How to furnish a home together

For some couples, furnishing a home is a test, but some move specifically so that they have a new joint project to be passionate about and invest their energy into. However, inevitably at some point in this process, the vision of the two may not coincide and disagreements may arise. Therefore, we share recommendations on how to avoid disputes about repairs and home furnishing, and tips from interior designer Ina šlices so that both feel equally comfortable in the new interior.

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How to avoid disputes about home furnishing

Furnishing a home is a complicated process, many choices must be made during it. Then, if the house is arranged together, these choices are influenced not only by practical and economic factors, but also by the opinion of both parties involved. Therefore, more than one dispute may arise regarding the furnishing of the home. In addition, repair or reconstruction is a process that develops gradually, in stages, which definitely requires patience.

It is important to accept this gradualism and, accordingly, to make decisions for the specific stage of work in order to save mental and time resources. For example, initially agree on everything in broad strokes, on colors, materials, lighting, main furniture. Curtains and bed linen should also be chosen in time, because these are large and noticeable textiles that create the mood of the interior, but they are often forgotten.

It's really important to stick to the essentials to avoid unnecessary discussions and arguments over details.

In addition, interior accessories and decorations are the section where opinions may initially differ. You can experiment with these elements, look for options that satisfy both, as they are easy to replace. If certain elements of the interior cause heated discussions, you can leave the relevant area empty, perhaps over time you will understand what fits it best.

At the beginning, the most important thing is the arrangement and its functionality, so that the interior is pleasant and the cleaning of the premises is also convenient. Connecting everything to the context will also make the conversations more constructive - not to argue about who likes better, but to understand whether the particular thing matches the scale of the room, fits into the overall stylistics, falls into your budget, and so on. Moving, repairing, furnishing a home and other issues related to improving or changing a place of residence can cause quite a bit of stress and discomfort. Therefore, it is important not to pit all this against each other and not to confuse design disagreements with relationship problems and not to turn the choice of wall color into a personal dispute.

In addition, decorating a house or apartment, if done consciously, can become a shared transformative process, instead of focusing on minor disagreements.

Tips from an interior designer

Interior designer Ina slice says that she heard a statement - if a couple is able to go through the repair process and furnishing the house without getting divorced, then this couple will live together for many, many happy years. In order for home furnishing to really lead to a long and happy life together, she recommends creating a plan to make this process easier for yourself.

The first point of the plan, even before getting down to specific work, would be to talk about some essential things - what you want to change and why, what your needs are. Here it is important to listen to each other and understand what is important to each of you. At first, you can simply dream together, without pressure and stress. Explore different styles and understand what design you like, what is your ideal interior.

After that, you can start with more practical tasks and create a scheme where the furniture will be located. At the same time, look for inspiration pictures of how the rooms could look. It is also important to agree on a color palette, choose a shade that satisfies both of you, or choose a neutral color to play around with afterwards. Ina's slice reminds us that the main thing in this whole process is not to forget that you are a couple, and therefore you should try to think in the same direction.

It will not hurt to turn to a professional who will listen to the wishes of both of you and try to realize them, creating a common vision. However, interior design is an industry with its own rules and techniques, therefore, if you are not interested in interior design as a hobby and do not want to jump into getting to know this industry, it is advisable to contact a professional. In a sense, the interior designer is also like a mediator who helps the couple to reach a common denominator.

Feminine and masculine in balance

Ina's slice believes that when creating your common nest as a couple, you should put your ambitions aside. Both must understand that the woman will want the feminine and the man the masculine. However, by sitting down together and spending time flipping through interior design magazines and looking for pictures on the Internet, the couple can find common ground. For example, creating collages with what everyone likes in interiors.

Most men will be for the practical, women for the aesthetic, and by combining all this, you can get a perfect interior. It is important to remember that by bringing accents and accessories into the rooms, you can balance well between this feminine and masculine. Balance can also be achieved if spheres, interests and responsibilities regarding housing are divided. For example, everyone determines more about the area where they spend more time. For example, if a woman cooks more at home, then let the woman design the kitchen, because she will better create an environment in which she wants to be, if it is the other way around, then the man adapts it to himself.

But if you both like to cook, then discuss what each of you needs to make the new kitchen perfect for both of you.

Perhaps it is better to leave the electrical appliances to the man, and let the woman choose the textiles, because the color of the pillows on the sofa is probably not so important to the man. You have to be able to find compromises in terms of design as well - if a man prefers dark colors and a woman prefers light colors, this dilemma can be circumvented by choosing dark furniture and light accents or vice versa. Finally, the main thing is to perceive this process as a nice time together, as a beautiful adventure together, in which you get to know each other even more.