Downsize your house – NOT your style!

So, you’re finally making the move to a smaller place with Cedar Ridge Homes – congratulations! No more huge property tax bill or utilities eating up your budget. But are you worried about how to decorate your new place so that you’ll love it as much as your old one? Don’t be!

Design for the new you

One of the biggest mistakes downsizers make is trying to replicate their old style in their new home. And while you may be working with much of the same furniture and fabrics, an exact design match is unlikely – and inadvisable. This is a new phase in your life. Feel free to reinvent yourself accordingly!

Take chances

One of the best things about living in a smaller space is that you can make more fearless design choices. Why? One factor is the cost. It doesn’t take as much to, say, wallpaper a living room when it’s one-third the size of your old one. Two, if you don’t like a particular choice, it’s much easier to do away with it and start again!

Be in the now

Some of your design schemes were likely undertaken with the future in mind (resale value, for example). But if you’ll be enjoying a downsized home in your golden years, you’re welcome to customize it to your heart’s desire – right now!