If your next important step in your relationship has you on the brink of moving in with your partner, there will naturally already be some ideas you have in mind. A likely foremost plan is to transform a bachelor pad into a home that’s a bit more family-friendly. Nesting through home decor does tend to come rather naturally, but when it comes down to the actual part of physically redecorating, it can prove to be rather difficult projecting the ideas you have in your head onto the physical space you have to work with.
Of course, there is the option of seeking the help of interior designers (like those at tranthomasdesign.com/residential/). Checking out newer contemporary designs, coupled with professional insider knowledge can make the task of transforming the bachelor pad into the family home all the more fun!
Preliminary Redecoration
Look, there are definitely some interior furniture and decor pieces you just knew would be the first to go once his space officially became your shared space, so without hesitation these can definitely go right away. Don’t be too quick to sell anything off though or to give anything away just yet because some bachelor-centric furniture and interior decor items only need a bit of TLC to transform into family-friendly pieces. Those single-seater bachelors’ TV armchairs don’t have to be thrown out completely because if you perhaps pair them with designer sofas of the same colour maybe or of a similar design, it’ll just add another sitting space for a larger family in the living room.
One of the principles of contemporary styling is that of interior furniture pieces and decor items which match in either style or colour, but never really both at the same time. So you wouldn’t have a lounge suite with three or four couches from the same designer, for instance, but rather three or four couches or loungers that either have the same colour or the same style. So there are definitely some existing bachelor-centric pieces you can keep, otherwise some of the obvious bachelor-centric ones must go, like if there’s a round spinning bed or something insane of that sort. Obviously, you don’t have to completely get rid of your style, and if there is something you really want to keep, you can talk to your other half about it and see how you can work around it. For instance, if you both engage in a healthy sex life with one another, you can dedicate your room to an area that you both want to be in, with the right ‘furniture’ that is. There are toys such as a monkey rocker (as well as other items) that can be an exciting addition to your decor (shall we say). Just because you are growing up and merging your homes together, doesn’t mean you have to forgo fun and excitement. Just remember to keep it hidden for the housewarming party.
Take Your Time
If you don’t have the complete picture of what you want your newly family-friendly interior spaces to look like, don’t be in too much of a rush to make it happen. Take your time to plan things out properly, even if this means you sometimes go out “shopping” for furniture and interior decorations but come home with nothing on that particular day. Carefully consider key aspects such as lighting, which can make or break a room. These lights from the Neon Mama website are perfect for a bedroom, so each family member can choose one to personalise and brighten up their own space.
Turning ‘Me’ into ‘Us’
The major distinguishing factor between the interior decor of a bachelor pad and that of a family home is that of bachelor pads decorated in more of a selfish style, while family homes are more inviting and encourage inhabitants to “live” . Something as simple as adding contemporary coffee tables and a couple more similarly styled or similarly coloured chairs to what was clearly a coffee-corner for one person will do just fine.
What you ultimately want to do is just create an inviting feeling which has nobody feeling like they should leave “the next morning” .
