home feeling
These 5 interior mistakes make your home unconsciously uncomfortable
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Don’t feel comfortable at home? The reason for this is usually relatively simple: the wrong setup. It’s often the little things that make the room uncomfortable. We have collected five typical setup errors for you
Coming home should be something pleasant. Home is a place where you can really switch off. Interior makes a lot of difference: the arrangement of the furniture and decoration, colors, the number of objects in the room or the selected light. How do you get the atmosphere cozy?
Typical setup mistakes that prevent you from feeling comfortable
1. Uncomfortable light
When it comes to comfort, light makes a big difference. The brighter and colder the light, the more uncomfortable the room appears. The right lighting provides structure and a homely atmosphere. Depending on the room and its function, you should choose the light. So if the living room is only used to relax and sit on the sofa with a coffee, then warm-toned light is suitable. In a room where people work and read a lot, bright light comes in handy. It is best to avoid cold-white light altogether. Because the cool, bluish undertone is not only glaring for the eyes, but also incredibly uncomfortable.
If you would like to adjust the light so that it suits the desired ambience, then there are also dimmable warm-white light sources. An investment that is worthwhile, because the right light has a positive effect on the feeling of well-being in your own home.
2. Not enough storage space
It’s awkward coming home after a long day and then realizing there’s stuff lying around everywhere. Clutter matters more than you think when it comes to a homely feeling.
It is therefore all the more important to have enough storage space to give all the little things a place. Storing things sensibly behind doors or in drawers makes the room look tidier and appear larger at the same time. So when buying furniture, make sure that it not only looks good and fits together, but also that a lot can be stowed away.
3. Throw furniture and decoration together
Buying furniture and choosing decoration without any ulterior motive often brings extreme unrest into the overall picture. This usually happens with the desire to have everything together as quickly as possible. The fact that different furniture, colors, materials and patterns can make a chaotic impression is quickly forgotten. So make sure that you think in advance about which furniture fits together and corresponds to your personal style. Because for a modern but cozy home, the apartment needs a concept and a common thread.
The most sustainable is timeless furniture that corresponds to the same wood and color, so that a different wall color, decoration or a new arrangement of the furniture is sufficient for a change of scenery.
4. Too much decoration
A little decoration doesn’t hurt and in most cases ensures a cozy and stylish home. Yetwhen it gets too much of a good thing, beautiful pieces can create an oppressive and constricting feeling.
On the one hand, the general filling is a typical mistake, because the individual decorative items are lost. But above all, it depends on how to position things correctly: Decoration is best placed in odd numbers. So it’s better to set up three or five vases, candles or picture frames instead of four or six. While this rule may sound insignificant at first, it makes a significant difference.
5. Inconsistent proportions
The arrangement of the furniture should also be coordinated with the size and layout of the room. A small room should therefore not contain any solid furniture lined up next to each other, as that would only make it look even smaller. The same applies the other way round: Putting only small, simple pieces of furniture in a large room makes it uncomfortable and bare.
It is also advisable not to put all the furniture just against the wall. Especially in large rooms, the area can be used calmly and everything can be placed in such a way that there is no lack of comfort. The sofa in the room or at least the coffee table, the dining table in the middle or even the bed not directly against the wall, but in such a way that a small bedside table fits left and right. The room already looks much more homely.