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What make a St. Louis house a home is the feeling you get when you walk in and look forward to being there. Regardless of the style, layout, or size of your home you can do some very simple things to make it feel like home even if you only plan to be a resident there for a few years. Here are a few simple tips to help make your home more inviting…
Make it Smell Like Home
One of the simplest ways to make your house a home is to fill it with smells of home. Is there a specific flower or scent that remind you of your childhood home? Fill a vase with them and place them on an entry table so it’s the first thing you smell when you walk in the house to welcome you home.
Make your Hobbies a Priority at Home
What do you love to do? Enjoying the activities you love in your new St. Louis property is a strong factor in how to make a new house feel like a home. Are you into fitness? Use a cute basket you can place in the corner of a room you like to workout with your yoga mat and some bands, yoga block maybe a kettlebell and whatever you need to get in an at home workout. Love to paint? Find a spot with some sunshine for your easel. Handy? Create a workspace in the garage or basement where you can do your best work in a safe area.
Play or Watch Games with your Family
St. Louis is so lucky to have some of the best teams in the nation with a new soccer team just this year! Snuggle in and plan a game night to watch a Cardinals game, Blues game, or STL City soccer game with hot dogs and nachos. If we don’t have any games on the calendar that night…decompress after a day at work to play a board game with the family. Break out Battleship, Clue, Sorry or Jenga and enjoy being with each other. Time with family is the most important thing.
Cook Family Recipes in the Kitchen
Is there a particular food dish your grandparents or parents used to make you? Break out the recipe and cook it and let the aromas fill the home. We make kitchens a big priority in our rehabs for our residents because we know its the heart of the home and scents are strongly tied to memory. Bringing in those wonderful scents will bring out those old happy emotions that make your home feel comfortable and safe.
Looking for a place in St. Louis to call home? Contact us at St. Louis Leasing Co. We have homes available you can move in as soon as this week. Check out our available homes and submit an application online to become one of our residents find your new happy place!