Take a look around your home with an objective eye and see if your surroundings really reflect who you are. When choosing what to pitch or save, ask yourself whether you would buy that piece of furniture if you saw it in a store today. If the answer is no , consider pitching it. Just as you mature and change over the years, so does your taste. Consider each area and ask do you want to feel peaceful, energized, happy, contemplative in this room.
Color is the most powerful of a designer s tools.
Masterfully applied, color brings the desired beneficial content to a room - emotional, behavioral and physical. For example, last month we discussed earth shades as one of the group s elemental color trends. These shades, browns, grays, taupes and metallics generate an emotional response of tranquility and safety, a physical feeling of being grounded and a behavioral response of stability. For the spring, we ll talk about fire colors , starting with powerful reds, yellows and oranges - colors predominately strong in this year s designs. If they re not your colors, don t worry.