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| Courtesy of Coastal Living Magazine
Mid-season is a great time to change things up a bit in your home. If you're happy with your wall paint color, but something seems missing, maybe this could help.
Adding a little color to a space can give you the feeling of a new space, a new look and a new start. You don't always have to 'reinvent' the wheel to gain a new perspective on your home. For instance:
New chair cushion fabric color may be all you need to give your day a great start! Maybe a zippy print design is enough to wake you up in the morning. Or, instead of table and chairs, use a banquette. Contrast cool white surfaces with warm wood pieces. Add a new light fixture over the table. New placemats are the easiest way to get a new look.
In other words, shake things up a bit,
be brave, and try something different
for a change!
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Showing posts with label common decorating problems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label common decorating problems. Show all posts
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More Clothes and Less Space?
After the holidays were you given wonderful new outfits, purses, scarves, etc.? All is well and good till you try to add them to our already cramped closet.Or, maybe you threw yourself into cooking over the holidays and have added spices, new pots and pans to your cramped pantry.
While Architectural Digest is not coming to inspect your home, you know you'd feel better, more in control and even lighter if you could organize your spaces.
Enter this year's challenge. Pick one space you would be so happy to see organized.
Schedule it in your calendar to tackle.
Tell us your plan or challenge.
Send us photos when you are done and you will have more praise than you've received in a long time.
What's your organizing challenge?
A Common Decorating Problem and a Quick Solution
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| Photo courtesy of andy-lee.com 'Even the moon is imperfect' |
Perfect! Excellent! How often do you hear those exclamations? But what is 'perfect' for you may be not-so-perfect to another. Why do some people have the need to make everything perfect in their home?
When can a room achieve perfection? Is it when every thread in the drapery is absolutely flawless? Then you will never appreciate the beauty of linen. Or is it when the table finish remains pristine and unscratched after years? Then you probably didn't use it, or if you did, it caused such fear that wine spilt might destroy the finish or a child's toy would mar the shine.
As Michael J. Fox once said "I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business." Rooms designed with excellence in mind rather than perfection will be enjoyed for years. But decorating for the sake of perfection is an exercise in futility.
For instance, I have seen hundreds of professionally designed homes in my life, yet none were perfect. I have a good eye and I can spot an imperfection anywhere. Luckily, I can look past the imperfection, take in the beauty of the room and enjoy the excellence of the design.
Someone once said "Striving for perfection is the greatest form of self-hatred." I agree. Over the years, I have noticed that people who crave perfection are often stuck. They are often the prospects I visit who've been wanting to decorate for years, but just can't move forward.
Life isn't meant to be perfect, it is meant to be lived. Eliminate the word "perfection" and lean towards excellence when you decorate your home.
Lesson 4 - Go for Excellence not perfection - so you can enjoy the beauty before you.
Check back tomorrow for Part V in the Series on Five Top Decorating Problems and their Solutions
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