Make sure to remember Series….Property Conditions

If you are renting or selling it does not matter, you need to leave the house in a suitable and respectable way. This will involve cleaning and making sure any repairs or general maintenance has been ‘made good’. If you were previously renting, this will mean that all the furniture and cupboards will need clearing out and sorting. 

This will include the wardrobe door units and furniture being wiped down if you are leaving furniture.

If purchasing a home from another buyer, they will have already listed what they are leaving and you will have a record of this. The house will also be left in a tidy way with all boxes removed and only the things that were recorded left. 

Make sure to get meter readings for the utilities as soon as you move in and send these across to the supplier.

Make sure to remember Series….Check Pets Details

If you have animals that are micro-chipped and registered at the vets make sure you update any details on their files and collars. Animals are not as easy to move as furniture as they will need planning and settling in unlike some doors or wardrobe doors that will simply need re-hanging. 

Ask your vet for advice before you move your animals to their new home, so they can advise on the best way and you are aware how their behaviour might change for a couple of days. They will also feel more comfortable if they know that someone is there while they are settling into their new home.

A vet might offer advice such as bring familiar items from the old house to the new house or the best way to show the cats their new surroundings and how they will settle in quicker.

Make Sure to Remember Series..Moving Date Confirmed

This is a series of posts on all the things to remember to look at or do when moving home. It is important not to forget or get too stressed when moving or starting to empty wardrobes and be able to close those large wardrobe doors.

 

Get a confirmed moving date first. If you are in a chain or first time buyer you need to make sure that you can book a removal van if needed or know when to book time off work to move. If you have holidays booked make sure you have made your solicitor aware and you can work around this. If you start to book removal vans without getting a confirmed date this might need to be changed and you will end up stressed as you cannot confirm anything.

Canvas Wardrobes For Teenagers

I have seen many houses and many bedrooms that belong to children or teenagers. The difference in furniture within these rooms is clear to see. The obvious reason for this is that tastes change, children grow up and their needs and clothes space changes. If you imagine that that a teenager might not appreciate an antique wardrobe but still needs somewhere to hang those clothes.

The option of canvas wardrobes are popular as they are simple to construct and can be adapted or colour scheme altered with another canvas colour. These wardrobes do not have slide wardrobe doors in the same sense as there is no solid runners or unit for the doors to be hung onto. It is important to note that whilst canvas wardrobes make a cheap alternative, there are some problems which I came across when asking the homeowner about them.

• They attract dust, so if you have someone with an allergy to dust, these are not the best wardrobes.
• They can get dirty quite quickly from hands touching the same areas of material on a regular basis. The covers can come off and be washed but you need to aware of this when purchasing.Traditional wardrobe doors do not show up the dirt as they are wood or glass.
• Not very sturdy, so they definitely cannot be moved around too much.
• Finally, they do not hold a huge amount of weight so they are ideal for small children, or as an extra wardrobe for a teenager, but not ideal for main wardrobe as jeans, jumpers and tshirts soon become too heavy for the rail.

The Glass Wardrobe Doors

Following on from my blog post about walk in wardrobes I have viewed a lot of bedroom décor that has included wardrobes with sliding doors. This creates a really airy space as often the doors are from floor to ceiling and if they are made up of frameless glass these can be really effective. The only problem I discovered with these doors is that you need to position the bed and other furniture so you are not continually catching your own reflection.

The doors can also be hard to keep clean and smear free if you have small children. It might also be an idea to make sure they are not tempted to play too rough close to the doors incase the doors smash, crack or get scratched. This would be a disadvantage to having these doors as one crack would need the whole door replaced.

I would love to hear your thoughts on these type of doors though and how easy they are to keep clean?

The Walk In Wardrobe Design

The walk in wardrobe is something which is proving a popular choice as I come across houses what are limited on space. This is a great option if you have an awkward size room with a space that can be made use of.

Sometimes a full size wardrobe is too big and bulky to fit into gaps, but a space can be created as a walk in wardrobe complete with wardrobe doors that can either have a effective sliding door mechanism or open outwards if there is room.

In some instances, a smaller room next to the bedroom has been made into a storage room complete with sliding doors and walk in wardrobe experience. This is a great way to utilise the room and prevent it from becoming a junk room or just another storage room.

Different Types of Wardrobe Doors

As I have been looking at the different houses and the different ways in which space is created within them, one thing that is always interesting is the different range of furniture and how that has been adapted to the style of room and person who is using the room. For example, an antique wardrobe would look out of place in a teenagers room due to the usage and design of the wardrobe and wardrobe door solution. I started to take an interest in the different types of wardrobes and how contribute towards space and décor.

One of the main wardrobes that I saw was the traditional wardrobe that comes flat packed and is designed to be constructed within the room it will stand. There are benefits to this in that the cost of the wardrobe is often less that the heavy duty, quality wood wardrobes, but they can only be move occasionally and are not designed to be moved frequently as this may affect the structure and presentation of the wardrobe, such as the wardrobe doors not completely closing due to it being dragged across the room too much.

Coffee Tables For Space Saving Ideas

There are some great space saving ideas for furniture so regardless of the size of room that you are trying to furnish. Companies seem to be offering space saving solutions as standard, as they appreciate that homes can become cluttered and it not always possible to move house to create extra space.

Lets start with one of the more popular space saving ideas of the coffee table. The designs for these have changed from the simple base to storage solutions for newspapers and books. A lot of coffee tables have inbuilt drawers or simply a shelf under the main surface.

We like how this stylish and modern design of coffee table lifts up and extends to create an additional space and also storage underneath, but without the drawers.

A great space saver for the lounge, come back to the blog for some ideas on space saving in the other rooms of the house, such as wardrobes with sliding doors and fold away tables.