17 Super Ideas For First Time Homeowners!

Buying your first home can be very exciting! Here are a few tips to help young first-time, homeowners make sense of it all and create a beautiful home!

There’s a first time for everything and while buying your first home can be a very costly and stressful affair, it is also the perfect time to invest in your furniture and decor. Here are a few tips to help young first time, homeowners make sense of it all and create a beautiful home!

Assess What You Have Vs What You Want

Moving to your first home? This is a good time to make a list of your inventory and a wish list too!

Inventory Management
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Re-Upholster Old Furniture

Old is gold. Do not throw away hand-me-down furniture, instead, change the upholstery for a fresh, clean, new look!

Try to do it Yourself
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Cool Centerpieces

Attention getting centerpieces, like an uber cool coffee table in the living area or eclectic modern art on the walls, will add oodles of style to your space!

An uber cool Rubix Cube coffee table
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Rugs And Carpets

Make your floor interesting without investing in flooring! Instead buy a few cheap and cheerful rugs and carpets to cover your floor and make the room warm, cozy and inviting.

Rugs add color and cozy up a room
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Specific Storage & Organizer Boxes

Please throw out your collection of random take out containers, ice-cream and cookie boxes! Get an appealing array of matching organizer boxes to make your new kitchen look a million bucks! Totally worth the investment.

Similar containers, placed neatly on open kitchen shelves
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Organize Cords

Phones, tablets, laptops, IPods, gadgets everywhere? And everything comes with a corresponding charger. Arrange all those tangled cords by creating a charging hub in a convenient spot. Try your hand at making this DIY charging dock , find instructions here.

DIY charging station
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Collage Of Photos

Print out a few cherished memories from your digital photo album and make a collage that you can proudly show off in your living room. A photo collage can be a great conversation starter too, and since you just moved, here is an idea for your first photo collage, document the moving and buying process for your first home!

Framed photo collage on a living room wall
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Accessorize Accessorize!

Have a few antique hand-me-downs from your great grandmother? Or a collection of hats, sunglasses or umbrellas? Decorate a wall by displaying them all!

Hats and scarves are all you need to adorn a wall
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Clocks With Personality

No boring clocks, there are better ways to read time like this clock for the math geek inside of you!

The geek's wall clock!
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Furniture That Speaks

Coffee Lover? Invest in a coffee table, an espresso maker and make your own café corner. Book lovers, try this bookshelf! One amazing, statement piece of furniture is all you need.