No ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea e hana ai i ka papa ʻaina maikaʻi, ua nīnauele mākou i kahi mea hoʻihoʻi hale lako, kahi mea hoʻolālā hale a me ʻehā mau loea ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, a nānā i nā haneli o nā papa ʻaina ma ka pūnaewele a me ke kanaka.
E kōkua kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka nui, ke ʻano, a me ke ʻano o ka papaʻaina no kou wahi, a me nā mea a me ka hoʻolālā o ka papaʻaina e haʻi iā ʻoe e pili ana i kona lōʻihi.
ʻO kā mākou koho ʻana i nā ʻano papa ʻaina he 7 mau papa liʻiliʻi no 2-4 poʻe, nā pākaukau flip-top kūpono no nā hale noho, a me nā papa ʻaina kūpono no nā hale ʻaina e noho ai a hiki i 10 poʻe.
Ua uhi ʻo Aine-Monique Claret i nā lako hale no 10 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono ola ma Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day a me InStyle magazines. I loko o ia manawa, ua kākau ʻo ia i kekahi mau ʻatikala e pili ana i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lako hale a nīnauele i ka nui o nā mea hoʻolālā hale, nā mea hōʻike huahana, a me nā loea ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. ʻO kāna pahuhopu ʻo ia ke ʻōlelo mau i nā lako lako maikaʻi loa i hiki i nā kānaka ke loaʻa.
No ke kākau ʻana i kēia alakaʻi, heluhelu ʻo Ain-Monique i nā ʻatikala he nui, ʻimi i nā loiloi o nā mea kūʻai aku, a nīnauele i nā loea lako a me nā mea hoʻolālā hale, me kahi kumu hoʻihoʻi hale a me ka mea kākau o The Furniture Bible: He aha kāu e pono ai e ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻike, hoʻihoʻi, a me ka mālama » ʻO Christophe Pourny, ka mea kākau o ka puke "Everything for Furniture"; ʻO Lucy Harris, ka mea hoʻolālā hale a me ka luna o Lucy Harris Studio; ʻO Jackie Hirschhout, ka loea pili lehulehu no ka American Home Furnishings Alliance a me ka hope pelekikena o ke kālepa; ʻO Max Dyer, he kanaka kahiko o ka ʻoihana mea hale i kēia manawa he hope pelekikena o nā waiwai home; (nā ʻāpana lako paʻakikī e like me nā papaʻaina, nā keʻena a me nā noho) ma La-Z-Boy Thomas Russell, ka luna hoʻoponopono kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻoihana nūhou Furniture Today, a me Meredith Mahoney, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻolālā o Birch Lane;
Ma muli o ke koho ʻana i kahi papa ʻaina e pili ana i ka nui o kāu wahi, kāu mau hoʻolālā no ka hoʻohana ʻana ia mea, a me kou ʻono, manaʻo mākou i kekahi o nā ʻano maʻamau o nā papa ʻaina. ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻāʻo ʻaoʻao i kēia alakaʻi, akā noho mākou ma kēlā me kēia pākaukau ma nā hale kūʻai, nā lumi hōʻikeʻike, a i ʻole nā ​​keʻena. Ma muli o kā mākou noiʻi, manaʻo mākou e lōʻihi ana kēia mau pākaukau a ʻo ia kekahi o nā pākaukau maikaʻi loa ma lalo o $1,000.
Hiki i kēia mau papaʻaina ke noho i ʻelua a ʻehā mau kānaka, ʻeono paha inā he mau hoaaloha maikaʻi ʻoe. Lawe lākou i kahi kapuaʻi liʻiliʻi no laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā wahi ʻai liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ​​​​papakaukau kīhini.
ʻOi aku ke kūpaʻa o kēia papa ʻoka paʻa i nā niho a me nā ʻōpala ma mua o nā pākaukau cork, a ʻo kona ʻano haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i waena o ke kenekulia e hoʻokō i nā ʻano o loko.
Pono: ʻO ka Seno Round Dining Table kekahi o nā papa lāʻau paʻakikī i loaʻa iā mākou ma lalo o $700. ʻIke mākou he ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o Seno ma mua o nā papa lāʻau i hoʻohālikelike ʻia no ka mea i hana ʻia mai ka ʻoka. ʻO nā wāwae lahilahi a palahalaha e hana i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani a me ka wā kahiko me ka hele ʻole i luna. ʻO nā papa ʻaina ʻē aʻe o ke kenekulia waena a mākou i ʻike ai he ʻano nui, ma waho o kā mākou kumukūʻai, a i hana ʻia mai nā papa lāʻau. He mea maʻalahi ka hui ʻana i ka Seno: hele palahalaha a ua wili wale mākou i nā wāwae i kēlā me kēia, ʻaʻohe mea pono. Loaʻa kēia pākaukau i ka wōnati.
Hoʻokahi ʻaoʻao, akā ʻaʻole ka mea nui: ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike pehea e pau ai kēia papaʻaina i ka wā lōʻihi, akā e nānā mākou i kā mākou Seno ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana no ka wā lōʻihi. Maikaʻi ka manaʻo o ka mea nona ka pūnaewele ʻatikala, me ka helu ʻana o ka papa ʻaina he 4.8 mau hōkū mai ka 5 mai ka 53 i ka manawa e kākau ai, akā nui nā loiloi ʻelua a ʻekolu-hōkū e ʻōlelo maʻalahi i ka ʻōpala papa. Eia nō naʻe, hāʻawi ʻia i ka lōʻihi o ka lāʻau paʻa a me ka ʻike ʻana ua ʻoluʻolu ka poʻe heluhelu Houzz i nā manawa hāʻawi o Article Furniture a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku, manaʻo mākou hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo aku iā Seno. Paipai mākou i ka sofa Ceni.
ʻO kēia ka koho kālā maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iā mākou: kahi papaʻaina lāʻau paʻa a me nā noho ʻehā. He koho maikaʻi loa kēia no kahi keʻena mua. E hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ka lāʻau paina palupalu e pohō a ʻaka maʻalahi.
Pono: ʻO kēia kekahi o nā papa lāʻau paʻa maikaʻi loa a maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iā mākou (ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā papa lāʻau IKEA, akā kūʻai ʻia ʻaʻole i pau). ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka pine palupalu i nā niho a me nā ʻōpala ma mua o ka lāʻau paʻa, akā hiki iā ia ke pale i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana (ʻaʻole like me ka veneer lāʻau). ʻO ka nui o nā papa ʻaina haʻahaʻa loa a mākou e ʻike nei, ua hana ʻia me ka metala a i ʻole ka plastic a ʻoi aku ke ʻano o kēia manawa, no laila ua like lākou me nā papa ʻaina haʻahaʻa. ʻO ke ʻano kuʻuna a me ka waihoʻoluʻu kūʻokoʻa o kēia kumu hoʻohālike e hāʻawi iā ia i ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o ka nānā. I loko o ka hale kūʻai, ʻike mākou he liʻiliʻi ka papaʻaina akā paʻa, no laila hiki ke neʻe maʻalahi a puni ke keʻena. Inā hoʻonui ʻoe i kahi ākea nui aʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā ia ma ke ʻano he pākaukau ma hope. Eia kekahi, he noho ka hoʻonohonoho.
Nā pōʻino, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea kūʻai aku: liʻiliʻi ka papaʻaina a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi no nā kānaka ʻehā. ʻO ka laʻana o ka papahele a mākou i ʻike ai he mau niho, me nā niho i ʻike ʻia na kekahi mea kākau