subject: Things To Invest In For Your New Home [print this page] You may have closed on your new house, but that does not mean your investment is complete. What you have, like all new homeowners, is a blank palette ready for your personal, financial, and time investment.
First, you should identify the things you will be doing most often in the house, and make sure that your new home can accommodate these plans.
Do you want to be a backyard commando who grills every summer evening? Then you need to consider investing in an outdoor living space, whether it is a concrete patio to stand a grill on, or a lush floral oasis with all-weather-seating.
Or are you going to be a housebound, indoors kind of person? Quality furniture is going to be essential to getting the most out of your inside time. A futon and mismatched dining room chairs were satisfactory for your college apartment, but it is probably time to look at couches, chairs, tables and other pieces that will not collapse the first time you plop down on them.
Your homewares make the home so invest in quality pieces. Just don't ignore the possibility of upgrading over time. After taking out a mortgage, you do not need to get a personal loan to fund your curtains and dishware. New drawer pulls and cupboard hardware are simple, stylish upgrades that will fit in any budget, and immediately increase the value of your property.
There are ample opportunities to pick up items that will last a lifetime cheaply, ensuring that they will have lots of life left when you pass them along to the next new homeowner you run into. Check garage sales and thrift stores for quality wooden pieces that far exceed the quality of anything you will find flat-packed in a big box store.
One secret to investing in your new home is to work on one room at a time. Find the right look, and then focus on finding pieces that fit. Over time, as you have developed a style that carries through the house, you'll find the challenges and rewards of fitting in new items that you can't live without. Starting with simple, cohesive themes just provides a framework for your future purchases.
New homeowners always come into a house with a long list of potential projects, but through careful consideration, they invest in projects that will fill each space with years of memories.
