Finding Your Style
Well, to start with, let's simplify the task! Instead of trying to duplicate someone else's elegant interior, create a list of the things that are important to making your life easier, functional, attractive and a reflection of YOU!
Do away with the fantasy of holiday dinners served at a ten-foot farm table if you don't have room for a ten-foot table. Let go of the thought of white-on-white decor if your house is teeming with kids and pets. The first rule of home decorating is to know YOURSELF! Make your home accommodate your real everyday life.
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- Take a realistic view of how you and your family use your house - every day, not just on holidays or when company is coming - everyday!
- Don't buy anything unless it meets your functional needs first.
- Organize! Throw out what you don't need. Keep what defines you.
- Have a Plan! Create a theme for the whole house.
- Prioritize! Start with the room that's most important to you and make it your own.
- Determine a budget no matter how big or how small. This will define your choices.
- Take on one room or one problem at a time then move on to the next and the next.
- If you're not sure of your choices, ask your family and friends for opinions, then do what you think is the best!
- And remember, many interior designers offer consultations to help steer you in the right direction, so don't hesitate to ask for help.
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Getting started is the hard part. Getting into it is the fun part.
And seeing it finished is pure joy itself!
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Steve
Burgess Visual Arts
