Choosing how to improve our homes is an exciting project to undertake but it can also be a bit overwhelming. Smaller upgrades to the inside of your home might not be too intimidating because you can keep them under wraps until they’re complete and depending on the project, you might be able to make tweaks until you’re happy with the end result. But investing in new windows and doors, for example, is something that your neighbours will see as soon as the project is underway and are improvements that are not easily changed once installed. You therefore need to feel confident about your choices before the work begins.
Top tips to get your dream home
When choosing any new products for your home, or making any big design decisions, it’s worth looking around at home improvement magazines, product brochures, and property TV programmes and collecting images and ideas of what you like and what you don’t like. If you can build a mood board of pictures that show your preferences, it might help your tradesperson deliver precisely what you want.
According to interior designer Sarah Gibson, it’s good not to get too bogged down with trying to fit into one favoured style category for your entire home. It’s good to factor in the architectural style and location of your home, but within these broad categories you should feel free to express yourself with design choices you like. We couldn’t agree more with this sentiment. For example, if you have a slightly older house in the countryside but your preference is for a more modern style, it is possible to marry modern aesthetics with more traditional choices. Inside you might choose a mix of modern and traditional furniture and place them against a backdrop of classic paint colours, while for window and doors you might opt for a more modern material like aluminium, but a design that is in a more traditional heritage style.
Another top tip to achieve your dream home is to talk to a tradesperson that understands your vision. It shouldn’t often be the case but sometimes tradespeople will have products they prefer to install, or that are more profitable, so can come to the table with their own biases. A good aluminium window and door installer for example, will be able to talk you through all of the options and work with the manufacturers that make their products from an early stage to deliver precisely the style and finish that are right for you.
Reynaers at Home – a network you can trust
The Reynaers at Home network is a partnership between Reynaers Aluminium and carefully selected local installers. Reynaers Aluminium designs and manufactures the aluminium components that are used to fabricate the windows and doors, and only ever supplies directly to our trade partners. Our Reynaers at Home partners meanwhile are the local retail installers that co-ordinate the supply and installation of your Reynaers Aluminium windows and doors. Because these installation partners have been carefully selected, you can rest assured that they will work with you meticulously on the design of your project as well as deliver a high standard of installation.
If you haven’t yet explored it fully, the Reynaers at Home website is full of inspiration, information about energy efficiency and sustainability, and lots of helpful advice articles about all aspects of choosing aluminium windows and doors that best suit your home. It also explains the process in detail so that you know what you expect at every stage of your home improvement project. Once you have a good idea what you’re looking for, or perhaps you have explored all the options and are still unsure, contact one of our partners who will be able to help you finalise your decisions. They can work directly with the support team at Reynaers Aluminium from the very beginning of the process to make your dreams a reality.
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