Just Plain Fun Stuff

Today's topic is "Just Plain Fun Stuff"...simply because we are just going to show you an array of things relating to your home.  Hope you don't mind...Let's start with just an inspiring photo of a lovely room...

You that know me well, know that custom window treatments is my "fave" of all...I LOVE creating and designing all the details that go into beautiful window treatments! Here is a photo from my archives that I had saved some time ago...the windows here are draped with lovely coordinating fabrics and some fringe...to boot!  I love layering treatments and working in another fabric at the bottom of the drapery panels.  This is "Simply Irresistible", I do think!  Another detail here is the color of the walls vs. the color of the ceiling...take a look.  The darker ceiling just pulls the room together and makes this stunning ceiling, with all the architectural details, feel like an actual part of the room. Then, of course, there is the gorgeous mirror, the upholstery on the chairs, the table arrangement....ect...all of which totally inspire me.  How about YOU?

Now for a couple window designs we are working on...

This is actually a more traditional style, but we are using it in a more contemporary setting and making it with a modern fabric.  I think it will be great with what furnishings the client wants to keep and use in her room (dining room, by the way).  After all, making the customers happy is what it's all about!!

Another design for same client, but think she likes one above best!

This one is a design for a bay window area in the kitchen.  I love the simplicity of this style in the bay.

This is actually a Dash & Albert sample rug that we selected as an option for another dining room...however, we ended up making the room a little more formal so we didn't use this...but I LOVE the rug and the colors. Dash & Albert have some really great selections and many color ways.

A painting in another client's home that has incredible colors.  I just love this abstract...do you?  What fun it will be to build the entire room design around this!

For some reason I could not rotate this one...hum...good thing design is my specialty and NOT computers!! Ha!  This is another fun painting I wanted to share...look at all these bright, fun colors.

This is a gorgeous brown and blue Nourison rug sample we selected for a powder room (this is NOT the actual rug, just a sample piece)...walls are painted in this...

Sherwin Williams # 6219 Rain

A truly stunning kitchen...actually the client knew what she wanted (colors, style, the "look") but needed confirmation from us to move in this direction.  It is one of the warmest, most cozy kitchens where you just want to stay and visit (oh, and the homeowners make it this way too - they are delightful!)  We have then carried these colors into the surrounding areas in her home.

Again, stunning, is my word for these dining room chairs we just had custom made.  And these will be coming up in that "room reveal" we promised - once the rug gets delivered (remember, it finally shipped out!).

And these are just some inspiring accessories...I just think they are lovely.  Wouldn't adding just a few pieces throughout YOUR home change it a bit and give you a "new look"?  I'm sure it would.  It can be just THAT easy to freshen up an area...change the accessories!

I hope you enjoyed some just plain fun stuff from us today.  We have our hands into creating all sorts of stuff right now...and everyone is wanting delivery before Christmas!  We will do our best to make this happen...even with the custom items.

Thanks for stopping by...and...

Have a "Simply Irresistible" Day!

Photo Credits: Unknown source, Alpha & Omega Interiors photos, Sherwin Williams

Personality...Does your home reflect who you are?

OK...I've given you plenty of time to take your home's personality test. Have you completed it yet? Did it reveal to you...How well you know yourself?  Did you discover what the elements of your style are? Now for the question...How do you create your PERSONALITY and STYLE?

Your home should be a picture of who you are...a true reflection of your personality and tastes.  Have you decided, from the personality test, if  your home really does reflect you?  Many times when I go to a new client's home it is like experiencing a true "Blast from the Past" look of their life ... instead of their true lifestyle as it is now.  Sometimes it can be quite amusing to see how so many of us "hang on" to something from when we were young, in college, because a special friend gave it to us, or it was a wedding gift years ago. I believe to some degree we are ALL like this, right? When you are ready to pursue YOUR style and personality, then a question you must ask yourself is...Is this item really ME? Does it reflect my unique personality or not?  As hard as it may be, we can't keep everything and hope to come up with a different personalized room.  This is a major step to creating a room that you love because it represents YOU and not someone else.

Our homes are to be our havens...our refuge. It's a place to come home to after a long day of work, or for some, a place to work from.  It is also probably the largest investment that we will  make in our lifetime...so our homes should, therefore, bring us joy, peace, security, and comfort. They CAN, if they are designed and decorated to take on our very own personality and style. So,  why do we seem to not be able to make our very own homes...our haven?

Because so many times consumers are just out for a day of casual shopping and "things", shiny things, just sort of catch their attention.  They are already unhappy with their room (or rooms) at home so they end up impulse buying just to try and "fix" the entire room with new things...not even realizing this won't happen without a PLAN and will probably just clutter the room even more.  Give it a couple weeks, if that long, and they usually won't even like these new pieces any more either!  On the other hand, another reason is that sometimes consumers will rush out and buy as much as possible for a room - ALL AT ONE TIME! They desire to just "get it done".  They make a lot of unwise buying choices and later realize their choices were made in haste.  (Perhaps you've even done this!) They now even hate everything they bought and end up feeling that they just wasted all that money (and they DID!).  They find themselves still frustrated and unhappy with the room...and before you know it...they will start this "wrong" process all over again by running out and making more unwise purchases.  So, you can see, the process would be a whole lot EASIER and probably LESS COSTLY even if they started with ONE wise decision...to hire an Interior Designer!  THEN they could rest assured that they will have their home transformed into their very own, unique HAVEN...reflecting their personality and pulled together with such STYLE.

                

Defining your own PERSONALITY and STYLE is about having a plan and then making wise purchasing decisions.  This will insure that you are living surrounded by things that bring you joy. Each purchase must back-up YOUR style and personality and...bring you joy!  You will want your home to be a true reflection of who you are now...and not who you were years ago (meaning stuck in the past).  It should not be cluttered...our lives are complicated already...so don't just add more "stuff" to it.  Surround yourself with things you love and keep it simple. You will have created your haven then! 

Want a fun great tip on where to look for the COLORS of your personality?  It's quite simple...

                          

Go to your CLOSET...what colors are revealed?  You usually wear the colors that reflect YOU!  What did you discover?

Have a "Simply Irresistible" Day!

Photo Credits:  House Beautiful,  Coastal Living,  Google image