Make Your Home Look Like a Model Home

There are some tips that you can use now to make your home look like a model home. I am serious! It isn’t as hard as you might think.

Here's how you can take your home from drab to fab. It's so worth the time and effort to give your home new life.

1. Float your furniture. Move your furniture away from the walls. More often than not, you will make your room look more inviting and more accessible.

2. Get more lighting. One thing that sets model homes apart from everyone else’s homes is the lighting. Use dimmers, use lamps, and track lighting. Layering the different types of light in the room is key. The rule of thumb is 100 watts per 50 square feet.

3. Find your inspiration. This is how many designers start out their designs for model homes using one object. It may be a swatch of fabric or a piece of art or even a piece of pottery. Use that item to find your color and design scheme.

4. Paint. A lot of model homes really rev up their spaces with just paint. They have painted something special on the walls almost using the painted wall as art. Other times, they will paint an accent wall. Two words of caution on accent walls. First, make sure the accent wall contrasts enough with your main wall color. Second, make sure you pick the right wall to be the accent wall, don’t pick some sliver of a wall or a wall that is to the side of the room away from the focal point of the room.

5. Plants. Many model homes have plants in the home. Plants bring the outdoors in!

6. Bookshelves. Lots of model home have a library area filled with books that look fabulous. We all know that books are expensive to use only as a prop. You know what they do? They visit thrift stores and by books based upon the color of the cover. Never leave the paper sleeve on it.

7. Choose fabulous tile. Most of the model homes look like they have really upscale kitchens. If you look at the details, most of the money is spent in the backsplash tiles. They find fabulous tiles to put up and it adds a classy and upscale touch to the kitchen. 

8. Window Treatments. Drapes can be hugely expensive. They don’t have to be. In most model homes, they only add drapery panels on either side of the window. They do not cover the entire window, but simply frame it.

9. Candles. This is a standard in most model homes, especially in bathrooms. Get pillar candles and make sure to light the wick. It’s the small touches that make your home look lived in and not just trying to look like a generic home. 

Let's discuss ways to make your home fab! Drop me a line at michelle@ramakerinteriors.com and lets get started.