Daily Deals from a Nerd Mom

After years living in your home, it can start to feel suffocating and lack space. You may not want to move as you’ve made so many memories in your home and you still love it, but you just want a bit of extra space. Renovating your home to add some extra space might be the solution you’re looking for. Below are some ideas that might work in your home to help it feel less cramped and give you more space to breathe.

Convert Your Garage Space

A lot of people have spaces in their home that are used as dumping grounds or just aren’t optimized for the home. Take your garage, for example. Who actually ends up storing their car there? It ends up being used to store all your unorganised clutter. It’s a huge space that has a lot of untapped potential. 

Your garage, depending on its size, can be shaped into whatever space you need. You could transform it into a home office, spare bedroom – or if it’s big enough, a small flat with a bathroom and even a small kitchen. 

Transform Your Attic

Attic conversions are the usual go-to for people wanting to extend their home without adding any extra walls. It’s the perfect location for an extra bedroom or playroom for the kids, even adding a toilet or bathroom if there’s room. Obviously, you would have to add some stairs, which would take up some of the space and impact the space downstairs, but it would increase the overall size of your living space.

Add A Conservatory

Adding conservatories to a home is ideal for those who feel their home is dark and cramped. They can bring in so much light to your home and can be a great space for entertaining or adding a dining table/second sitting room. They also make a great bridge between the outside and inside of your home, especially if you opt for large bi-fold doors. Building a conservatory can seem expensive, but it  is more cost-effective than building a whole new extension with the same amount of space

Create An Open-Plan Living Area

Sometimes you need to work with what you’ve got and make your home feel bigger without adding any walls – in fact, why not rip some of them out? Making your home more open can make the space seem a lot bigger, plus it’s more affordable than adding more rooms if you’re on a budget. Think about knocking down any internal walls between your kitchen and living room for example, and have a large open-plan living space downstairs. If you still want a bit more privacy remember walls don’t have to span the whole room. You could opt for some half-height or half-width walls to still create some privacy if you need it.

These ideas should help to re-inspire you and help you to decide what you should do with your home if it’s starting to feel a bit claustrophobic. Whether you knock down existing walls to make it feel more open or convert some of your existing spaces so they’re more useful for you, you’ll be able to make your home feel much more spacious.

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