How To Blend Regular Family Life With High-Class Interiors
Just because you're a parent, it doesn't mean that you're no longer aspirational, but of course there's a problem. You worry that if you embark on some expensive renovation of your home's living areas, kitchens, dining rooms, and bedrooms, it will all be for nothing because your kids will wreck it with scratches, pen marks, and everything else.
The good news is that there is a way to blend regular family life with luxurious interiors. That's what we explore in this guide. Here's what you should be doing:
Focus on material quality first, looking for stealth durability
The first place you want to start is with material quality. You want to focus on the highest quality materials that you can afford while looking for stealthier durability. What's great about highly durable materials is that most of them look luxurious and they don't tend to tarnish, scratch or degrade as quickly as cheaper materials.
So for example let's say that you want to buy a sofa or you want some sort of material on the inside of your home. In which case, it might be a good idea to go for regular leather. Top grain leather actually benefits from wear and tear over time making it one of the most durable materials around. You may find that after years of use your leather sofa actually looks better than when you got it.
Meanwhile you could also go for quartz or quartzite over marble. Marble is unfortunately porous and requires regular sealing but quartzite and quartz aren't. They're often premium engineered to give you dramatic veins but don't have any staining anxiety especially in the kitchen and the bathroom.
Smart layouts with soft edges
Another way you can make your home feel high-class is to use the power of layouts. Most kids are completely unable to ruin these, simply because it's not within their powers.
For example, you can move your L-shaped sofa into the middle of your living room and place a rug underneath it, surrounded by a coffee table. Even if your child is prone to spilling drinks or making a mess, they can't fundamentally alter the structure of the room. Luxury interior details like this are perfect for giving spaces form and structure. Even if there are toys all over the place, the space maintains its purpose.
Use invisible storage
Another pro tip is to use more invisible storage. Instead of open bookshelves and boxes all over the place, you can use custom built-ins like floor-to-seating cabinetry, which adds architectural value.
Also, don't be afraid to use more double-duty furniture. Instead of picking a sideboard with skinny legs and no drawers, get one that has more storage and areas to put things when you walk through the door. Go for media consoles for your TV, and benches with seamless push-open doors underneath for storing shoes, books, and anything else that your children might have.
There you have it: some of the ways you can blend regular family life with high-class interiors. You don't have to spend a lot of money, and the results can be extraordinary.
