How to Infuse Personality Into a Luxury Home
Luxury homes are known for their lavish finishes, their top-of-the-line furnishings, and their specialized customizations. But while customizing a spacious home and adorning it with high-end decor is one thing, adding personality to a luxury home is another thing entirely.
Upscale homes are certainly luxurious, but without infusing some personality and character, living in one can feel like you're occupying a high-end hotel. Your home should feel like HOME, regardless of how grand it is.
At AWH Interiors, we believe that your luxury home should reflect your individual tastes and showcase your interests, passions, and lifestyle. We specialize in helping our clients add character and warmth to their homes to make them feel truly unique and special. Here, we'll share four tips to help you add some personality and individuality to a luxury home.
4 Ways to Add Personal Touches to a Luxury Home
Elegant finishes, sophisticated fixtures, and high-end furniture are great - but they don't necessarily make a space feel like it's truly yours. Below are a handful of ways you can make your home feel a bit more like YOU.
1. Showcase Collectables, Antiques, and Heirlooms
Luxury homes often scream NEW NEW NEW. Many are updated with the newest furnishings, equipped with the latest technologies, and are altogether fresh. A great way to add some personality is to bring in things that are old - or at least older. Vintage items, meaningful family heirlooms, souvenirs from your travels, or artifacts that reflect your interests are a great place to start.
Put your grandmother's china out on display. Hang the artwork you bought from a street vendor in Italy on the wall. Take the armoire your long lost relative built out of storage and actually utilize it in your home. Put an album of travel photos out on the coffee table.
Displaying family antiques, heirloom pieces, and curated collections of artifacts you've collected throughout life's adventures can add layers of personality and interest to a home. These pieces can serve as conversation starters and help to tell your story, while also adding a unique and personal touch to the decor of your home.
2. Create Personal Art & Music Collections
Curating an art collection may sound daunting, but it's really just a matter of assembling a group of pieces that you love. The artwork you gravitate to will naturally reflect your taste and displaying that art can transform blank walls into something much more interesting and personal.
Music has the same effect, except for it's audible. Whether you're drawn to vinyl, you have an extensive CD collection or you've built up a digital catalog of favorite artists and songs, be sure to play music in your home, both when you're hosting guests and when you're not. Music can be an easy and effective tool for self-expression that can add a whole new vibe to your space.
3. Choose a Signature Scent
Scent is one of our most powerful senses - and it's closely tied to memory. Having a signature scent in your home can be a great way to mark it as your own. Candles and diffusers can help with this. Lotions and soaps can be effective places to incorporate signature scents as well.
Having a home fragrance you love creates a powerful sense memory, both for you and those who visit your home.
4. Change Out Fixtures and Finishes
When purchasing a luxury home, you may be tempted to keep the fixtures and finishes as they are. After all, high-end homes filled with high-end components aren't cheap! But while it can be tough to say goodbye to a fancy fixture or an expensive wallpaper that someone else loved, updating these types of things to better reflect your tastes and preferences is a straightforward way to make your house feel more like home.
You don't need to rush this process - but if you come across a light fixture you love, don't be afraid to replace an existing one! See a bathroom inspiration photo you're excited to replicate? Go for it! Want to try out a moody paint color or an interesting wallpaper? Give it a shot. Even high end homes with fancy fixtures and furnishings can serve as a blank slate. Each change you make is a step towards making your luxury home truly reflect YOU.
Create the Luxury Home You've Dreamed Of
Infusing personality into a spacious, luxury home can feel daunting, but it doesn't have to be. Room by room, you can put these strategies to work to create a home that feels luxurious but also reflects your personality and feels genuinely unique.
Working with an experienced interior designer - especially one with experience styling high end homes (like us... *wink wink*) - can be a great option if you're looking to infuse some personality into your luxury home.
At AWH Interiors, we'd love to help you take your home to the next level with personal touches and alterations that resonate with you. Book a consultation call with us today to get the conversation started and find out how we can work together to bring your vision to life.
