Is Your Home Sexy?

When someone describes a home as "sexy", what would be the first impression that comes to your mind? Is it elegance, grace, design, or harmony?  Better yet is it the architecture, furnishings, or interior of the house?

The concept of a home being sexy is related to a composition of elements that are highly appealing, streamlined and graceful. This what makes a home atrractive and therfeore sexy!!

Let's discuss the 3 most important rooms in the house: the kitchen, the bathroom, and the BEDROOM.

Kitchen

As we may all know, the kitchen is considered to be the heart of a home. It is a social space, where you, your family and your friends often spend time cooking, snacking, and chatting, but it is also a space that gives people a strong impression of who you are.  Most often the look of the kitchen depends on the detailing. A sleek and streamlined kitchen has unique cabinets and finishing that tie in with all of the other elements of the room such as the countertop profile, backsplash pattern and texture, as well as knobs and pulls. It's important that the layout of your kitchen also has to be harmonious with its style.

Sexy Kitchen:  Think European.  

Contemporary slab door cabinets in vivid high gloss finishing or matte wood vaneer with horizontal grain, with aluminum door edges,Stainless steel appliances and countertops to reflect the high-tech and modern,

Low-voltage halogen pot lights, strategically placed to create a colour-wash on the cabinet doors when lights are dimmed,

Hardware such as soft-close drawer system to make the kitchen operate as gracefully as it looks.

Bathroom

Same as the kitchen, bathroom design has come a long way.  Besides the aesthetic elements, it is also important to consider the comfort factor that fixtures bring into a bathroom.  Choose something that would not only complement the overall design of the bathroom, but is easy to clean and maintain. And of course, wherever you can, hang or integrate a LCD TV in front of the tub to up the cool factor to the bathroom and make taking long relaxing baths more enjoyable and sexy.

Sexy Bathroom: Spa-like

Fixtures that are poetic, hi-tech, clean-lined, emphasis on the overall ambiance to create a relaxing space, subtle and natural materials of imported river stone tiles, lightly honed marbles, and rich woods.

Bedroom

After enjoying a delicious meal in the kitchen and taking a relaxing bath, your typical day would end in your bedroom.  A sexy bedroom needs elements such as lighting, wall colours, bed linens, and some furniture to bring out a romantic and relaxing atmosphere that would make you forget all your stresses and anxieties from the very first step into the room.

Sexy Bedroom: Go modern.

A low platform bed

The best mattress you can afford

Sheets and pillowcases made with silk or satin, soft, subtle, and localized lighting.

Use decorative elements such as flowers and candles, to appeal to all 5 senses.

So there you have it.  A sexy home is simply a combination of elements that are highly appealing, streamlined and graceful to create a relaxed exotic ambiance.