Congratulations on finishing college and choosing to start your own business! Gone are the late-night boozing and old people calling your bunch riffraff (unless you want it to stay that way.)
You’re transitioning out of your box-shaped dorm onto a larger, more mature apartment, suitable for your budding business and a place to call home.
Back in your dorm room, perhaps you have a twin extra-long bed, a basic dresser, a small wooden desk, and maybe even a closet. If you’re lucky, you could fit a small beany in the corner.
Decoration wise, you have the same posters for four years, the ones you keep, even though they were crinkled at the edges and were poked through with thousand pushpins.
Now that you’re readying yourself for the real world, I’ll give you some apartment transitioning tips that I wish I knew when I was at your stage.
- Personalize your space. Your place should reflect who you are, primarily your good This is especially true when you would want your apartment to double as your office or business space, as well. The best way to do this is through artworks and colors of your choosing. Art is often believed to be expensive, but it can also be photos you’ve taken, something you bought on photography sites, or a painting you picked up at a craft bazaar.
- Brag a rug. Rugs can make even the gloomiest place happy, so don’t settle for bare wooden floors. It can be something you picked up online, or that one you got at Salvation Army, or those that your parents gave you. Rugs ground the space and builds a good base to work on.
- Splash your room with color. Can’t paint? Not a problem. If you’re leasing an apartment you probably are not allowed to mess with the walls, but you can still add color through wallpapers. It gives color to your room, making it look vibrant and homey. You can also pick colorful furniture and items to offset dull walls. Just choose what speaks to you. Now if you want full control over your home’s design, then consider the available variable rate home loans from Newcastle Permanent. There’s no substitute to owning your own space with all the freedom you’ll get.
- Light it up. Lighting goes beyond overhead. If you have an overhead and no other light, you can consider getting a lamp for a side table, or buy an entryway table where you can put the bowl that you bought from the flee store or made yourself. You can put a lamp there to light up the entryway for your business clients and partners. Besides, choosing specific lighting colors can produce calming effects. Yellow or blue, for example are good colors with therapeutic benefits.
- Decorate your walls. No, wall décor doesn’t need to be expensive. There are plenty of ways to hang on walls, such as vintage magazine covers, play bills, art with similar colors, or even a book page. You can always change designs as you see fit. So have fun and play with it.
That’s it! We’ve covered the basics of apartment designing for start up people that are just moving out of college. I hope you’ll feel a bit business-like after following some of the tips. One more thing. Sometimes a first business-cum-home-apartment can be overwhelming and you might think “I don’t have the money to do this,” but instead of freaking out, simply break it down by room and even further from the wall. If you want it, you can do it.
Happy designing and good luck on the new business!