Turn Your House into a Luxury Home in 13 Easy Steps

We all dream about living a life of luxury, seeking to experience how the ‘other half’ lives – what if you, too, could live a life of luxury in 13 easy steps? 

Living a life of luxury sounds expensive because, after all, the ‘other half’ live a certain way because they have the finance to do so. However, luxury doesn’t have to mean opening a plug on your bank balance – with some simple tricks of the trade, and plenty of elbow grease, your home can play host to an exclusive lifestyle.

Step 1 – Lose the Mess

The first step to any home improvement process is clearing away any mess and clutter that has been allowed to build up over time. It’s easy to slip into the trap of sentimentality over items that you simply do not need – be ruthless and throw it in the bin.

A clear space provides for a fresh blueprint, which can act as a good source of inspiration and allow your imagination to run wild. It’s far easier to visualise your new luxury home with no distractions.

Step 2 – Home Design

Now that you are free of mess, you can begin to design your new luxury home. Do not overlook areas that can be taken for granted such as the staircase and doors, ensuring that every detail, no matter how fine, matches your vision is important.

Go through each room of the house and carefully consider what furniture needs to go and what can be retained. Hopefully, you won’t need complete wholesale changes to your furniture, but if you do then second hand purchases can be your little secret that no one need know. Once you have an idea as to what furniture you will be looking to invest in if you do feel that new furniture is the way to go, ensure that it match its room’s decoration.

Step 3 – Budget

Completely redecorating your home can be expensive, and achieving a luxury home on a budget can be difficult, but not impossible. With your ideas in mind, shop around for the best prices – big prices does not always guarantee top quality.

Before spending even a single cent, write down the price of everything you want and need and total it up. If this falls within your budget, then great – if not, then go through the list again for any sacrifices that you can make.

Step 4 – Sell Unwanted Furniture

Just because you no longer want your furniture does not mean that somebody else won’t. As long as it is still in a useable condition, sell your unwanted items instead of throwing them away – this way, you can add a little bit of money to your budget while making space for new furniture. Win-win!

Step 5 – Redecorating

With your home clear of the mess, ideas in place and a budget set, now it is time for the practical parts to begin. Start by decorating the living room, as this is the main area of your house.

Move your furniture, especially what you are planning to keep, to a save spot – either in the garden with waterproof covering or, if possible, in a separate room will suffice. By this time you should already know how you will be decorating each room, and whether you will be wallpapering or painting each room. If you are trying to keep to a tight budget, the chances are you have opted for paint as, on average, this is an inexpensive option compared to wallpaper.

The best way to make your home feel luxurious is by keeping the décor simple. You do not need to replicate the French Renaissance, and the chances are that if you do it can go horribly wrong. Contemporary décor focuses primarily on neutral colors, clean designs and minimalistic styles – if you keep within this spectrum, you won’t car far wrong.

Step 6 – Joinery

Bespoke joinery can really set a house apart from the rest, whether that is a customised storage unit, bookshelf or stair parts that give a home a luxury and unique feel. Living rooms and bedrooms can really benefit from bespoke items, if not only to save space by having furniture specifically manufactured for your own needs.

Of course, bespoke joinery can come at a cost and will be far more suited to those with a larger budget, but if your idea of luxury is individuality, it could be the perfect option.

Step 7 – Buying and Placing Furniture

With your living room and bedrooms now redecorated with painted or wallpapered walls, the time is now to go out and buy your new furniture and place into your home. Try and hold off until you have decorated your rooms before buying furniture, as you may feel that your original choices may not match as well you first thought.

Matching furniture is essential to the makeup of a luxury home as this is what brings a home to life. Not only this, furniture must also be practical and space efficient – there is little point in buying a set of shelves with nowhere to put it or nothing to use it for. Try and keep your home as open plan as possible, otherwise, you risk feeling restricted and closed in.

Step 8 – Accessories

Just like any outfit, accessories add character and it is much the same for a home. The best part is that you do not have to blow the budget on furnishings to add small homely touches – clocks, pictures and ornaments can be inexpensive additions.

Every home needs small individual touches, even the most luxurious of them. Large canvas prints, decorative sculptures and personal memorabilia do wonders for bridging the gap between a show home and a home.

Step 9 – The Kitchen

Your living room and bedrooms are now finished and look amazing. The next most important room to get your hands on is the kitchen – for resident cooks, the kitchen is where they can express themselves, and its decoration should reflect that.

A luxury kitchen doesn’t need to include highly expensive ovens, fridges and freezers. If yours are in need of replacing, there is plenty of inexpensive options available – for electrical items, it is advised not to buy second hand as you cannot guarantee the equipment’s quality and safety.

Every kitchen must come with a beautiful set of knives – all cooks know the importance of investing in quality here. Not only do quality knives perform better than other options, they are a sign of excellence and instil an air of luxury on their own.

Add this is to valuable utensils and enough space for the home chef to work their magic; you will have yourself a kitchen not out of place even in the most exclusive of streets in the United States.

Step 10 – The Bathroom

The bathroom is much, much more than a room where we wash and do our business. The bathroom is mean to be a place of relaxation, where you can indulge yourself with a long soak in the bath after a long day, or any other reason you see fit.

Traditional and peaceful colours can never go wrong in the bathroom, installing the perfect lighting will turn your bathroom into your own personal spa. Dimmer switches set a relaxing mood, ideal for drifting into a land of bliss surrounded by stacks of bubbles. With candles added in various, and safe, places delivering a sense of romance, your bathroom will resemble a scene from a Hollywood love story.

Step 11 – Outside the House

Inside your house is a safe haven away from the day-to-day challenges. The work you have put in has paid off and every room could be featured as a goal in any top home design magazine. All that is left now is to tend to your home’s exterior – while a book should never be judged by its cover, it should always be well-designed.

Windows and doors are often an afterthought when it comes to home designs. As long as they serve their purpose, that’s enough, right? Wong.

Installing new windows and doors can do a lot to modernise your home, adding to its luxury feel, and can also improve your security in the process. Old windows and doors can become weakened over time, and may not possess the level of security that comes with new designs.

Although modifying the exterior of your home is optional, the opportunity to further improve your home should never go without consideration, especially when security is involved.

Step 12 – The Garden

Finally, every luxury home must have a luxury garden to boot. When the sun is out, there is nothing better than sitting outside in the garden with excellent company and a drink in hand. Achieving the perfect garden is no easy task, admittedly, but with the proper effort and time, it can be the showpiece of your luxury home.

Whether you have a small or big garden, with lots of grass or very little, outside seating is a must for the summer months. A small patio area with table and chairs – foldaway options are available when trying to save space – is all that is needed for inviting friends and family round for a BBQ or a simple get together.

Step 13 – Relax

The last step to turning your house into a luxury home is to relax! Having ticked off all of the preceding steps in this list, you can sit back and revel in a job well done. Redecorating will have undoubtedly taken a lot of time and effort, but the results will have been worth it.

Invite everyone round for a housewarming party, even if you haven’t recently moved – once you have finished this transformation, it will most certainly feel like it.