{"id":6533,"date":"2020-12-24T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:00:11","slug":"turning-a-house-into-a-happy-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/?p=6533","title":{"rendered":"Turning a House into a Happy Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/202024-KCM-Share-549x300-1.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Turning a House into a Happy Home | Simplifying The Market\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/202024-KCM-Share-549x300-1.jpg 549w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/09152415\/202024-KCM-Share.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\"><\/p>\n<p>We talk a lot about why it makes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2020\/07\/10\/americans-rank-real-estate-best-investment-for-7-years-running-infographic\/?a=616460-ab6caa3a6a8f085fc17c865a33a506b4\">financial<\/a>&nbsp;sense to buy a home, but more often than not, we&rsquo;re drawn to the emotional reasons for homeownership.<span id=\"more-43528\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>No matter the living space, the feeling of a home means different things to different people. Whether it&rsquo;s a certain scent or a favorite chair, the feel-good connections to our own homes are typically more important to us than the financial ones. Here are some of the reasons why.<\/p>\n<h4>1. Owning your home is an accomplishment worth celebrating<\/h4>\n<p>You&rsquo;ve likely worked very hard to achieve this dream, and whether it&rsquo;s your first home or your fifth, congratulations are in order for this milestone. You&rsquo;ve earned it.<\/p>\n<h4>2. There&rsquo;s no place like home<\/h4>\n<p>Owning your own home offers not only safety and security but also a comfortable place where you can simply relax and kick-back after a long day. Sometimes, that&rsquo;s just what we need to feel recharged and truly content.<\/p>\n<h4>3. You can find more space to meet your needs<\/h4>\n<p>Whether you want more room in your home for your changing lifestyle (think: working from home, virtual school, or a personal gym), or you simply prefer to have a large backyard for socially-distant entertaining, you can invest in a location that truly works for your evolving needs.<\/p>\n<h4>4. You have control over renovations, updates, and your style<\/h4>\n<p>Looking to try one of those complicated wall treatments you saw on <em>Pinterest<\/em>? Tired of paying an additional pet deposit for your apartment building? Maybe you want to finally adopt that fur-baby puppy or kitten you&rsquo;ve been hoping for. You can do all of these things in your own home.<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p>Whether you&rsquo;re a first-time homebuyer or a move-up buyer who wants to start a new chapter in your life, now is a great time to reflect on the intangible factors that turn a house into a happy home.<\/p>\n<p>Content previously posted on Keeping Current Matters<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/09152415\/202024-KCM-Share-549x300.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Turning a House into a Happy Home | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%\">We talk a lot about why it makes&nbsp;financial&nbsp;sense to buy a home, but more often than not, we&rsquo;re drawn to the emotional reasons for homeownership. No matter the living space, the feeling of a home means different things to different people. Whether it&rsquo;s a certain scent or a favorite chair, the feel-good connections to our [&hellip;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,88,84,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-first-time-home-buyers","category-for-buyers","category-rent-vs-buy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}