Figure1. Museum of Youth Culture: Teenage Bedrooms Exhibition
I feel like various ways can make an interior feel like home. For instance, I immediately think of the lighting variety, both warm electric lighting as well as sufficient natural lighting. A well-balanced material, color, and textile palette is necessary for the comfort of the user, as well as a possession of biophilia, connecting the user to nature. These are very typical attributes to be added to an interior to provide comfort to the person within a space. In addition, I believe it is most important that the user is connected to the space in a personal way. In particular, artwork, pictures of friends and family, gadgets or nicknames, etc. An example that comes to mind is the bedroom of a teenager, where they’ve hung posters of their favorite bands on the walls of their favorite color. A room can be simply beautiful with attributes listed previously, but to make a room feel like a home, it needs to have a connection with you.
This is really interesting and I think that we can study how people personalize a space as a reflection of their own identity and interests, and how that creates a sense of home. In class, we talked about how there was a separation of home and work, with home being more of a refuge from daily life. The idea of collecting was very strong here.
I think this idea has further permeated into our society still, that a home is a space where we can customize and imprint ourselves upon. Similarly to this photo, my apartment walls are filled with posters of my favorite video game series. Spaces in this sense become something only unique to the individual, creating larger and more concrete ideas of refuge. Unique spaces create unique comfort, truly understanding how that kind of space is tailored to the individual.