Oftentimes, house plans are built with great anticipation of being the perfect dream home. However, in many cases, what is greeted with excitement later turns into a lot of regrets and a lot of “I Wish” and “I could have”.
Common interior design mistakes happen to the best of us, including the designers themselves. The fact is, we will never be 100% satisfied with every design aspect of our homes. If you take the necessary time, in the beginning, to get familiar with the design layout, you can avoid regrettable design flaws in your interior decors.
Each home is viewed differently by each homeowner. A perfect layout for you, may not work so well for others. Like how your taste in your jewelry collection is different from the person next to you. That being said, most designer house plans are designed within the broad scope of how most families will use a home.
To make sure that your home is livable for your family and good enough to attract buyers in resale, you will need to avoid certain design pitfalls. This article will highlight the worst things you can do and the worst interior design mistakes you can make when building your home.
The Worst Interior Design Mistakes to Avoid When Building Your Home:
1. The Kitchen and Garage Are Too Far From Each Other
Keep it simple. The garage should be near the kitchen. Not many homeowners or home buyers want to walk all the way from the garage to the kitchen. The main argument is that you can quickly transfer groceries from a car to a kitchen. This is an old argument, but still very powerful. The best solution is to make these rooms as close to each other as possible.
2. Entrance Hall Is Too Small
The first space people see when entering your home is the entrance or foyer. If this space is small and dark, well it’s not inviting. Make your foyer an inviting event. It doesn't have to be oversized just to be comfortable. You should not build a staircase closer than 5 feet to the front door. The room needs to be big enough to fit a small piece of furniture like a chair or console table.
3. Bad Room Configuration
The need for multiple rooms is another common home design mistake. Do not create too many designated rooms for specific use. This design theory could use up too much of the available space. How can we make these rooms bigger? The more rooms that are added on, the more room that can be used. Designing your home in this manner allows for more flexibility in the future. In the event of resale, you are more likely to attract a larger pool of home buyers who can see their own options for that space.
4. Using A Room As A Hallway
A method of designing homes with a central room that connects the front of the house, back of the house, and the bedrooms are seen in old shotgun houses. Gallery-style kitchens are often used as corridors in tight design configurations. This is not the case when using rooms as a hallway. In the typical home today, for example, the patterns of the design would be destroyed if the following were true. The need for hallways or corridors is inevitable. They connect the rooms of the home and make a passage between them. The goal is to minimize the hallways as much as possible but not affect the overall function of the home.
5. Master Bedroom and Entry Location
The master bedroom should be a place where you can feel comfortable in private. Get too close to the kitchen or family room and your sanctuary becomes an extension of those spaces in the way of noise. Try to make the living space and the master bedroom not too close together. One flaw in the master bedroom design is that the entry to the bedroom would be off the family room, the kitchen, or the breakfast room. These are rooms where people can come together. The door to the master bed must stay closed at all times to keep the room private.
Final Thoughts
I’m sure that many of you could come up with many more design flaws. However, the aforementioned common home design mistakes are far too commonplace these days.
It’s best to avoid these interior design mistakes as much as you can. Your home’s interior design is important, like how important kitchen accessories are in a kitchen, or how important furniture is to a living room. You will be spending most of your time in your house, and if not, this is the place you go to after your entire day is done or the place where you invite people over. Having a badly designed house won’t leave a good impression on anyone.