Winter Home: How to Create a Cabin Ambiance

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Design and Install a reclaimed wood wall

Seriously, what’s more relaxing and cozy than your own home? We are automatically drawn to a more comfy ambience when it starts getting colder. Wood is always a good solution to archive a warm feeling, but it doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of money or turn your whole house upside down. You can create your own reclaimed wood wall with simple and easy steps, either by building the wood wall yourself or by buying prefabricated panels. The good thing is that the panels are easy to install and reusable. Reclaimed wood walls are also a great alternative if you love texture and imperfection, cause they will come with some tears, nail holes or splintering.

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Fireplace alternatives

Imagine to snuggle up by the fireplace with a cup of tea or hot chocolate when snow starts falling. If you already have a fireplace you can consider yourself lucky, if not, don’t get demotivated there are some alternative heating sources which can convey are similar feeling. One of the most common option is an electric fireplace that can be inserted in to a nonworking fireplace. With this selection u don’t have to worry about a mantle and the look is quite similar. Another alternative would be a ethanol fireplace. The difference is, an ethanol fireplace has real flames whereas an electric fireplace only has a simple flame illusion. So, if you rather go for a more realistic look the ethanol fireplace could be a good choice.

Transform a spare room into beautiful winter work shop

Wouldn’t it be great to have a room where u can gather with friends and family and start beautiful projects for winter decorations. This could be either a basement an attic or another spare room you don’t really use. The most important thing would be that the floor is somehow resilient so that mess can be cleaned easy afterwards. If you prefer an authentic heating source a wood burning stove would be definitely a good choice, if there is already a chimney or an outlet installed. Last but not least: a sturdy wooden table and bench and a comfortable sofa would round it all up and ensure a pleasant time to get crafty and have memorable times together.

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Are you ready now to start converting your home into a great winter domicile. I hope these wonderful tips will get you started to altar your place and make it look magical throughout the charming winter time.

Open Space Living: A Popular Lifestyle for your Home

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The new kitchen, a hub for entertainment

Open space planning for your kitchen and living room is not only practical. Its layout also maximizes social interaction without being closed out. You can entertain guests while preparing food and vice versa, they can join and participate in your doings. Everything is also much more accessible and easier to oversee, especially if you have kids. Your Kitchen has become the new heart of the home where the family meets up to be together. It also has increased in size to incorporate many areas like dining, living and entertaining. The “new kitchen concept” is a commonplace where functionality and comfort meets and conversation continues.

Open space planning lets you style your home in a more unifying concept

Since open space planning reduces the common areas to one big room, there is no need to find many decoration styles. You can stick to one theme and save money on flooring, paint colors, blinds, curtains and other materials. It makes the room appear wider and generates an open feeling among the different areas. If you use different flooring materials, make sure it is lined up perfectly to create a seamless transition. A furnishing concept becomes handier and will give you many interesting options, with a focus on quality instead of quantity.

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Getting the best result by maximizing space within a fixed budget

Instead of looking for a bigger place you might consider to redesign your home to maximize space. There are many feasible alternatives which you can fit into your budget. A simple and more inexpensive method is to remove some nonbearing walls to create more space. But this should be consulted with an expert first, especially if you have to fitt utilities. It also won’t happen overnight, but can be manageable within a couple of days. The remodel wont cause too big of a mess, but will leave you with waste materials, which have to be disposed appropriately.

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The negative aspects to open plan living

There is also a downside to open plan living and not everyone is a big fan of it. That’s why it is important to design and plan well ahead to get the best results to fit your needs. The biggest con is privacy and cooking odors. If you are very much worried about the smells, a sliding door option can be a good compromise. Odor can be taken care of with proper ventilation. Make sure to have either an overhead or downdraft ventilation system installed. If you prefer more privacy, a split level layout is a wonderful idea to divide the common areas into different zones. Another option is to divide an open space indirectly. This can be achieved by using a kitchen island with a breakfast bar, in turn this creates an invisible line between a dining and living area.

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So, If you have decided to move into a new place or to remodel you own house to gain more space. The layout of an open floor plan is worth to consider, because it offers many great combination options. You can always adjust it to your needs and find a compromise within the arrangements. Depending on your preference, whether a kitchen/dining room combo or a living room/dining room/kitchen combo, etc. works for you, I would definitely go for it!

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