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Living / Dining: How to design a great space for your lifestyle  - Episode 2 (Season 2)

Living / Dining: How to design a great space for your lifestyle - Episode 2 (Season 2)

FromGet It Right with Undercover Architect


Living / Dining: How to design a great space for your lifestyle - Episode 2 (Season 2)

FromGet It Right with Undercover Architect

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The question we’re asking today is: How do we make our living and dining rooms, great spaces in our new or renovated home?
We spend a huge amount of our time in our homes in our main living and dining rooms. In fact, these spaces, along with our kitchen, get prime use in our homes. So, getting it right in these rooms can and will have a significant impact on how our home feels and functions overall.
In this episode, Amelia shares some amazing research that will help you understand where to place the lion’s share of your effort, energy and budget in your renovation or new home. It’s a game-changer.
She also shares detail about how to achieve the four “F’s” in your main living and dining space. She'll uncover how to tailor this learning to your own design, so you can create a great living and dining space in your home.
There’s 3 key mistakes Amelia sees many homeowners make when creating their living and dining rooms. She’ll go through these in detail so you can avoid them in your design. What are they? You’ll need to listen (!) … but avoiding these mistakes will help you …
Mistake #1 Avoiding this will help you enhance the relaxation of your living space
Mistake #2 Knowing this one will mean you don’t create a modern problem in how you use this room
Mistake #3 Not doing this is a sure-fire way to build in flexibility and comfort into your main living room
Amelia will also provide 3 design tips to help you get it right in these spaces. She goes through them in detail, how to execute them, and give you some action steps.
Design tip #1 Tells you where to locate your living space in your home
Design tip #2 Gives you tips about what you should be doing early on in the design process
Design tip #3 Outlines how to arrange the room so you see certain elements first
(There’s also key tips about your dining room – and how to avoid a big mistake many homeowners make in where they position it in their reno or new home design).
Listen to the podcast now. You’ll be on the way to getting it right in your design for your main living and dining spaces.
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Released:
Mar 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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If we haven’t met before, I’m Amelia Lee, the architect behind Undercover Architect: an online business to help and teach homeowners like you how to get it right when designing, building and renovating your home. Undercover Architect is all about giving you access to the industry knowledge and insights you need to avoid the mistakes and dramas that can cost you thousands, tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars. And it’s about levelling the playing field, so that the world of renovating and building doesn’t seem so mysterious, and you can be the active driver in your project, navigating it with know-how and confidence. Undercover Architect helps and teaches homeowners through this podcast, the website, and online courses and programs, including my flagship program, HOME Method. I truly believe that when you know the questions to ask, the steps to take and the best way to create a home that works, feels great, and that you feel great in, you can enjoy the process of building and renovating, as well as the home you move into at the end of this ambitious journey. Consider Undercover Architect your secret ally: whoever you’re working with, and whatever your location, your budget or your dreams. For more, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com