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When purchasing a new house, there’s a lot of furniture that might not fit in your new place from your old home. You may also be purchasing a property for the first time, and you don’t have anything in terms of furniture. If you’re looking at what to buy first, here’s a list of what should be prioritised when furnishing a new home.
Seating And Sleeping
The essentials that you need when it comes to the first night in your new home is a bed and somewhere to sit. These are the basic home comforts that you need in order to be able to function properly and have the energy to move about. Without a bed, sleeping on the floor will likely not be an enjoyable or comforting experience. So whether this is a first home or just another one, ensure you’ve got yourself a bed and a sofa. If you don’t have a bed that’s not going to arrive anytime soon, then get a blow-up option to keep you comfortable for at least the time in between you moving in and getting the bed. A sofa can be ordered several weeks before you are expected to move in. However, some camping chairs may make for a suitable temporary solution.
Storage Options for your home
When you’ve moved to a new property, you’re likely to have a lot of boxes that need unpacking. However, until you’ve got some storage space to house these belongings, it’s important that you keep them in the boxes until it’s ready. Think about storage options and what’s available already. A lot of storage is easily affordable, but it might be worth getting some items that can function as multiple things. Like a seat, for example, that has a storage option when you lift the cushion up.
Kitchen Essentials
Kitchen essentials are great to ask for as gifts from friends or family who might want to give you a housewarming present. You need to be able to cook in your own home, and it can help reduce the number of takeaways you get during the course of your initial moving in. Although surely that’s the fun of it? If you have some kitchen appliances already, it’s a good idea to have these in a box that you can unpack straight away.
Lighting your new home
Lighting can help with any dark spaces in your home, and it’s important that you get this sorted sooner rather than later because it can play on your emotions and the way you feel about your home in general. Look at how much natural light your home gets each day and try to find lighting solutions for areas of your home that aren’t getting enough light. Standing lamps and side table lamps are great for adding some additional light. Or if you want to add some wow factor to a room, go to www.neonfilter.com and check out their fabulous neon lights. LED neon lights are so popular right now and you can see why. Aren’t they amazing? And you can even have your own personalised light created.
When you move into a new home, it can be easy to buy everything quickly, but that’s usually where you end up buying things that you don’t like a few months down the line. Take your time and enjoy the process of furnishing a new home.
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