When you think of a luxury home, what do you imagine in your mind’s eye? Is it a dusky room of dark wood with a magnificent glass of whiskey poised atop a regal old desk? There are different ways people will put together a luxury home. The opaque wooden desk could just as easily be replaced with a glass-and-marble workstation. The way these essential ingredients of a luxury home play out might vary, but by-and-large, all homes above a certain level include at least 7 of these 10 elements.
Smart Tech Systems
Smart home systems are designed to reduce work and costs while elevating your daily life. Examples of smart home systems to minimize cost might be automatic energy management. This technology uses motion sensors to keep lights on where there are actually people and keep the lights off where there is nobody. Other examples include voice control, immersive sound rooms, or even something like a sensory deprivation tank to meditate in.
Play Inclusion
Play is not only important for kids. It is a natural way of keeping yourself sharp and young. Helpguide.com says play in adults can improve the quality of our relationships, workplace creativity, and mood. It is an underrated element that all homes should include but luxury homes must include. In a home, this can mean warm common areas with inclusive ambiance. A fireplace, for example, can be enough to spark a cherished family tradition of playing Uno or Parcheesi on cold nights.
Fitness Area
Luxury homeowners are often high-powered individuals with a lot of energy and dynamism. This energy cannot remain confined only to the work arena. Physical health is critically important. For this reason, your luxury home must have at least some gym equipment for yourself, your family, and your visitors.
Indoor Outdoor Space
At the time of writing, this trend in luxury living has been going strong for more than three years. Many homeowners will actually invest in building an indoor-outdoor space if their home does not already have one. This space does not have to be complicated. Some homes simply set up a semi-permanent gazebo in the garden and call it a day. This space is a way to switch things up. Invest in a portable hammock and a lap desk for a breezy little outdoor office.
Coherent Aesthetic
Ornaments, décor, and wall art can make your luxury house feel like a home. The trouble many beginner homeowners run into when designing their home is keeping all the ingredients matched and balanced. This can be especially difficult if you are not working with a single style and a single color palette. For inspiration on what color palettes go well together, use Adobe Color. This free tool crowdsources the ideas and good taste of thousands of designers to provide you with the kind of inspiration that you would have had to pay hundreds or thousands of pounds for.
Garden or Roof Garden
If you do not live in a house, but an apartment, do not fear! It can be just as easy to create a beautiful, private green space to meditate, work, and relax in. Look for apartments that have roof gardens or special terraces for residents. Green spaces are important. When considering your luxury living, be sure to keep an eye on mental as well as physical health. When you are unable or unwilling to leave the house, it can be an enormous relief to be able to stroll “in nature” within the comfort of your own complex. Some of the best green luxury living in the world is designed by the Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).
A Practical Kitchen
Do you like to cook? If you do, this is a must. You cannot simply inhabit a luxury dwelling, you must live in a luxury home. A few of the necessary utilities are a drawer dishwasher, refrigerated drawers, warming drawers, beverage station, and marble or wooden countertops.
An Opulent Bathroom
Imagine a warm soak in the tub after a long day of work. Sometimes the hammock just isn’t enough! For days like these, you might want to invest in something like a luxurious bathtub. Set this against a natural backdrop for a level of serenity that will mellow you out for the rest of the week. In your luxury bathroom, you will want a splash of refreshing green, stone floors, and an open, clean design.
Trend-Relevant
Trends in luxury living can be found all over the internet. We actually have some for you right here. Simplicity and boldness are in!
Not Basic
To wrap it up, we would like to recommend creativity in your luxury living. It is not enough to buy a home with a large price tag. You want to be proud of your home. You want your family and guests to feel happy, comfortable, and inspired.
In anything you do, anywhere you go, just remember to SWYM (say what you mean).
*This was a collaborative post but my love of modern luxury interiors is 100% my own.
