Settling in after moving into your independent living apartment in a retirement community can be daunting. Many people become slightly demoralized, especially if they feel alone and far from family and friends. There are things you can do to ameliorate this, and one of these is making your apartment in senior living in Blacklick, OH feel more homely.
The point of doing this is to make your apartment remind you of your home and family. This will instantly make you feel a lot more comfortable since it will feel a bit like being surrounded by family. You should be careful when doing this to avoid cluttering your apartment. Some of the decorating tips you can inculcate into your apartment decoration include:
Choose A Floor Plan to Suit You
When moving to a retirement community for the first time, consider choosing a floor plan that is both suitable to your needs and that you will find easy to decorate. Our retirement community has apartments with different floor plans that you can use as inspiration.
Find Out What You Can Do
Before embarking on a decorating project, find out what you can do. Do not take up a task that will be too difficult for you. You may end up not finishing it or may require specialized help that may be expensive to get. In some cases, you may get hurt when decorating the apartment.
To find out what you can and cannot do, first consult the retirement community on what changes you are allowed to make to the apartment. Some may have restrictions regarding this. For instance, you may not be allowed to put holes in furniture and structures such as walls and the ceiling.
Use Scents
Familiar scents can make an apartment feel like home every time you get into it. Try to remember the scents that were common in your home and try to replicate them in the new apartment. Using scented candles or plug-in devices to produce a scent in the house is a terrific way to achieve this. Avoid overdoing it since this may induce respiratory problems such as cough and allergies. You can also use plants that have a familiar scent.
Get Some Help from Family
Your family members can be sources of great ideas when deciding how to make your apartment look and feel more homely. When they come to visit, they could even help you decorate the apartment according to your needs. One advantage of getting help from family is that they can also come with items such as photo frames and pieces of art, and then help in putting them up in the new apartment. This gives the apartment a new feel without you having to expend a lot of energy.
These are just some of the ways of transforming your retirement community apartment into a more homely one. Also, remember to try and interact with other members of the community to make your stay as memorable as possible. We have a large number of activities you can take part in as hobbies and as ways of meeting people.
