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Sunday, December 11, 2011
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I'm on Pinterest and Houzz -- and I'm in LOVE. Pictures of interiors that I can salivate over and then drop into my blog? #WINNING!
Ideas for Days! Yep, All my eclectic loves on Houzz
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Ideas for Days! Yep, All my eclectic loves on Houzz
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Start of the Beginning
It started around 8. No, no not time, age. Where other children would rather sit in the car during house tours, I jumped at the opportunity to visit and daydream. Barbie was only as good as her furniture since that meant creating unique spaces every other day. Now, I can't walk into a space (empty or filled, commercial or residential, mobile or stationary) without redecorating it. Home Depot is my Disney World. I'm excited by Pantone's trend forecast. I covet power tools. I would rather visit home goods and furniture stores than the mall. I fawn over yard sales and thrift stores because that's where the real alchemy happens.
I.LOVE.TO.CREATE.SPACES.
So, I started to do just that -- create unique, quirky, imaginative and daring spaces that would bring joy to the resident's heart. First with my own spaces -- redecorating every other month and stockpiling accessories in my (now) storage closet for repurposing later. Then I began to design with, and consult for, friends and family. I created idea boards for people who hadn't asked for my help. Sure, interior decorators/designers are a dime a dozen. So why do I do it? Why now? Why spend a fortune on a college education to do something completely different?
I.LOVE.TO.CREATE.SPACES.
And once I gave in to that, something started to happen. People supported me. I felt .... satisfied and inspired in a different way; and I realized that my view/vision is unique. Just because other decorators are a dime a dozen doesn't mean I am. I'm not giving up my day job. I love communications too. And perhaps that's why interior alchemy works for me. It is a variation of what I do everyday. It is communication through art and color. An expression of feeling and desire with furniture. It is a three-dimensional dialogue.
I believe every space whether temporary or long-term should feel like home. I want to give that to people and allow them to discover who they are in a environment completely reflective of them.
It started around 8. No, no not time, age. Where other children would rather sit in the car during house tours, I jumped at the opportunity to visit and daydream. Barbie was only as good as her furniture since that meant creating unique spaces every other day. Now, I can't walk into a space (empty or filled, commercial or residential, mobile or stationary) without redecorating it. Home Depot is my Disney World. I'm excited by Pantone's trend forecast. I covet power tools. I would rather visit home goods and furniture stores than the mall. I fawn over yard sales and thrift stores because that's where the real alchemy happens.
I.LOVE.TO.CREATE.SPACES.
So, I started to do just that -- create unique, quirky, imaginative and daring spaces that would bring joy to the resident's heart. First with my own spaces -- redecorating every other month and stockpiling accessories in my (now) storage closet for repurposing later. Then I began to design with, and consult for, friends and family. I created idea boards for people who hadn't asked for my help. Sure, interior decorators/designers are a dime a dozen. So why do I do it? Why now? Why spend a fortune on a college education to do something completely different?
I.LOVE.TO.CREATE.SPACES.
And once I gave in to that, something started to happen. People supported me. I felt .... satisfied and inspired in a different way; and I realized that my view/vision is unique. Just because other decorators are a dime a dozen doesn't mean I am. I'm not giving up my day job. I love communications too. And perhaps that's why interior alchemy works for me. It is a variation of what I do everyday. It is communication through art and color. An expression of feeling and desire with furniture. It is a three-dimensional dialogue.
I believe every space whether temporary or long-term should feel like home. I want to give that to people and allow them to discover who they are in a environment completely reflective of them.
al·che·myLet's create something special together.
a power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.
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