Making your home a haven

What if you could build or renovate a home with the intentional process to create not just a house but a haven?

Our homes often become just a place to hang our hat — where we live and now, all too often, work. How can we turn our home into a retreat where we feel relaxed and nurtured? How will you live in your home?

Whether you spend more time at home or are always on the go, great design can and should enhance your unique personality and lifestyle needs. Fill a house with decor and it remains just a house. Design a life-giving space and it becomes a haven.

Identifying a dedicated home office space when you are designing your home create a familiar environment that will ultimately allow you to focus and concentrate better. Studies have proven that exposure to natural daylight can also help improve your mood and productivity, which will help keep you inspired and motivated.

If you live a life on the go and often find yourself out of the house, a well-designed home that promotes relaxation can help you begin to unwind as soon as you step back over the threshold. Such an environment aims to improve your well-being by calming your senses, restoring depleted energy levels, and providing greater mental clarity to focus on the other things life demands of you.

For those who live to entertain, creating an open living space with connectivity between the kitchen and dining/entertaining spaces will ensure you won’t miss a thing. There are also many ways to improve indoor-outdoor connectivity, allowing guests to flow between the spaces they find most comfortable. If you entertain often, investing in folding or sliding doors can create a seamless transition between your interior and exterior spaces. The added connection with nature through building materials such as natural woods can further promote a rejuvenating mindset.