What does luxury mean to you?

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

The beauty of Houzz is that you can get inspiration from so many different interiors, sometimes the best bit is just looking at beautiful homes that look nothing like your own! With that in mind, I'm curious to hear what luxury means to you.

Is it velvet fabrics, marble bathrooms, wine cellars or maybe a water feature in the garden? If you live in a small flat, maybe it's just space! Either way, I want to hear what luxury is to you.

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jturner2urf

9 years ago

Luxuries to me are something very different. I built small house 3 years ago and for the first time since my accident 30 years ago, I can get in and out of bed alone, use my kitchen independently. In order to build on a very small budget, many people donated money. Now, I had to forgo luxuries like fancy cabinets and walk in closets to live my dream of independence but even with builder grade oak cabinets and inexpensive tile, I have more luxuries than ever before including not havine people get me up and put me to bed. I also can use every inch of those builder grade cabinets myself including a side swing oven, roll under sink and cook top, and touch faucets! Believe me, despite its simple design, I have the luxuries most wheelchair users dream of! And I live very happily with them! I love my house!

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hatetoshop
10 years ago
Lush, soft fabrics. On the more practical side, luxury can also mean convenience and ease of use.
Carolina
10 years ago
Luxury is being happy in your home. No matter how it looks or what you have. If you're happy with it, that to me is a luxury.
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rafark
9 years ago
For me it means high quality and nice looking materials of every single room, corner and square feet, in short, every place of the house needs to be perfectly and beautifully made. From the kitchen to a forgotten corner down the stairs.
studio10001
9 years ago
Purring.
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ASVInteriors
9 years ago
Enjoying what you have 100%
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9 years ago
It's a luxury to have enough money to renovate whenever I want to and not wait.
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Luxury is loving what you live in.

Christi, on behalf of Thos. Baker
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The finest materials, attention to detail and first rate service.
tavolla
9 years ago
To be comfortable ...an image came to my mind ,me entering a palace in Dubai after a beach day ,wearing flip-flops and feeling extreme welcome.....despite my beach day looking....
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9 years ago
I definitely agree with all of the above. However, We have lived in our house for 30 years. Last year we added a bathroom in our bedroom to finally give us an en suite, something that most people take for granted! It has a large shower with jets and a rain head. Now the joke between my husband and I is that we are living the life of luxury. Or as he says living large!!!!! It's nothing too fancy but having the second bathroom space is priceless!!!!!
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Champagne wishes and Caviar dreams;)
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9 years ago
High quality hand knotted oriental rugs. Original art, famous or not. Solid wood casegoods. Really good wine and food. People who like the same types of stuff even if our politicas/lifestyles are different.
tiamay
9 years ago
Space. Lots of it. Clutter free and cosy so I can put my feet up.
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Quality products and workmanship - whatever the product. I hate polyester. :)
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9 years ago
River??? huh?? me no get. ask Fred, I am s.l.o.w.
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Jessica Kerry Mack
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Maybe I'm too used to dealing with people in my family who've been to the mission field and others who are history obsessed. To me, a luxury is anything above and beyond what the bare minimum needed for supporting life is. In other words, a necessity is things like a roof over my head, food, water. A luxury is a dishwasher since those dishes can be washed by hand. A luxury is having my bed on a proper bedstead instead of just a mattress laying on the floor, or no mattress at all. While in the USA, many such luxuries have become so common place as to be considered normal and expected in most homes, it only takes something like Hurricane Katrina to knock out the power and reduce us back to survival mode where those luxuries don't work. I go out on my Civil War reenactments and hear people comment about how they don't know how anyone lived like we live for a week at a time in primitive campsites. I really appreciate the small luxuries that make life good, like a hot shower!
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9 years ago
Understated elegance. Quality fabric, expert workmanship, classic design....but all in a way that doesn't have to try so hard.
tw123456
9 years ago
Anything other than food, adequate shelter, and 2 sets of clothing, one to wash and one to wear. Just like when I was pregnant with our first child, washed one, while I wore the other. Those were the days ;0).
Now we have enough stuff to fill 2-3 mid size homes.
tw123456
9 years ago
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Jessica, We watch the real estate home buying shows, and some of the women on there, won't buy a house, because it doesn't have a dishwashers in the kitchen, unbelievable!
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Don't ask me....I'm a bit saddle sore in the withers.
apple_pie_order
9 years ago
A chef to cook dinner every night.
tw123456
9 years ago
and someone to clean house too.
glschisler
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To be able to get a 60 or 90 minute massage every day or so. Aaahhhhhh......
makaloco
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Being retired and having a little swimming pool!
manningcarl
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My luxury is: Time to sit and appreciate what's around, perhaps with coffee and a cake!
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Walls of windows facing a private acreage. Falling Water would be my ideal home.
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edithsmom
9 years ago
And won't you enjoy meeting many of these HOUZZ friends?
tw123456
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Margo, just found out that yesterday was your Bday, soooo, here it goes,
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday dear marggggggggggo, happy birthday to you ;0)!!
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9 years ago
Yes, edithsmom, I am looking forward to Nashville... it is not to late to jump on board;)
Thanks tw123456.... voice of an angel lol')
tw123456
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Margo, you must have excellent hearing, lol.
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Luxury to the commoner is being in a home that has what you need and a few added extras here and there that suit what you really don't need but have to have. For me I have a 450ft shop (garage) and crank out very high end but for cheaper furniture :0)
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Tony McIntyre
9 years ago
Lots of money!!!

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