Bright & friendly FAMILY SPACES

How to define areas in your house so everyone feels right at home

The family home has been subject to many changes over the past 100 years – the size of houses is different, as are the attitudes and needs of modern families.

This means that homes need to be more flexible to allow for the many different demands of everyone who lives there, and they need to be able to adapt as children grow and require different spaces.

To ensure that the whole family can enjoy the home at the same time, it’s become important that spaces can be used for more than one purpose, so it’s not simply all about the kids. With a little thought, many rooms in the house can be used for a range of family activities.

Here’s how you can create multipurpose living spaces in your home and keep the whole family happy.

ZONING FOR OPEN-PLAN LIVING

The biggest change in family homes has been the removal of internal walls creating large open-plan homes. These are perfect to entertain and great for the whole family to spend time together as one unit, but it can provide interesting issues as the family grows and everyone tries to get a little bit of that space to themselves.