Your home should be a place where your family can come together. Unfortunately, for many families, their homes are a place where separation often occurs. The good news is that there are some additions you can make to your home that can reverse this trend to help you get back to enjoying some quality time with your family.
Swimming Pool
Although swimming pools can be a lot of work to take care of, it’s more than worth it if the pool can bring your family together. In many cases, even hard-to-impress teenagers can’t pass up the allure of a new pool. Although inground pools provide the most options, even above-ground pools can offer a great way to relax, exercise, and have fun as a family.
Theater Room
It doesn’t get much better than bonding together as a family over a movie on a lazy Friday night. While it’s easy to put together some basic A/V equipment in a shared area of your home, an A/V company can help you create a total experience with a state-of-the-art theater room. By making the theater room more of a destination, you’ll be more likely to attract those hard-to-reach family members for some family fun time.
Large Kitchen Island
Moments for family bonding can be both spontaneous and planned. One way to allow for more spontaneous bonding moments is to install gathering areas like a kitchen island. More than simply a place to hang out while meals are being prepared, a well-designed kitchen island can quickly become a place where family members come to do everyday activities. It’s during these activities that you can strike up conversations that lead to bonding moments.
Memory Wall
A family’s shared experiences bond that family together. To help remind your family of those shared experiences, you can install a memory wall. Adding multiple pictures of your family from past vacations and other happy moments can help your family members stop and reflect so that each member feels more closely connected. The key to a good memory wall is keeping the pictures fresh so that they’re not easily overlooked because of familiarity.
Ultimately, family bonding is something that is hard to plan for. One of the worst things you can do is try to force family bonding by bribing family members to spend time with one another. This will only lead to further disconnectedness that leaves your family feeling splintered. Instead, let the bonding happen naturally so that the relationships that are built will last.
