Relax & Enjoy.

Relax & Enjoy.

Does thinking about decorating your home make your head ache? It shouldn’t. Decorating your own home should be an enjoyable experience not something you dread.

I believe in using what you have if possible, creating something from the pieces you own, and adding only those items absolutely needed. Of course it’s fun to toss everything and buy all new but can your wallet stand it? Mine tends to groan when I go shopping and it can be embarrassing when standing at the check-out.

Very often I am hired to ReDesign a room or two and I often shop right from the client’s home. ReDesigning means working with what you already own. I begin by emptying the room and beginning with a fresh palette. ReDesigning means editing your possessions and returning some but not all of those to the room being worked on. Sometimes I find a piece of art or furniture hidden in another room that was begging to be seen in the room we are working on. One time it was an oil painting down in the basement and forgotten about. Another time we found valuable two beautiful water colours in the garage.  So can you see how this works?

You may already possess all the components to make your new ReDesigned room spectacular.

Your home should feel like the place you most want to come to after a day at work. It is the place nearest and dearest to your heart and a place you love to share with others. It does not have to be fashion perfect and look like a magazine. Those rooms in pictures we all read about are there for a guide to give you inspiration for your own home. If you take a window covering from one magazine and a wall design from another and pull them together, that is how you are able to incorporate them into your home.

Never plan a room that does not marry well with the rest of your home, this includes your furniture and accessories. You have to do your homework, consider the character of the home and love the colour scheme and make sure it flows from room to room. Very often we get our ideas from one piece we already own. For example, I just painted my kitchen lime green and gray. The green came from a pitcher I was given a few years ago and I love the finished look.

Be yourself, ask for help from a professional, and most of all have fun creating.