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Rooms Need to be Understood

Posted on October 15, 2018
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Rooms need to be understood uniquely. Where a room is situated, how the light patterns fall during the course of the day, how the light affects where you sit, the size of the room in relation to your size, the height of the ceiling in…

Interiors

Zen and the Art of Mistake

Posted on October 11, 2018
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Now that you've begun to define your personal decorating style, you will still have to make many hard design decisions; but you can begin to make them from a liberated perspective rather than feeling slavish about some unobtainable ideal. If you choose to create a…

Interiors

Don’t Feel Compelled to Fill Up All Your Space

Posted on October 9, 2018
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Space is a luxury and having pure space gives us a serene feeling. Covering up every inch of space is suffocating. Respect architecture as a background; enjoy the play of light and shadow that space permits. You shouldn't bruise your knee in a maze of…

Interiors

Avoid the Errors of “Cutsie, Cutsie” and “Matchy-Matchy”

Posted on October 4, 2018
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We all suffer from a tendency to accumulate sentimental objects that clutter every inch of surface space. But there is no need to display our possessions all at once. "Cutsie, cutsie" are weeds that choke your garden. Dolls and stuffed animals seem more appropriate in a…

Interiors

Color Confidence: How to Use the 60-30-10 Rule

Posted on October 2, 2018
by kathleen
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If you are nervous or unsure about adding color into your home, the 60-30-10 is a decorating rule that can help you put a color scheme together when planning your next room makeover. It can be tough to determine if your decor is too busy…

Interiors

Point of View and a Focal Point

Posted on October 1, 2018
by kathleen
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No matter how beautiful your furnishings are, if you haven't decided on the style and resonance of the room, it will appear confused and awkward. Create a mood for each room. What gives a room its individual character, is to focus on a feeling you…

Interiors

Treasure New Beginnings

Posted on September 28, 2018
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Even if your house or apartment is already furnished, as you think about these secrets to finding your personal decorating style, you may experience your surroundings with a raised awareness. As I have said in prior posts, rooms are not still lifes; and the best…

Interiors

Creating Beauty

Posted on September 27, 2018
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Once our personal style is deeply anchored in simplicity and appropriateness, then our rooms will reveal their own inward beauty. Beauty in a room requires a point of view, just as it does in a garden. I always think of rooms as gardens because they…

Interiors

Defining Appropriateness

Posted on September 26, 2018
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I don't think I fully understood the meaning of appropriateness until I started traveling to Europe and visiting very old cottages and homes with their peculiarly shaped spaces, curves, angles, and juts. I noticed how owners embraced their homes, just as they are. They might…

Inspiration

Your Personality Reveals Your Style

Posted on September 25, 2018
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Get in touch with that spirit inside you. Who you are is a coming together of everything you've been exposed to all your life, how you've grown and changed, and what you aspire to, and most importantly, what you respond to emotionally. Style really comes…

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