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A key aspect of creating a comfortable home involves discovering ways to amplify its sense of place. Following the latest fashions will not necessarily bring you happiness in your home, but embracing its setting certainly will.
You just need to open your eyes to the boundless possibilities of your house and its environment, and dedicate your energy to realising its full potential. By linking your home to its setting, or by establishing a new narrative within the property’s boundaries, you can create a place that feels special. It might sound like the sort of thing that only works if, but there are things that can be done wherever you live. Suitability is everything. When designing your interior and exterior, your first thought should be: “Is this appropriate?” Play up the house’s strengths. That might be its petite proportions, its lightfilled, flowing spaces, or its sleek floor-to-ceiling door openings. Not to speak of the beautiful, borrowed views of hills or trees beyond. There can be no underestimating the importance of a home’s relationship to its place, and its vistas are your greatest asset. The heady, full-on physical experience of a home is to be had only when you maximise its interaction with its setting.
