Rearranging all your furniture in your new home can be equally
as challenging as moving. Instead of procrastinating and putting
off unpacking your boxes, you can start setting up rooms
immediately when you move into your new home, by creating an
organised plan beforehand.
Assess your floor plan
When setting up rooms in your new home, start by assessing your
floor plan weeks before you plan to move in.
- How much space do you have available? To
make your new home set-up successful, take a good look at the space
you have available in the floor plan of your new home.
This will help you determine where to arrange your furniture in
the bedrooms, iving room and other rooms of your home, to maximise
the square footage you have available.
- Can any rooms serve two purposes? If you
have a large living and dining area, you can strategically use the
back of a sofa as a room divider to create a separation in a large
space.
You may also have a second bedroom that doubles as a guest room
and a study, for the times that you work at home. When setting up
rooms in your new home, plan in advance what purpose each room will
serve, so that you can take advantage of all vacant
space.
- Consider high-traffic areas. One point
that many people overlook when setting up rooms in a new home is
catering to high traffic areas.
You don't want to put a chair or a sofa in an area that people
will be constantly walking through on their way to the kitchen or
hallway.
Likewise, make sure to leave open spaces in front of doors leading
to a patio or the garage since these doors will be used
often.
Once you have answered the above questions, now the fun can
begin. You can simplify your new home set up greatly by plotting
out the floor plan of your home electronically, on your PC or
notebook.
If your agent has given you a paper copy of the floor plan of
your new home, simply scan it onto your computer desktop. There are
a number of online tools available that will let you upload your
floor plan and virtually arrange furniture in your new
home.
This type of visualisation tool will make setting up rooms in
your new home easy. You will be able to diagram where large pieces
of furniture will go in each room, like beds, desks, and
sofas.
Not only will this ease the burden of unpacking and arranging your
home, but it will also make unloading easier on the movers since
you can tell them exactly where each piece of furniture will
go.
Top home organisation tip
Always arrange your furniture first before hanging pictures and
mirrors. It helps to arrange large pieces of furniture first of all
and then set up complementary, small items like chairs, end tables
and coffee tables.