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Utilizing the Space

Before you start to put any of your plans into actions, you will need to back up your assessment of the space that you have with some accurate dimensions. Then you can create an accurate scale plan and start work.

Measure all the relevant distances in your home, including the width of corridors, the width and height of doorways, the space between windows and each room’s ceiling height, as well as its length and width. These measurements will allow you to create a floor plan drawn to scale. Start with an overall plan of the space(or a plan for each floor if you have more than one) so that you can see how the rooms fit together and allocate areas of use, then draw up separate plans as you progress to individual rooms.

Reassessing Your Furniture:

Unless you are starting from scratch, you will have existing furniture-pieces you have accumulated from previous homes that will not necessarily suit the plans you have for this one. Try not to feel too attached to these. You may have a few favorite or valuable items that you definitely want to keep, but otherwise you should be as flexible as possible. This is the time to get rid of anything that has really outworn its looks or usefulness. Decide whether or not each item can be updated, painted, re-covered or re-cycled to match the look you have in mind, and be ruthless with anything that cannot.