I love to look around our home for many reasons but one of the biggest is that I can look around and find something that can bring myself back to a place that we have traveled or a special memory that we shared. In the powder room, there is a large iron window grill hanging on the wall that I found while on a work trip to Philadelphia. Sitting in my office is a glass container layered with rocks that we collected on trips. Each layer is marked with the place where we found the rocks and the date. Sometimes those special pieces in your house don't quite look right, don't match the current trends but they just fit. They fit into what makes your house your home. They are those things that make you smile. They are things that you can't replace quickly or easily at the local Home Goods.
I like to apply this same mindset to every space that I design. I like to help clients place those "memory pieces" throughout their home and learn to embrace and love their presence. I often ask clients to invite me into their storage space where I can look for treasures to display, or things that I can repurpose or reuse. Let's take for example a seashell from the beach where one of my client's honeymooned. It looks great on their wall unit bookshelves and hopefully makes them smile when they look at it and brings them back to that beach from twenty five years ago even for a minute. So, please don't look at me funny when I ask you to invite me into your storage closet. You never know what I might find.
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10/20/2020 01:20:46 am
You are definitely good when it comes to decorating. I struggle a lot when it comes to these things, which is why I always consult with your blog first. I got a lot of ideas the last time I read your blog, and I am hoping to get a bit more again. I want to make my house just as good as yours, but I am not quite there yet. I hope that I can get this done before the month ends.
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AuthorI love everything decorating and design. I am one of those people that can't sit still and I am always looking for my next project at my house or someone else's. My husband shakes his head when he sees me with a paint brush in my hand. Here, I will share some of my adventures with you! Archives
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