’ve never tried painting before this current house is the first house we bought and it was mainly fine just one hideous wall but for the first years I was too busy fighting PND and sleep resistant babies to care and then we decided we would plan to move somewhere bigger so I left it . Is it doable even if you are hopelessly impractical? I was planning to save up and pay a decorator

I like the idea of plants; I could definitely sort that!

I have thought about cushions too, they might cheer up our very ancient sofa!

Have you got a Matalan near you... I love their household stuff and it's really reasonably priced

Will take a look smarty thank you

I think it's easy. It's simply a case of making sure you don't get paint over the ceiling. You can use masking tape on any surface you want to protect. Low rack is best. Then just start by painting to edges and then roller or wide paintbrush in between. You'll probably need two coats and newspaper or an old sheet or towel to protect the floor. Don't rush, and you'll be fine!

That's how I learned, anyway.

Low tack