DESIGN TIP!
Your home should express your personality
{and what does that REALLY mean anyway}
Most people seem to know that our homes should express our personality. That idea has been around for a long time now. In fact, I sometimes I feel like it is an overused concept so I hesitate to use the phrase too much. Yet it's something we still can struggle with, even when we know it is something important!
So let’s think about what ‘express your personality’ means, really, and how do we do it? If we aspire to make our home look exactly like a store catalog we love, does that mean we have ‘expressed our personality’ because we happen to love Pottery Barn catalogs? I mean, I do love Pottery Barn (I think they're brilliant as a matter of fact), but do I really want people to come in and say, “wow your home looks just like a {insert store name} catalog!”? Hmmmm. That would disturb me a bit. Just sayin’. But maybe that is just me.
{these are part of my personal collection, AND my personal style, and I've used them at least 3 different ways, both at home and at pberry's!} |
{taupe, my favorite color...or so it seems!} |
If you really struggle with expressing your own personality in your decor, it might mean you are not fully embracing your own uniqueness. What makes you YOU? I can’t truly have a unique style if I don’t really know who I am and what I have loved about life. Our personality at home will flow out of our life experiences. You can’t really copy that. Keep in mind though, that your personality is as broad as the ocean, and as high as the highest mountain, code for: mix it up! You don't have to commit to just one facet of YOU. Embrace it all!
accessories. It is OK to have some good basic or classic pieces, but what unique things can you add to make a personal statement and CLAIM YOUR SPACE?
{...and here it is on my deck, flanked by the Rosemary topiaries we used on the tables at my daughter's wedding... that I re-potted in my footed wire moss-lined pots from another one of my favorite shops, pepperberry's! Get it? Everything has a story!}P.S.: I TOTALLY believe in furnishing and accessorizing outside spaces too...just in case you aren't overwhelmed enough!
to be continued...
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