The space you’re in has a lot to do with your mood. If you doubt this, go up to the penthouse floor of any high rise luxury apartment tower. When your surroundings are pleasing to your senses and preferences, you feel calm, relaxed and prone to productivity.
This phenomenon is shared by people of all ages. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to be intentional about how your children’s homework space makes them feel when they’re in it.
Opportunities and possibilities are as boundless as your imagination. If you need a little inspiration for the homework space in your custom built home, we’ve compiled some trending ideas. Use one or more of them for the betterment of your child’s educational development.
Incorporate your child’s interests into the room design
Most of your custom home is based on your and your spouse’s preferences, tastes, and desires. You may not want your kids picking out your living room set or choosing the paint color for your kitchen, but surely they can have a say in the design of their own spaces.
Is your kid enthralled by a certain theme or topic? Incorporate that into the design, and fuel the pursuit of their dreams. Perhaps they are fascinated by tall buildings. Incorporate skyscrapers and clean architectural elements in the design of their homework space. You may help create momentum for them in the journey of self-discovery.
Efficient, elegant, and long-lasting designs incorporate built-in furniture.
From a more practical perspective, you want your design to be efficient. You may be focused on cost efficiency, or space efficiency, or both. In either case, using built-in furniture design is a traditional custom home design strategy, now somewhat often overlooked.
Think of the elements you’d expect to have in a homework room. Minimally, you’ll want a desk, some shelves, and adequate lighting. Rather than your trying to piecemeal your room design together with furniture from Ikea or Walmart, ask your custom home design team to help you make the job totally unique.
Built-ins are actually a practical, high-end way to approach custom home design in any room. You don’t have to worry about moving furniture to vacuum or dust underneath or behind. A built-in desk with surrounding shelves and lighting will make great use of the space and usually last a lot longer than store-bought furniture.
Involve your child. Make it a family project
If your kid is the independent, creative type, they’ll relish this opportunity and flood you with design ideas. With their boundless energy and creativity, the homework space will end up unique and catered to their personality.
Helping a parent design a room is a big project, and the fact that the room will be their space will give them a great sense of pride once it’s complete. Not only will having your kid’s input actually make the design challenge easier, but it will also teach them a valuable lesson. They’ll come to appreciate what it means to make decisions that they will live with over time.
Get started on your kid’s custom homework space today
You want your child to feel happy, comfortable and confident in the space where they do their homework. The better they feel about where they are in life and who they are, the better they’ll do on each assignment they work on in that space. Your custom home is about more than materials, furniture, and trim. It’s about the feelings of the people who live there. Alair Homes Delta is here to help you create a home that your whole family will love. Contact us to get started on your project.