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There’s something comforting about walking into a place that feels like home. There’s the smell, the way the light hits your favorite spot on the couch, that one corner that always seems to collect random toys. When families move often, that feeling can seem out of reach. It stresses me out just thinking about it: exploring a new town, organizing a new house, finding new furniture, and shuffling around the same boxes that never seem to get fully unpacked. Like, yeah, it’s exciting, sure, but it’s also exhausting trying to create comfort over and over again.
Still, home isn’t just a zip code or a permanent address. It’s the feeling that follows you from one place to the next. And even if you’re living life on the move, there are simple ways to make each stop feel familiar and cozy for you and your whole family.
Choose Spaces that Already Feel Lived-In
When my husband and I had to move to Houston for a few months so he could receive radiation treatments for cancer, we had to quickly find short-term housing. It was such a stressful thing to do, but finding a place that was ready for us to move in and make ourselves at home was so worth the effort. If you move often or perhaps you’re a family of digital nomads (a personal dream of mine, if I’m being honest!), you probably don’t have time to decorate and organize from scratch every few months. That’s exactly why finding spaces that already have comfort built in can make all the difference. Besides, it’s not really eco-friendly, let alone financially sustainable, to buy new furniture every time you move somewhere either, and let’s face it: no one is going to ship furniture with them everywhere they go. Can you even imagine the cost? It’s not feasible, especially if you know for a fact you and your family are only living somewhere temporarily.
So, for families in transition, or even if a temporary place is needed (like for a little over a month, as an example), companies like Whyle’s furnished apartments offer that ready-made comfort that helps everyone settle faster. They’re already furnished, pet-friendly, and have some great amenities that your family can enjoy. We found our apartment in Houston through a website specifically for patients with long-term medical needs, and it was much more enjoyable than staying in a soulless corporate hotel or a sketchy-looking Airbnb.
Bring Your Traditions with You
While having an already furnished space, and a nice one at that, is helpful, there’s much more to making a space feel at home than the furnishings. The fastest way to make a space feel like home is to keep doing the little things that make your family feel like family. So, what little traditions do you all have? Are there things like Taco Tuesday? Is it having popcorn and a movie night every Friday? How about homemade cinnamon rolls on someone’s birthday? Pancakes on Sunday mornings? Keeping these traditions going will create the moments that help make a space feel warm.
Besides, kids, especially, pick up on routines. When everything else is new, like a new school, new neighbors, and a new playground, small constants help them feel grounded.
Unpack the Comforts
While furniture and decor will always be unique to where you’re living, little things like the kids’ favorite blanket, your go-to coffee maker, or a stack of family board games are usually what really help make a temporary space feel a bit more like a home, bringing the familiar with your family from one place to the next.
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