Reimagining your living space after divorce is an incredible opportunity to redefine and showcase your new life. 🪴📚
After you’re done saging the place (seriously), we’ve got some great ideas for reclaiming your space and making it your own. ✨🛁
Keep reading for 10 practical tips for refreshing your living space after divorce provided by Danielle Waldera, our realtor expert-in-residence.
10 tips for reclaiming your space
- Start with a clean emotional slate.
- Declutter anything that carries emotional weight from the marriage or relationship. If it doesn’t make you feel good or reflect who you are now, let it go.
- Don't rush, grieve what you need to, then move on to joyfully claiming your space in your style. - Define what YOU love.
- Ask yourself: What colors, materials, art, and lighting make me feel like me?
- Create a Pinterest board with colors, rooms, patterns & layouts that inspire you.
- Tip: Changing a space can be relatively inexpensive and easy to do by creating accent walls, incorporating bold throw pillows, adding greenery, etc. - Make a statement with art or decor.
- Pick one bold piece that represents your personality, like a painting, a funky lamp, a gallery wall, etc.
- This can serve as the room’s anchor and a daily reminder of your identity. - Design for comfort and control.
- Make the space nurturing, cozy, and functional, especially if the previous home was more about compromise than identity.
- Treat yourself to a divorce gift! It’s time to splurge on that comfy chair, new mattress or coffee machine you always wanted. - Add living things.
- Plants or fresh flowers bring life, growth, and movement into a home; and help create a sense of grounded independence.
- Did you know? Certain plants encourage oxygen flow or positive scents (ie, snake plants, lavender, rosemary, basil etc.) - Layer with textures & senses.
- Think beyond just the way the room looks by engaging the other senses.
- Tip: add textures (throws, rugs, curtains), scents (candles, essential oils), and sounds (a favorite speaker or playlist) that make the space feel like home to you. - Take it one room at a time.
- Avoid overwhelming yourself by starting with a space that you use the most or like the most, like your bedroom or home office.
- Make that room completely yours before moving onto other areas. - Add personal meaning to the space.
- Display photos of friends, travel, or joyful solo memories.
- Create small vignettes on a shelf, desk, or mantle, that tell your story. These small spaces can be filled with souvenirs, quotes, or meaningful and memorable items that you love. - Embrace the freedom.
- Your space can now reflect your rhythm of life. Want a yoga mat in the living room? A record player in the kitchen? A disco ball in the bathroom? Go for it!
- Embrace quirky, fun, or bold touches just because they make you happy. - See this project as a form of self-care.
- Think of decorating not as a chore, but as an act of reclamation and empowerment.
- You're not just furnishing a space, you're rebuilding a life that is wholly and authentically yours.
Have you reclaimed your space? What steps did you take? Let us know in the comments. 💬