REMEMBER THE TOUCH POINTS
We’re always reading about how supermarkets spend thousands of pounds researching how to arrange their shelves. They want the hard-to-sell stuff at eye level so that you see it first. They will make you bend down for the things they know you want to buy because they figure you’ll make the effort for something you know.
Well it’s broadly similar in your home. The eye level and touch points – light switches and door handles – are crucially important and yet are so often the things we don’t even bother about.
I have recently changed all my light switches to soft black ones with a dolly toggle. They look so much nicer than the generic white plastic and even though the white plastic ones disappeared into the wall, I prefer these. We decided to make a feature of them and, I have to tell you, the children find the dolly toggle so satisfying that I swear they are remembering to turn lights off more.
In the same vein I have leather handles on my kitchen cupboards. They ‘re great to touch and soften all the hard lines of the kitchen which is full of stainless steel and straight lines. Another trick you can do is to paint the inside of your cupboards in a colour that makes your heart sing every time you see it. It’s very subtle as you won’t see it all the time so you can afford to be daring – metallic gold, neon pink, or a beautiful, calming and restful olive green.
It’s a small thing but it will make a big difference to your experience of using your home.
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