decor & more…
Hello Fellow Design Enthusiasts,
Those of you who read my first blog will know that I assist both home sellers who need to make their homes show their best and home buyers who want to create warm, inviting and beautiful spaces for everyday living. In general, my entries will cover a variety of topics beginning with preparing your home for sale, moving to settling into a new home, then finishing up with decorating and personalizing your home.
Once a week, I will blog on decor & more - covering a bevy of interior decorating and design topics. If I can help you through a design dilemma, or you’d just like to contribute your two cents on the topic of the day, please jump right in and comment!
The subject of my blog today is actually to introduce what I’ll be talking about until we cover the bases. Many of my clients have struggled with at least one aspect of design - with at least one room, that regardless of what they tried, they could not pull it together to their satisfaction. Something was throwing the room off, and they couldn’t put their finger on it. Not all of us are comfortable making design decisions. We are afraid to make mistakes in our interiors, which is a reasonable fear since mistakes can sometimes be costly. But much of this discomfort and lack of confidence comes down to not having a basic understanding of the design principles.
We all have our gifts and talents. I know I will never be a tax accountant (nor do I have any desire to be!). Yet with the right tools and some basic knowledge, I can do my own taxes (as I just demonstrated to myself). And so it is with design. If you have the desire to make your environment more comfortable and beautiful, then an understanding of the basic interior design principles can help you become much more comfortable and adept with design. I’m not saying you’ll be the world’s next Philippe Starke…but you just may be able to pull off a room that you’re pretty happy with. And that’s what it’s all about.
So let’s get back to the basics - some of the design “rules” and concepts that help define good design. Increase your knowledge, raise your level of confidence, experiment and put these principles into practice in your own home. You can do it!
Check back as we discuss scale, balance, flow, contrast, layering, color and more!
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The Author: Sandra Tuell Website: http://www.newhomes.com About: As an accredited real estate enhancement professional, interior arranger and color specialist, Sandra Tuell's expertise is in helping clients transition to a new home - first by preparing their current homes for resale, and then by creating warm and inviting spaces in their new homes that are uniquely personal. With a passion about all that is pertinent to the design, comfort, livability, and ultimately the marketability of a home, Sandra is excited to share her insights with homeowners who wish to maximize the potential of their homes. As a writer for New Homes Realty, Inc., her focus is to provide practical information and affordable tips that both inspire readers and instill the confidence to try something new. "Our personal spaces can have a profound effect on how we feel," stresses Sandra. "Everyone deserves good design. Creating beautiful interiors has more to do with creativity than money. The whole point is to create a space that makes you feel good...that you feel like coming home to." For the past four years, Sandra has operated her own interior arrangement and home staging company, Roomscapes, servicing clients in Pinellas County, Florida. She received specialized training in interior arrangement, and earned certification in real estate enhancement through Realty Enhancements International. Previously, Sandra worked in the corporate world as a marketing professional, applying her creative energy in a variety of roles including advertising, promotions, special events planning and web content creation. Her current position as a writer for New Homes Realty allows her to bring together her love of design and her educational training as a journalist. "It's really the best of both worlds," says Sandra.
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