8 Ways to Create a Cozy Home, According to a Professional Stager
Interesting design isn't about using fancy furnishings. It's about the utility of space and how to make a home cozy. It’s all about how a home makes you feel. After all, the emotions a home evokes are what drive up the price.
Let us show you how that’s done through staging a home so you can take away some cozy home ideas and tips for your own spaces.
Research consistently shows that staged homes sell faster and for more money. An average buyer doesn't understand how their furniture will fit into the new space. They may not know which wall to hang a TV on, or if their L-shaped couch will look better than a traditional couch. We help tell a story in a home through staging but you can do the same in your home.
How to make a home cozy
1. Accentuate the room’s focal point
Here you can see that we have two lounge chairs positioned on either side of the fireplace, which is the focal point of the room. This arrangement not only accentuates the centerpiece of the room but the difference in height between the low lounge chairs and the tall ceilings makes the whole room look much bigger.
2. Showcase the windows
Window dressings make a home feel cozy but they also accentuate the windows. Here’s a little trick when staging: to hide a seam when you hang curtains with grommets, loop the first grommet so you don’t see the back of the fabric. This way, you'll hide the seam and it never blocks the frame.
This is really only for staging so you can showcase the window. If you were living here, looping the curtain the other way so you can close the curtain.
3. Focus on the yard
This is an unusually spacious lot so we placed an outdoor sectional couch to bring the eye to this focal point. At the same time, the eye also goes directly to the rest of the yard.
4. Splurge on accessories
This home is 73 years old so there’s no fancy recess lighting that newer homes may have. Every room has additional light fixtures along with an overhead light. We also do karate chops on pillows to create the illusion of comfort. Most people don't realize that the creation of a fluffy and full-looking seating area with karate-chopped pillows creates coziness and comfort.
5. Aim for clutter-free spaces
This two-bedroom home has 936 square feet of living space and yet it doesn't feel cramped. It feels very light and airy and we're still not missing any of life's essentials. There’s a normal queen-size bed in the master bedroom, a full-size dining table, and a humongous amount of storage in the kitchen with plenty of clean counter space.
6. Create versatility
Proper staging elevates a home’s architecture from interesting to amazing. This room, for example, can be very versatile. There’s plenty of space but it can be a kid’s room, a hobby room, or an office.
7. Enhance the front porch
We've created beautiful spaces for practical living in this tiny, tiny house, including the often overlooked front porch. It’s the perfect spot for morning coffee.
8. Add more outdoor seating areas
We used the outdoor areas to give a buyer an idea of what could be done with the space. We put in three outdoor seating areas including a patio dining set. We created a sense of privacy in the backyard.
How to make your home feel cozy
Have you ever walked into a home you were looking at buying and you really liked it, but you didn't understand why? Home staging is why. It stirs up emotions because it tells a story in every room in the house.
We hope you were inspired by the way we maximized a tiny house with cozy home decor. Let us know in the comments if you’ll use any of these ideas to make your home feel cozy.
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