MATERIAL TO LEARN AND TO MAKE ESSAYS
HOUSE AND HOME
5 SIMPLE WAYS TO TURN ANY HOUSE INTO A HOME YOU LOVE
A house is a structure you live in that provides for your basic needs and safety
A home is a place that provides you mental and emotional support, a place you
look forward to being in to get away from the outside world
Letting go: do not turn your house into a place of stress by focusing so much on
decor, design and picking the perfect furniture to reflect your personality and
interests
Make it a refuge: to make your home in a no-stress zone you can take a few deep
breaths before you open the door or leave all the negativity outside on the front
steps
Spend time there: the more time you spend in your house, the more you may
grow to love it
Share it: have friends or guests over. The more happiness and laughter that enter
your house, the more it is going to feel like home
Make memories: fill your home with people and laughter, and you will be
making good memories all along the way. It will turn it from a mere dwelling
into a home
DOING UP A DERELICT HOUSE AND HOME SWEET HOME
FAMILY EXAMPLE 1 FAMILY
EXAMPLE 2
LOCATION The countryside- idyllic position In the city
PROBLEMS Tiles- slipped off Old carpet and
Windows- broken wallpaper
Door- hang off the hinges Bathroom, kitchen,
Gutters- hanging down fittings
Floorboard- rotten Old dangerous
Tree in the house electrical system
Rubbish inside
SOLUTIONS Knock down the wall, put up another wall, call Strip the house,
in a surveyor, plumber and electrician, go to DIY store
DIY store
SMART HOME
+ -
Access, monitor, control all your home Expensive (retro-fitting)
appliances, devices and gadgets remotely from
your mobile, PC
Sustainable house (renewable energy system) If there`s a massive power cut
(black out) the house stops
working
It helps you save time so that you can work in The automation system may be
your homework, etc instead of doing the hacked into, crashed or break
household chores down
Refridgerator alerts you when a food is getting You cannot put in the devices by
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