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Decorating Your New Home

Moving into a new home, halls of residence or office is exciting. There’s so much more to see. New rooms to get used to, new features, new amenities.

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Decorating Your New Home, 1 Van 1 Man removals in York

Quick answer: When decorating your new home, start by making the beds and putting up curtains or blinds so the house feels lived-in. Use temporary hooks, focus on one room at a time, and add furnishings once you know how you use each space.

Moving into a new home, halls of residence or office is exciting. There’s so much more to see. New rooms to get used to, new features, new amenities.

This being said, as humans we are creatures of habit and we do like to place our own stamp on our surroundings. We like to live surrounded by the things we love be it art, colour or gifts from loved ones which is no bad thing.

We’ll bring you interior tips and advice for every home and business, from making a dormitory room your own to jazzing up the office to increase productivity. We want to know that after we’ve left you’ve settled into your new surroundings easily and are enjoying the next stage of the journey which is making it your own.

To begin with we have a few tips from our years of experience in the business of how you can make your new house or apartment feel like home on the first night.

Make the Beds

Your bedding should reflect your personality. Fabric is so versatile that it can display a multitude of tastes and the bonus is, you can take it with you wherever you move to. This makes it a great investment for those who rent or live in halls as if you choose what you love just making the bed can make a room yours.

Put the Curtains Up

On the same theme, the curtains can also display your own unique style whether that’s Laura Ashley, Grunge, William Morris or contemporary art. The sooner the curtains go up, the sooner you have privacy and when they’re drawn the home will instantly feel like home.

Temporary Hooks

If you don’t want to get the drill out on the first day consider a safe solution. Command hooks or something similar will allow you to hang pictures and art without damaging the walls or needing a hammer. Children and teenagers will love a pack of blue tac to get their posters up as soon as possible while just putting up the new home cards on the mantelpiece can make you feel at home.

Focus on One Room

You don’t have to put pressure on yourself to make the whole house look amazing instantly. Consider just one room, maybe just the master bedroom or bathroom. By unpacking some of your own everyday items you can enjoy that feeling of home.

Add Furnishings

Big squidgy cushions and throws can make any room feel like home especially if the sofa or bed was there before you moved in. Waste no time getting them out of their packaging as you’ll find that people will use them to sit on and to wrap up in until the rest of the house is liveable.

Depending on if you own or rent your home there are many tips we can bring you for decorating, from spring style to winter chic. Check back soon for more.

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Found 1van1man after getting some quotes from a few different places and decided to go with this place as the prices were more reasonable and the service was a bit more personal. Had to move from York to Manchester, Dale arrived on time gave me plenty of notice to start getting things outside to be loaded. Took half an hour to load so didn't get charged the full hour compared to some other places online I was looking at. Very happy with the service would definitely recommend them to anyone else.

Very easy to deal with. Reasonably priced and they accepted extra small items, at short notice, with no additional cost. The guys you speak to are the guys doing the move. Locally based (removal between Wigginton and Tadcaster) and very keen to do a good job and get immediate feedback. Turned up on time and took great care with the love, also helping with a small dismantling/reassembly job. Highlight recommended.

These guys were super helpful from start to finish and no job was too big or too small. They managed to manoeuvre everything out of our small York house and through the tiny streets with no issues. They disassembled and reassembled furniture, were really careful with everything and somehow got the whole move done super quickly. Everything arrived at the new place in exactly the same condition. Really respectful, great communication and just genuinely nice guys. Support local and support these guys. Would definitely recommend!

Moving house as a first-time buyer can sometimes be overwhelming. However, with Mike and Dale today, they have made this move such a wonderful, calm and easy experience. They were wonderfully friendly, professional and so considerate of all my belongings. I really appreciate all their hard work and I'm really excited to start living in my new home. Would highly recommend this top-notch moving team. Many Thanks to them Both! Very Happy!! 😄

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