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I have kept furniture from multigenerations (family stuff); I have maintained the scale from those periods and mixed in some modern pieces. I love to reuse and recover with fresh, up to date fabrics/paint; there's always a story to tell. I feel like I honor my history but don't live in the past when I repurpose what's been handed down to me. I think it's nice to appreciate what you've got right under your nose!
I do collect some things like baskets and cool glass jars/bottles, but group them together so there isn't clutter. I am a single girl, so I can afford to be a neat freak. My house is an organized, smellin good little cottage where my dogs perch on top of my newly recovered sofa and watch the cars go by!
A home that says - expand into who you truly are, live in the moment and be fulfilled.
I would like the view from the patio window to say, 'Come out and wander through my garden. See the beautiful Red bird and the pair of yellow finches, a 'lady' and her 'lover'! :) The Passion Vine to reveal its secrets, but only to you and the heady scent of Sweet Autumn Clematis to make you swoon.
I would like my home make you happy to be alive.
thanks for creating this subtle shift in my thoughts this morning.
Cécile
Some day... my home will say "I am the object of heart, a great eye, and superb taste."
I am humble therefore I improve.
I would recommend that you only bring into your home what you love and if you love your DIY projects than that is you and it should make you happy. If you feel you need to go beyond that, than perhaps select one or two pieces to keep in the colors you love and work from there for inspiration.
I am so passionate about bringing style into the home and love this query! Thank you C&D!!
From a purely aesthetic perspective, I love the balance of new and old, classy and edgy, muted and bright. Slowly, as a work-in-progress, I am determined to replace our functional garage-sale-finds with pieces that are functional and beautiful. It may take some time but that is part of the fun!
Cécile
Streamlined, minimalist, woody and modern but cozy...with a few little ecentric objects from travels. With bikes at the door, piles of books and magazines, bottles of red wine on the counters, a fridge mostly filled with cheese our home says that the two people living here like to indulge in leisure time as often as possible. I'd like our home to say it's entertainment central.
The books, cats and movie sound very comforting and snug!
What I want it to say: This is a sanctuary, a haven. Come and rest.
I there any chance you can start with the main bedroom? Is there some place where you can make a sacred space that says: Genteel Radiant with some of YOUR beautiful things. someplace you see every day. Just 3 or 4 that you maybe change with the seasons of the year.
Delayed gratification can be a good thing. It can mean you get very educated and savvy about the decorating places in your town that do speak to your sense of style. Hang out there and watch the stock in these places drift in and out of the shop. educate your eyes, and ears and nose and taste buds and sense of touch. Is there house perfume that says genteel radiant that you can bring in right now, styles of cooking that will delight the family (and you). Music that sings to you. Children do grow up and leave home and you will be much more genteel radiant then than you are now. Concentrate on the other aspects of your life that you can fully breathe your style statement (see page 89 of C&D's book to remind yourself) Sometime in the next few years the whole house will get repainted and you can be right there with that exact color that your love and adore. Now what color (the exact shade) is feminine a bit sexy with touches of shine? Also you can move the existing stuff around bit by bit and make things more personal.
These are some of my ideas and I bet you can think of some even better ones because you are there on the spot. And I am sure you are right to know you need to move slowly and gradually gain the love confidence and trust of your new family.
there is a TV advertisment in NZ that has as part of the dialogue "It won't happen overnight but it will happen" and my family often use that saying when talking about significant transformation.
Thanks for this question.
~Ramona
I want it to be comfortable, inviting, cozy and warm. Nothing pretentious, nothing fancy, nothing in excess, except for friendship, acceptance and love. But I also absolutely want it to be simple, clean, uncluttered. What is out and on display are things that we, without a doubt, love or use.
I'd LIKE for my home to one day say a little more zen, a little more "have a seat in my haven", and a lot more "nest for love and family". But right now, I'd say that my home is an accurate reflection of me - whether I like it or not - so what more could I ask for?
In the end i guess it will turn out to be the house were snowwhite and the seven dwarfs lived in with my junk from all over the world in it but with a real at homw feeling...