| When two people get married they move into a | | | | You want your master bedroom to be clean, |
| home with the hopes and dreams of raising a | | | | organized and uncluttered. There is nothing worse |
| family and living happily ever after. A home is a | | | | than planning a romantic evening or peaceful rest |
| sacred place, it is where we can be the most | | | | in a cluttered master bed room. |
| vulnerable and still feel protected. A home is a | | | | Organization is next, make space for your |
| place to nurture our marriage, raise our families | | | | important stuff. Place books in a book shelf, toys |
| and create lasting memories. It does not matter | | | | in a box, remote controls in a drawer, important |
| what size your home is or what State you live in, | | | | papers in a filing cabinet. Take the time to |
| you can create the home of your dreams in any | | | | organize your home. If you feel over whelmed by |
| place. | | | | this process there are many good companies out |
| When two people come together and share their | | | | there that can help you get organized. |
| environment, it is important that they create the | | | | Invest in furniture that is beautiful and functional |
| space with one another in mind. The first step is | | | | at the same time. When it comes to furniture |
| to find a home that you can afford, not a home | | | | you want it to have the proper placement and |
| that you are struggling to make the payments on | | | | size in your home. You can make your home |
| every month. This is crucial to a happy marriage. | | | | stylish, comfortable, and functional all at the same |
| The most important aspect of your home is that | | | | time. A few tricks that I have helped clients use |
| it cause you minimal stress, it is supposed to be | | | | in their homes is functional storage furniture. A |
| your sanctuary. Often times we think that a | | | | bench nook in a kitchen that opens and stores |
| bigger home is better, we will be more happy, but | | | | things, an ottoman or coffee table in the den that |
| in the end it becomes a burden on the marriage if | | | | store items. The master bed could have a bench |
| you are scraping by each month just to make | | | | at the end of a bed that stores items. Play rooms |
| the payments. So if you are buying a new home, | | | | or kids room, they have all kinds of cubby |
| buy within your price range. If the home you live | | | | shelving with baskets on the market for storage. |
| in is too expensive consider moving to a less | | | | All of these suggestions make a smaller home |
| expensive home, it may end up saving your | | | | seem more spacious when furniture can also be |
| marriage. | | | | used as storage. |
| In my profession as an interior designer and | | | | The last item on the list is style and feel of your |
| marriage counselor, I work with so many clients | | | | home. This may take some time to develop and |
| who barely have the budget to even put blinds up | | | | it is a joint project with your spouse. Most couples |
| in their new home, because the house payment | | | | after looking through magazines together or |
| itself was all they could afford. What horrible | | | | HGTV can usually agree on a style that will make |
| pressure on a new couple to move into a new | | | | both of them happy. Once you have decide on |
| home and not be able to have the money to | | | | the style, you have to be realistic on what kind of |
| make it your own. This will cause undue stress on | | | | budget that you can afford and what you feel is |
| a marriage and in many cases can be the cause | | | | important to spend it on. The old saying is still |
| of divorce itself. | | | | true, the husband wants the big screen television |
| When you do move into a new home or are | | | | and the wife wants her new sectional. My feeling |
| trying to recreate your existing home one of the | | | | is compromise, smaller television. and less |
| first steps to take in helping your marriage is to | | | | expensive sectional or wait and save up for both |
| de-clutter your home. You can start by throwing | | | | at the same time. |
| or giving away items in your home that you no | | | | We all know that marriage can be wonderful and |
| longer use. This can be a very freeing experience | | | | challenging at times. We can however make our |
| once you get started. Many people use clutter as | | | | home a place where marriage can be nurtured |
| a way to be less intimate with their spouse or | | | | and is safe to grow and change in. A home is our |
| children. Clutter can make you feel less productive | | | | sanctuary, and should not be a cause of stress or |
| and even stagnate intimacy in the bed room. A | | | | disagreement. In the times ahead our homes are |
| home that is well organized and not full of clutter | | | | becoming more important to us, we eat out less, |
| is a more peaceful space to be in. You will notice | | | | and we are spending more time at home |
| that when a room becomes too cluttered or | | | | entertaining with our family and friends, so treat |
| disorganized, it no longer is a place of relaxation it | | | | your home as your Temple. There is no greater |
| just becomes the clutter room. This is especially | | | | joy than to raise a family in a happy and healthy |
| important when talking about a master bed room. | | | | marriage in a beautiful well kept home. |