If you are looking to be able to enjoy your home a little more, you are probably keen to try and make it a little more liveable. There are many ways to achieve this, and many ways in which homes can stop being liveable for one reason or another, and it’s something that any house proud individual should try to learn to master. In this article, we are going to look at this in some detail by discussing what you can do today which could make your home more liveable. You will be surprised at the ease of many of these, and you might even be relieved to know just how simple creating a more liveable home can be. Let’s take a look and see what you might want to do to begin with here.
Get Rid Of Pests
Although a dirty home is more likely to have pests, actually any home can get them, and if you are keen to make your home as enjoyable to be in as possible you will probably want to do away with any pests there are as soon as possible. Having pests can quickly make a home much less enjoyable, so it’s something to be aware of. First of all, make sure you are not encouraging them by keeping the place clean and not leaving windows or doors open all the time. In particular, don’t leave any food out if you can help it. If you do still get pests, you should make a point of getting rid of them humanely and as swiftly as possible, before they reproduce too much. Whatever kind of pests you find yourself with, contacting a professional pest control service is of course the way to go here, and the only real way to ensure that you get rid of them for good.
Control The Temperature
If there is one thing that can make a home uncomfortable, it is not being able to control the temperature. You need to know that you can keep your home relatively cool in summer and warm in winter, and the more that you are able to do this the more that you will find your home to be liveable. These days, most homes have this feature as standard, especially in the form of central heating which you can control with a thermostat. But it’s also always worth having extra means of heating or cooling the home, so that you can also control individual rooms’ temperatures and so on too. This is a powerful way to make your home much more liveable in no time at all.
Make It Yours
The more that you feel a home is truly yours, the more easily you can enjoy yourself in it. This is something all of us are keen to be sure of, but it is also something which can be incredibly difficult to make happen. One of the easiest means of making the home truly yours is to make sure that you have plenty of photographs around reminding you of your own life. Also, choosing furniture you love will go a long way towards making the space feel more like it is yours.
Very true what you mention, nowadays it is necessary to maintain an adequate temperature, my house does not count on that and during the summer months it is when I suffer most from the high temperatures.
Photos do help make a place feel like home 🙂
Great tips about making home feel like home. For me my books & paintings are what always gives me that homely vibe.