If you have just moved into a newly-built apartment you may be finding it difficult to really identify with the space. Contemporary design can be a little clinical, and often glaring white surfaces and polished tiling can be difficult to make into a homely, individual environment.
The business of turning your new house into a home is really a matter of making your mark. You need to treat the rooms as an artist would a blank canvas; use them as a kind of clean slate onto which to impose your own identity.
Once viewed from this perspective, the process becomes easy. You simply need to fill your newly-acquired apartment or house with items that speak to your personality. Begin with floor coverings and curtains. Choose rugs in your favourite colours, and curtains that complement them. Soften gleaming new surfaces with floral arrangements in artful glass vases, and don't be afraid to paint the interior walls.
Art can also be a very useful addition to an impersonal apartment. You don't need to spend a fortune here either; simply browse through prints of famous works, and even consider throwing a few abstract pieces together yourself.
A cold, newly-built house or flat can be difficult to get to grips with initially, but once you begin to see the blank space as one of possibility, the business of turning an impersonal environment into a home should begin to seem like an easy task.