Designing a home is new and exciting, especially if this home is your first one shared with a partner. Although you both are starting this journey together, you might have opposing opinions as to what designs you wish to follow throughout the house. You may be in love, but that does not mean you will always agree on things. Finding a middle ground when designing and furnishing a home with your partner is easier than it sounds, you just need to get past the arguing! In this blog post, we will share tips on coming together with your partner who might have opposing design views and finding a compromise to create a home you both love. Take a look at the following suggestions:
Sit down and share your vision
Before you rush into anything, you need to sit and have a conversation about your vision with your partner. Start an open-ended conversation, and show design examples of what your ideas are for a visual representation. Look on Pinterest and create vision boards for each room. Choose a colour scheme, furniture and other accessories you feel will bring the room together. Ask your partner to do the same, and once you have spent the time to curate your ideas, share your ideas. See how different or similar your vision is, and begin discussing what can be swapped in/ considered from each person. You’ll eventually come up with a plan that considers each partner’s opinions whilst taking inspiration from each.
Decide Room by Room
A home design should not be blindly implemented. Design each room separately, rather than sticking to a running theme throughout the house. Giving each room its own identity will make it seem much more elegant and thought-through. For example, the kitchen might follow a black and white marble theme that is colder, whereas the living space may be brown and beige minimalist with luxury cushions and other soft furnishings. Get expressive with your creativity for your home. Each room should be different whilst showcasing your unique tastes as a couple.
Delegate a room for each person
Let’s say you are struggling to find common ground with your integrated ideas, no problem! Instead, you should delegate rooms per each person to choose the design of. That way everyone has the opportunity to get creative and design an entire room to themselves.
Do the work together
Once you have your master plan for your home’s design, begin putting in the work! Doing the work on your house as a couple is a great way to see your design come together in real time, and make changes where necessary. It is also a great way to bring yourselves together as a couple and enjoy the experience of creating your forever home together.
Bottom line
Overall, designing a home as a couple is a monumental moment. Coming together to create a home you both love is not always easy, however finding a middle ground is the key to living with content. Spend some time planning down to the smallest details such as sofa cushion covers, and implement the designs together as a couple and fall in love all over again.