What Makes a House a Home?

By Sherry Castaldi, Organized by Design, copyright©2011, by Sherry Castaldi. All rights reserved.

A house is a structure with no emotional attachment to its inhabitants. The comings and goings are neutral and lackluster. If you look around your house, inside or out, do you see...

  • A veritible "to do list" of unfinished projects that cause you stress

  • Clutter of "stuff" and belongings that cause you anxiety

  • Un-coordinated and over-cramped areas that frustrate you

  • Un-kept or unclean areas that upset you

A home welcomes you in, wraps you in warmth and encourages a blissful state of stay. A home invokes positive emotions from you. A home provides you with pride and enjoyment.

  • Just seeing your home should bring you happiness

  • Entering your home should bring you comfort

  • Colors and space arrangements should be soothing to you

  • Your home should be your ultimate personal place of relaxation

So what should you do if you don't feel the welcoming warmth of a home with your house?

  • Make a list of the areas that bring you anxiety or stress

  • Create a plan of how to address those areas and remedy the issues

  • Follow through with action to resolve the issues

  • Handle what you can personally do yourself and enlist professional help where needed

Begin one step at a time to chip away at the areas of your house that bring you stress to see how enhancing your space creates a home and improves your emotional well-being. Your home is a reflection of you and when your take of your home you take care of yourself.


Sherry Castaldi

Contact Sherry Castaldi at 610-524-2466 or E-Mail Sherry if you would like to discuss ways to make your house feel more like a home to you!