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Hello everyone,
Decorating or making improvements to our home is very important, which is why I have spent some time doing so in my own place, though I haven’t finished decorating yet ever since I moved into my new home in 2020. I very much enjoy looking at other people’s ideas on decoration, especially here in the Community Center. Depending on the ideas that I find here, I sometimes consider applying them to my home as well! 😃
What do you dream of adding to your home? Or maybe there's something you were dreaming of that you've added recently, especially for those who have renovated or are renovating their home?
Personally, I would love to build a wintergarden on one of my terraces, and perhaps add some solar panels!
I hope you all have a great day,
Quincy
My house has been a major renovation project and, apart from restoring the staircase, which no one seems to want to take on, every part of the interior has already been transformed. There is constant maintenance to do though, which is far less exciting but unfortunately necessary in such an old house. That means I never really have the time nor budget to do the more fun stuff.
One day though, I would love to have the back garden redesigned landscaped. It's a small space but I am sure it could be much more interesting and also maybe more functional. It's a walled garden, mostly covered with very ugly crazy paving. On either side, there skinny flower beds and then a wonky raised brick section at the back and a massive mound in the corner where a tree used to be. None of it seems to have been done with any kind of design in mind!
When I bought the house, there wasn't much planted in the beds which were piled high with stony soil and building waste, but the garden was still seriously overgrown. There was so much random earth there that I didn't even know there was paving underneath. I had tonnes of it removed.
Since then, the back wall has been rebuilt using reclaimed yellow brick but the right hand wall still needs doing (a very costly job) and the tree has gone as it was problematic for a number of reasons, as has the ivy that was invading from the neighbour's garden. I have planted a lot in the beds, but it's not that sunny and I'm not a skilled gardener, so it's been a bit hit and miss as to what survives! I've add a table and chairs and far too many pots 🙂
So, I am trying to make the most of what I have but would love to see what a professional could do with it.
@Quincy Great topic! I would love to expand the master suite and add a sauna and a sitting room. But that would mean ripping out the wall behind the bed in the picture and moving that part of the house back into the yard. I'm sure it's possible, but I don't know if or when I would have time and budget to do it.
Meanwhile, I'm renovating my kitchen and master bath in my apartment in New York, and adding a small sauna to the bathroom. It means taking out the bathtub, which I rarely use, but I'll get a walk-in shower and the sauna, so it's a great trade-off for me. Next winter I'll be sauna-ing like crazy!
