Small Indulgences that Vastly Enhance Everyday Life – and Your Home
Sometimes, it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. These small treats will make you and your home feel special
Big ticket improvements that involve builders and cost lots of money can transform a house, but luckily there are also numerous small and inexpensive ways to give a home a boost. Thoughtful touches and little treats can send comfort and style levels skyrocketing and, better yet, will leave your bank balance largely intact. So focus on a few small indulgences and get ready to reap big benefits.
Enjoy fresh flowers
Cut flowers create a pleasing splash of colour in any space, bringing some of the natural world indoors. Splashing out on big bouquets is costly, though, so use single stems instead.
Separate a bunch of inexpensive blooms and dot them around your home for a floral detail in every room, or cut unassuming flowers from the garden, such as these grape hyacinths prettily displayed in a cup.
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Cut flowers create a pleasing splash of colour in any space, bringing some of the natural world indoors. Splashing out on big bouquets is costly, though, so use single stems instead.
Separate a bunch of inexpensive blooms and dot them around your home for a floral detail in every room, or cut unassuming flowers from the garden, such as these grape hyacinths prettily displayed in a cup.
Discover 10 ways to boost your home with spring blooms
Energise with pieces that make you smile
Add small details to your space that make you smile. They might not be super-stylish or crazily classy, but if they appeal to you, they will enhance your home.
Quirky objects chanced upon in unlikely shops, found treasures or knick-knacks from a car-boot sale – whatever makes you happy deserves a place in your home.
Add small details to your space that make you smile. They might not be super-stylish or crazily classy, but if they appeal to you, they will enhance your home.
Quirky objects chanced upon in unlikely shops, found treasures or knick-knacks from a car-boot sale – whatever makes you happy deserves a place in your home.
Indulge in statement wallpaper
Statement wallpaper, by definition, works best in small doses. This makes it an easy and inexpensive addition to a home. Refresh a chimney breast or cloakroom wall with an eye-catching print. Often, a single roll will suffice, making this a fairly purse-friendly option.
Statement wallpaper, by definition, works best in small doses. This makes it an easy and inexpensive addition to a home. Refresh a chimney breast or cloakroom wall with an eye-catching print. Often, a single roll will suffice, making this a fairly purse-friendly option.
Thoughtfully organise shelves
A beautiful display is a small indulgence any of us can pull off. Empty a cluttered shelf or surface and rearrange it with a selection of your favourite pieces. Once isolated and displayed thoughtfully, they will become a positive focal point.
Get ideas for styling open shelving in your kitchen beautifully
A beautiful display is a small indulgence any of us can pull off. Empty a cluttered shelf or surface and rearrange it with a selection of your favourite pieces. Once isolated and displayed thoughtfully, they will become a positive focal point.
Get ideas for styling open shelving in your kitchen beautifully
Buy proper hangers
Wire hangers can stretch and distort clothes and often become tangled inside a wardrobe, so ditch them and indulge in some decent hangers instead.
Wooden designs are strong enough to support bulky garments and should last a lifetime, while hangers covered with a soft, non-slip fabric coating will keep your clothes in place and prevent them slipping off.
Wire hangers can stretch and distort clothes and often become tangled inside a wardrobe, so ditch them and indulge in some decent hangers instead.
Wooden designs are strong enough to support bulky garments and should last a lifetime, while hangers covered with a soft, non-slip fabric coating will keep your clothes in place and prevent them slipping off.
Weave in colourful accents
Even if you’re committed to muted tones or love clean white, consider introducing a little zingy colour into a room. Nothing reinvigorates a space more than a bright flash of colour, adding a playful note that helps lift the mood of the room.
From a bright cushion or rug to a funky chair, footstool or painted table, it’s an easy and inexpensive way to wake up a scheme.
Even if you’re committed to muted tones or love clean white, consider introducing a little zingy colour into a room. Nothing reinvigorates a space more than a bright flash of colour, adding a playful note that helps lift the mood of the room.
From a bright cushion or rug to a funky chair, footstool or painted table, it’s an easy and inexpensive way to wake up a scheme.
Make room for marvellous mugs
Many of us drink several cups of coffee or tea a day, so turn this everyday ritual into something really enjoyable by sourcing some beautiful mugs.
Your morning cuppa will taste so much better from a beautiful vessel, thoughtfully designed to sit comfortably in the hand, than from a chipped and chunky old mug.
Many of us drink several cups of coffee or tea a day, so turn this everyday ritual into something really enjoyable by sourcing some beautiful mugs.
Your morning cuppa will taste so much better from a beautiful vessel, thoughtfully designed to sit comfortably in the hand, than from a chipped and chunky old mug.
Freshen with subtle scent
It’s easy to overlook the positive and pampering effect of subtle fragrance in a home, as the visual and tactile appeal of a space tends to take priority. Softly scented rooms welcome you before you’ve even had time to admire the cushions or artwork, appealing to our often overlooked sense of smell.
Source scented candles, diffusers and room sprays or, at the very least, throw the windows wide for an hour or two to air and refresh your rooms.
It’s easy to overlook the positive and pampering effect of subtle fragrance in a home, as the visual and tactile appeal of a space tends to take priority. Softly scented rooms welcome you before you’ve even had time to admire the cushions or artwork, appealing to our often overlooked sense of smell.
Source scented candles, diffusers and room sprays or, at the very least, throw the windows wide for an hour or two to air and refresh your rooms.
Showcase a terrific tray
A beautiful tray is a treat for your home. Use it to organise a display, frame a selection of objects or simply show off your cups and cakes when it’s time for tea.
In the bathroom, group candles and beautiful bottles on a tray. In a living space, use one as an informal drinks trolley, holding everything you need for an indulgent cocktail.
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Do you have any small indulgences you treat yourself and your home to? Please tell us about them in the Comments below.
A beautiful tray is a treat for your home. Use it to organise a display, frame a selection of objects or simply show off your cups and cakes when it’s time for tea.
In the bathroom, group candles and beautiful bottles on a tray. In a living space, use one as an informal drinks trolley, holding everything you need for an indulgent cocktail.
TELL US…
Do you have any small indulgences you treat yourself and your home to? Please tell us about them in the Comments below.
Even if you’re not achieving the recommended eight hours of sleep a night, you will still be spending much of your life between the sheets, so treat yourself to some quality bedding.
Cotton with a high thread count or crisp linen feel wonderful against skin and, while good-quality bedding will cost a little more, it will repay you with night after night of comfort. It’s also generally more durable than the bog-standard variety.