I had a wonderful meeting last night! I just love getting together with my upline and sharing new ideas…..did you know the latest color trend is purple! I had a wonderful guest and she booked a party! She is going to be a well taken care of Hostess!
As I sit in my unfinished living room, my mind cannot help but dream. I dream of color and texture. I dream of furniture and pictures. I dream of floral arrangements and I dream of a floor plan.
All this runs through my creative crevices of my decorative brain. I try to visualize what the living room will look like before I even start. Sometimes I will write things down in my dream or idea book. This way I can take stock on what I have repeated in my mind’s eye.
You do not want to go to the expense of decorating, if you do not know what you like. My suggestion is a planning book, sometimes called a dream book or an idea book.
Fill a notebook with sheet protectors and then start looking. In the dream book, you can fill the pages with pictures of things you like from magazines or even pictures you have taken on your own camara. Take notes when you see something that catches your eye and put those notes in your dream book as well. Soon the pages will be full.
After awhile you will begin to see a pattern. A pattern of colors or textures or even themes. This process will help you to understand or visualize your own personal style of decorating.
Once you have understood your own personal style, you will be able to plan your decorating project.
More on that one later, but for now……start dreaming!
It is snowing outside and it reminds me of how beautiful it can be used in decorating. White can be romantic in a classic setting, casual in a country setting and comfortable in a cottage setting.
You can mix almost any color with white. White and blue remind me of an English Cottage or a Beach Cottage. White and brown remind me of a Contemporary Flat in the City. White and green remind me of all the styles: casual, beach, cottage or contemporary.
Many decorating colors may come and go, but white never goes out of style.
Many decorators use color to set the mood or tone of the room being decorated. We have all heard of the color wheel and how you can use this tool to choose the color scheme of your choice.
Many rooms can come alive with colors of the outdoors or become a calm serene place of relaxation with the colors of the sea.
Whatever color you chose, let the colors express your personality or let them express the attitude that you want to convey.