House Beautiful: 10 Things People Over 40 Should Have at Home
House Beautiful asked designers what belongs in a home once you reach your 40s, a decade when tastes settle and the things you bring home tend to stay a while. Elizabeth Valkovics of Batten Court Design points out that people at this stage usually stay in a home longer, so each piece has a bigger effect on daily life.
Her picks lean toward lasting quality: a well-made sofa that is neither too low nor too soft, and solid timber, stone, and metal pieces instead of particleboard or MDF. It is a quality-over-quantity approach built around how you actually live.
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“People over 40 tend to stay in a home for longer than someone younger, so the items you bring into your home at this point in your life can have some level of permanence, and thus, impact on your daily life.”
