Making a few key changes in your home will help smooth the transition from marriage to divorce. Your mini home makeover doesn’t have to break the bank, though. This time around, do it your way by adjusting the lighting, changing out the bedding and ousting his scent. There will be a huge payoff of style and serenity.

See the Light

Seeing the light is easy if you opt for a new set of window treatments. Get rid of those dark, heavy curtains he wanted so he could sleep in darkness and lighten it up in there by adding some flowy, sheer window treatments to truly see the light. If you like it dark too, hang some sophisticated wooden blinds that can be lifted during the daytime.

Place LED candles throughout the house to soften the lighting while giving your home a warm glow.

Sleep in Sweetness

Take the same level of personalization to your master bedroom, an area you definitely want to revamp. Redoing the master bedroom not only ensures you get rid of threadbare, worn-out sheets but it takes the worn-out memories with them.

Go wild with colors and patterns you’ve always wanted to incorporate that he would have absolutely hated. Take a few tips from RealSimple.com by picking an overall color scheme and mixing a deep solid-colored wall with a bedspread, pillows and accents done up in florals and striped patterns that include the same hues. Take the details right down to your lampshade.

Replacing the furniture is not necessarily a must unless it comes to the bed or mattress you two shared.

Oust His Favorite (Fill in the Blank)

Anything that oozes with the aura or the odor of your ex should go out the door. His favorite armchair, coffee table and even paintings or artwork are fair game. This especially applies to artwork the two of you purchased together that holds strong memories. Take the blank wall as a cue to have your favorite photos enlarged and framed or choose other works that bring you peace when you gaze at them.

Divorce causes major change in your life, and matching it with changes in your home can more readily help you break free of the past and move forward.

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