Home Improvement Ideas To Align With Your Goals

There’s never a bad time to come up with a list of goals of things that you want to achieve in life. However, as we are about to enter a new year, goal-setting could already be high on your agenda anyway.

You may currently be thinking of the weeks and months ahead and considering those changes that you want to make in your personal life, you could even be contemplating how you’re going to achieve some of those goals too – all the better!

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To both ends, it’s a good idea to consider making a few home improvements as I find the greater my surrounding the greater my everyday happiness. You may even be able to align some of your goals to your home and by making a few changes, you might be in a better place to achieve them. Maybe you’ve considered a home improvement project already, whatever the case, here are some goal-setting ideas and the home improvements that could be considered useful to you when trying to bring your plans to fruition.

Goal #1: Reduce Your Stress

If only we could escape stress, be it at work or home and anywhere in between, many of us are susceptible to this problem. If not dealt with sensibly, stress can play havoc with both our health and wellbeing and that can only exacerbate the way that we feel. 

To reduce your stress, there is plenty of things you can do, from exercising to eating better, you can greatly reduce the impact stress has on your life. You can also deal with it by finding time to rest and relax and by distracting yourself from your usual stressors. Home improvements can help you to relax and unwind.

You can create areas in your home that are better designed for some well needed me-time. It might be a redesign of your bedroom is in order with more calming colours painted on your walls, or perhaps some comfortable changes to your bed and flooring. How about your bathroom? A professional design company along the lines of Granite Transformations could create a brand new aesthetic to this room in your home, perhaps with those improvements that can evoke a sense of peace and tranquility as you take solace in your bathtub. I feel more relaxed already just from thinking about it!

Give a thought to your spare rooms too rather than using them as laundry dumps or areas for your clutter, why not give them a special purpose? To distract you from your stresses you could transform a spare room into a place specially dedicated to one of your hobbies. Alternatively, it could simply be a place that can be used for you to rest and unwind with comfortable chairs, reading material and space for candles, incense burners and other relaxants.

I personally love my home gym! By creating gym space somewhere within your home or garden for fitness you then have more opportunities to exercise and burn away your stresses without having to join a gym. 

There are so many changes that you could make in your kitchen too. By extending it and filling the room with the necessary appliances, you might have greater opportunities to cook and that could do much for your health and wellbeing if you spend more time creating foods using healthy recipes and experimenting with new ingredients. Your home should be the place for you to come back to after a stressful day, so think about the improvements you could make to help you de-stress in your daily life.

Goal #2: Spend More Time With Your Friends

So, how is your social life? If you want to spend more time with the people you are close to, it could be that your home can give you the opportunity to do so. Firstly, think about the state of your home and if you have been reluctant to have people over; it could be because you are embarrassed about the mess and clutter that pervades your home. To overcome this problem, you want to create more storage space in your home, as tidying-up would then become less of an issue and everything looks and feels so much better when it has it’s own space. 

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You should also think about the functionality of your home, as if you do have any spare rooms you could transform them into areas that are purpose-built for socialising. Alternatively, you could convert your loft, basement or even your garage to create extra areas for you and your friends to enjoy. Why not create a games room, dining room, bar room or even a home cinema!

Consider those friends who live far from you, too. If you had a guest room, you would have the space to invite them to stay with you more often – it’s the perfect way to finally catch up with those special people in your life that you don’t see often enough. 

And what about your outdoor space? In the warmer weather, you could have barbecues, garden parties and more times to relax with your friends if you could extend the functionality of your garden area. Why not add decking, a patio area or even a summer house. It’s both fashionable and functional to have a fire pit too; as this way, you would have something to warm yourself and your guests should the air turn chilly. Here are some other ideas that you may find helpful for making your garden area more sociable

We all need friends in our lives; those people who can support us, listen to us, and give us cause to laugh and smile. So, think about your home. What do you need to do to create more social opportunities for you and your friends to relax and catch up?

Goal #3: Save Money

Okay, so a home improvement project might seem counterintuitive, but for long-term savings, the expense of a renovation could be well worth it. You might want to insulate your doors and windows if they are letting drafts through. Alternatively, you could replace them, especially if the fixtures are old and worn. By opting for something energy-efficient you would have less reason to turn your heating to the max, and consequently, less need to spend a fortune when trying to keep warm every winter.

You could insulate your loft too, as well as the walls and flooring around your home. With a warmer home there will be days when you don’t have to turn the heating on at all. And what about solar panels? Using the natural light and warmth of the sun means less reason to waste electricity at home. 

Likewise, incorporating materials like clear perspex cut to size is a cost-effective solution that can significantly save you money during home renovation projects. Clear perspex is more budget-friendly than traditional materials like glass, offering similar benefits like transparency and durability. Its lightweight nature reduces transportation and installation costs, and its resistance to shattering reduces the risk of breakage-related expenses. Customisation options allow you to minimise waste by ordering only the exact dimensions you need, further optimising your budget. 

You might want to think smart too by automating your home with smart features. Check out the link and then consider the upgrades that could help you to make considerable savings at home over the weeks and months ahead.

Goal #4: Be More Creative

Think about this in two ways. Firstly, consider using your creativity to improve your home. You might add your own paintings to your walls, drape the textiles you have created across your bed and sofas and include the objects you have made to your shelves and cabinets. After all, why spend money on the same when you have the capacity to create something beautiful yourself?

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Making these alterations to your home will give you the opportunity to bring out your creative side. Your shed or garage could be converted into areas for painting or wood crafts or you might have a spare room that could be transformed into an area for your sewing or musical abilities. If you have a passion for all things writing, you could turn a room into a home office area where you can then have the space and resources to settle down with your creative hobby. 

Think about the hobbies you enjoy – could you use them to give your home a makeover? Could you create more functionality at home to give you the opportunity to display your creative side? If you have a gift, it would be a shame if you couldn’t accommodate it into your home in some way. 

Goal #5: Save The Planet

Every person can make a difference, so even though you can’t save the planet in its entirety, you can still do something from your corner of the world to improve matters.

When your home is energy-efficient you will be able to reduce your carbon footprint by not turning your heating on. By using the smart features above you will also be doing more to reduce your impact on the earth’s environment. 

You should think about your home’s decor, too. For one, you can purchase from stores that can showcase their green credentials and secondly you could use Mother Nature to decorate your home, as you would have less need to a) spend money, and b) add to the carbon footprint by ordering products that need to be shipped to you. Check out these ideas on decorating your home with nature if you need any extra inspiration. 

So, when listing your goals for the weeks and months ahead, consider how your home can help you to meet them. You’ll be surprised at the difference it makes!

                              

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Tracy Kiss

Social influencer, Bodybuilder, Mother, Vegan
London, UK

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