Designing For Yourself
So often we want a specific design or decor piece because we saw someone else have it and it looked so beautiful in their space and then when we buy into that trend or that piece, we find that sometimes it doesn’t always give us that same feeling that it did when we first saw it in “so and so’s” home.
We live in this day and age where we are constantly consumed by imagery and videography.
This can be both a blessing and a curse. We can feel equally inspired and envious of the same person all within the same moment of time. And this compulsive disorder we’ve all seemed to acquire to buy the “next” greatest thing our favorite influencer is suggesting is causing stressors of their own. Why? Because when you’re buying items or designing your home around someone else’s “home” and tastes, you’ll likely find that what you loved in their home didn’t translate to your own. Or maybe you just begin collecting an assortment of items with no real idea of where you’re going to put them. It can feel overwhelming and defeating.
But how can you practically design your home for YOU when you don’t know where to begin?
First, make a list of areas in your home you need direction and inspiration for. Then create specific Pinterest boards dedicated to those various rooms/spaces (i.e. “living room nook,” “bookshelf Inspo,” “ sunroom furniture,” etc). When searching for inspirational imagery for those areas, ONLY pin images that you LOVE and can see being truly attainable to you. Once you’re done doing that, find the common denominators in each of your boards (i.e. you keep seeing pottery in your images, you see you’ve pinned a lot of black lamps, or you keep seeing gilded artwork gallery walls in all your living room Inspo photos). Then visit your favorite influencers liketoknow.it page’s and shop their links (they spend a lot of time doing this and supporting them in this way is so helpful to them).
I know this seems like a very simple task but the biggest complaint I hear from people who feel overwhelmed when designing their homes is that they feel inundated with choices when they walk into the Target’s home decor section; they don’t even know where to begin. Honing in to your specific areas, and finding the common denominators (aka what you actually need) will help to take away some of those stressors and give you a more laser focused shopping experience next time you’re headed to your favorite “bullseye store.”
And if you’re just starting a Kitchen facelift but need help knowing where to begin, check out this post I recently made called, “How To Facelift Your Kitchen Like a Designer.”
