When designing your home, there are clever decisions you can make to help with the long-term maintenance and to avoid the hassle of constant cleaning. Here are some little tips for what you should consider while designing to help you maintain your space with ease, keeping it clean and tidy.
Flooring
When deciding on the materials and colour for your floor, you need to consider who will be using the space. Do you have a big family with little feet running around the house? Is your place likely to receive high traffic of people on a regular basis? If this is the case then avoid shiny finishes especially in colours such as black or white where the dirt will stand out more.
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Work Surfaces
The surfaces must be carefully considered to suite your needs when designing your home. It is important to remember that dark matt finished worktops and stainless-steel worktops will easily show finger prints and marks, whilst marble is very porous.
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Features
Features such as architraves, covings and other wall mouldings might be beautiful, but they are also great at collecting dust and can be a real nightmare to clean. Investing in flexible cleaning products to target these areas will help to tackle dust in no time!
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Clever Storage Solutions
Hiding clutter out of sight is a great way to keep your space looking great and easy to maintain. With less items gathering dust, your cleaning time will be cut. It may be worth considering bespoke storage to suit your individual requirements and Amberth offer this as part of their services.
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Mounted Basins And Tap Mixers
These require greater care each time you wash your hands and face. The decision to wall mount your taps to create an easy to maintain vanity area for the long-term use will avoid a build-up of water stains and limescale.
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Open-Shelves
This is a great way to enhance your space with books, ornaments, and interior accessories, but shelves are also the perfect dust collectors. However, if you plan this as a main feature and are keen to have them in your home use light coloured shelves; the material should ideally be wood or a wood veneer.
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Units
Low-medium rise units can be the biggest dust collectors. Providing your ceilings are perfectly levelled, we would advise you to take your units up to the ceiling. An alternative is to use a finishing plinth for a smart look.
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Furniture On Legs
This looks appealing and can often add character to your space but when it comes to cleaning it isn’t the most straight forward process. Often these areas get cleaned once or twice per year due to the amount of moving involved. We suggest wall mounting your vanity units and storage solutions to create easy access underneath and a clean, minimal look. Clean and wipe as you go for a well-kept space all year round.
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Decorative Chandeliers
Decorative chandeliers are always a lovely final touch for your space, but during the process of selection consider how easy it will be to maintain. Decorative chandeliers gather dust very easily so if you do not have the time to clean the chandeliers opt for a style with a smooth surface.
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If you would like further assistance with designing your home renovation please feel free to contact Amberth here to talk to a member of the team. Alternatively, call us on 02073548958.
