How do you take your old tired spaces and create a completely new look with minimal effort and expense? Redesign is a term being used frequently in the world of interior design for clients with smaller budgets with big dreams. Here are some simple ideas that won't cost you a fortune:
1) Rethink your furniture floor plan - Often, just moving your furnishings into a new configuration makes a huge impact on the visual impact of your space. Turn the rug a different direction. Move furniture off of the wall, and into a more intimate, conversational space. Move furniture from one room into another room for a change of pace.
2) Reaccessorize -- Rotate existing home accessories into different spaces including different rooms. Purchase new, yet inexpensive accessories with a trendy color (try a local home consignment store). Paint old, tired accessories with a new, updated color.
3) Paint -- Applying a splash of a new, updated color can do wonders. Try one accent wall. How about a chair? Rethink the color of an old lamp base.
4) Artwork -- Dust off any old, yet well-loved artwork stashed away in your closet, under that guest bed, up in the attic. Can you purchase a new matte and frame to give it a fresh, new look? Consider rotating artwork into different areas of your home. Just doing this will make you reconsider those old color schemes throughout your living/work spaces.
5) Nature -- I love adding earthy elements to any space. Fresh cut flowers from your yard (or a gardener friend). Put some colorful earth-friendly potpourri in a bowl. If chemically-sensitive, how about putting some pine cones in a colorful bowl? Mother Nature has loads of offerings, especially this time of year, so indulge!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Redesigning - So where do I start?
In redesigning your personal space, try starting with the following:
1) Your favorite room,
2) The room you spend the most time in or
3) The room where your company spends the most time.
This will get you the most bang for the time/money invested. Once you have chosen the room you want to redesign, think about the overall ambience or feeling you want to have in this space.
Do you want a feeling of calmness and serenity? Think of clouds, fields of lavender, the smell of new rain. Do you want to feel more energized and excited? Think of a sunburst, citrus smells and colors. Do you want to feel warmth and comfort? Think bird's nest, earthy smells and colors.
Thinking about these images in your mind will help you begin to visualize your new space in terms of the colors, smells, textures, etc. you want. It requires a tapping into your intuitive senses, thus creating a shift and rebalance of the energy within your space and providing you with an overall "look and feel" that you are desiring.
1) Your favorite room,
2) The room you spend the most time in or
3) The room where your company spends the most time.
This will get you the most bang for the time/money invested. Once you have chosen the room you want to redesign, think about the overall ambience or feeling you want to have in this space.
Do you want a feeling of calmness and serenity? Think of clouds, fields of lavender, the smell of new rain. Do you want to feel more energized and excited? Think of a sunburst, citrus smells and colors. Do you want to feel warmth and comfort? Think bird's nest, earthy smells and colors.
Thinking about these images in your mind will help you begin to visualize your new space in terms of the colors, smells, textures, etc. you want. It requires a tapping into your intuitive senses, thus creating a shift and rebalance of the energy within your space and providing you with an overall "look and feel" that you are desiring.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Welcome to Designervana!
Welcome to the first blog of Designervana! I am happy to be able to share my design thoughts with other design-happy (or perhaps design-unhappy and therefore, design-seeking) Cyberians. This will be the first of many Tid and Bits to be posted in my inner blogosphere. I hope you enjoy reading what I will be writing.
My first Tid and Bit is about the world of Re-Design. Ever heard of it? Well, neither had I until one day very recently, I discovered that I was doing "re-design" with my clients without realizing that that was what I was doing! What I love about Re-Design (especially in economic times like these) is that this type of design is all about refreshing your interior spaces through: 1) Re-purposing, 2) Re-positioning and 3) Re-moval. I should call it "Re-Times 3" - and maybe I will.
The long and short of Re-Design is to Re-Create a client's interior space by using the current contents. And the transformations are quite simply - amazing! My Re-Design services began rather unconciously when I started rearranging the interior contents at a client site. I just couldn't help myself! It just sort of - happened, and before I knew it - a whole new interior space emerged - and it was absolutely DEVINE! And most importantly, my client was amazed and loved what I had done.
So, there you have it! In the next Tid and Bit, I will provide a few helpful tips on how one can do his/her own Re-Design - though if you don't have a designer's eye - please consider seeking out a Re-Designer near you. More to come!
My first Tid and Bit is about the world of Re-Design. Ever heard of it? Well, neither had I until one day very recently, I discovered that I was doing "re-design" with my clients without realizing that that was what I was doing! What I love about Re-Design (especially in economic times like these) is that this type of design is all about refreshing your interior spaces through: 1) Re-purposing, 2) Re-positioning and 3) Re-moval. I should call it "Re-Times 3" - and maybe I will.
The long and short of Re-Design is to Re-Create a client's interior space by using the current contents. And the transformations are quite simply - amazing! My Re-Design services began rather unconciously when I started rearranging the interior contents at a client site. I just couldn't help myself! It just sort of - happened, and before I knew it - a whole new interior space emerged - and it was absolutely DEVINE! And most importantly, my client was amazed and loved what I had done.
So, there you have it! In the next Tid and Bit, I will provide a few helpful tips on how one can do his/her own Re-Design - though if you don't have a designer's eye - please consider seeking out a Re-Designer near you. More to come!
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