Ever been on holiday and asked yourself, “Why don’t we always live like this?” While you probably can’t quit your job just yet, you can incorporate the resort design into your new, beautiful home. Resort style homes have grown in popularity in the last few years, allowing homeowners to bring a little bit of luxury to their everyday lives. But what exactly makes a house feel like a resort style design? Let’s find out!
In this article, we’re kicking back and taking a look at resort style homes. We’ll look at what makes the design and how you can work it into your new home.
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What is a resort style home design?
A resort style home is influenced by the holiday homes, often mixing a laidback atmosphere with a touch of luxury. These saw a spike in popularity a few years ago during the lockdowns, with many homeowners wanting to make their homes a more luxurious, relaxing place to be. Perhaps with holidays being briefly unavailable due to travel restrictions, people decided to bring the resort to them by adapting their home design.
What exactly a resort style home design entails could be a number of design choices including:
- Open floor plans
- Luxurious touches and amenities (including pool, spa, and expensive fixtures)
- A relaxing vibe (including colour choices, decorations, etc)
- Incorporating natural light throughout the home.
- Outdoor living areas and entertainment areas.
- Professional landscaping to increase curb appeal and outdoor living
Like many designs, you have room to customise or pick and choose what you like for your unique design.
What are the key features of a resort style home design?
Open Floor Plans
For the last few decades, open floor plans have become the standard in Aussie homes. For smaller home designs, they can help make the home feel larger and less cramped. The design also allows for easy access to numerous rooms, creating a nice flow for your home.
Open floor areas work best for rooms that are used as social settings, such as your kitchen and living room. More private areas like your bedroom or the bathroom probably shouldn’t be incorporated into your open floor plan design.
Modern Designs
Resort style homes often incorporate a sleek, modern look. This includes using muted, neutral colours throughout the home, and allowing splashes of colour to come from decorations and furniture. For the exterior, think straight lines
Luxurious Amenities
When we think of a resort, we think of the finer things. You can bring this feel to your own home with a showcase of features that can bring a classy feel to complete any space.
Some luxurious amenities can include:
- Swimming pool
- Spa
- Butler’s pantry
- Bar
- Home theatres
- Entertainment room
- Wine cellars
- Home office
- Ensuites in bedrooms
Professional Landscaping
For that luxurious, resort inspired home look, the outdoors have to play their part. Some steps you can take towards improving your landscaping include manicured lawns and lush looking gardens. Tropical plants will add to the exotic look, though from an upkeep perspective, be sure to buy plants that will thrive in your environment.
Architectural design elements
Open plan layouts
One of the most common layouts for open-plan houses is connecting the kitchen lounge areas and dining area into one large area. This is great for entertaining and interacting with family, as you can cook dinner and be able to talk to your kids at the dinner table.
Indoor-outdoor integration
To give a true sense of a resort home, you need to set about creating indoor-outdoor integration. Building upon the whole open plan layout, having a seamless connection between your indoors and outdoors is fantastic for creating that resort style feel. Great for entertaining guests, impressing friends or making the most of the beauty of your surroundings.
Natural light
Allowing natural light into your home has several advantages. For one, the better lit your house is throughout the day, the less money you’ll spend turning on artificial lights. Natural light helps your home feel more inviting and welcoming.
Ways to improve the amount of natural light in your home include large, well-placed windows, large glass doors and skylights. An open floor plan allows this natural light to reach further into your home and add a spacious feeling to each room.
Sustainable design
With the environment being on everyone’s mind, sustainability has become a key issue in the design of houses. Not only does a sustainable design help cut down on your carbon footprint, it can help reduce your energy bills in the long run.
Interior design & decor
Colour palette
For resort-style homes, you want a colour palette that provides a relaxing feel. Therefore muted, neutral colour schemes are the order of the day. Consider your surroundings when choosing your colours. Light whites and blues can work great if you’re near the beach, whereas something most rustic will work in the country. For splashes of colour, look to decorations and your furniture.
Then again, some homeowners decide to go the exact opposite route and go all in with bright colours with their resort home. It all depends on how you pull it off.
Materials and textures
Natural materials tend to be your best bet when creating a resort style home. Cooler materials such as stone, polished concrete, marble and oak all complement the elegance associated with a resort style home.
What are the benefits of a resort style home?
- Offers an open-plan, sustainable house design that is both welcoming and potentially cheaper to keep warm and cool.
- Has a modern, contemporary, look that can do well on the market.
- Great way to impress guests and friends
- Stay at home vacations are now taken to the next level.
What are the drawbacks of a resort style home?
- Can be expensive, especially if you incorporate luxury features and extras.
- Won’t work in every location. Best suited to areas near the beach or in scenic locations in the country.
- Isn’t to everyone’s taste
- With luxurious designs, there is always the risk of valuing aesthetics over function and practicality.
Our tips for building your own resort-style home
- Find a builder who has experience in resort-style homes.
- When getting quotes, make sure you’re comparing apples with apples. Carefully check what’s included in each quote.
- Organise your finances: Having a budget you can stick to will make a world of difference in improving your overall building journey.
- Talk to experts, like Buildi. Building a home is a huge undertaking, but you don’t need to go it alone. Book your free consultation with us today, and find out how we can help you throughout your building journey!
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