Freshhome

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Inspiring Fresh home

This Inspiring Fresh home full color,Designed by Jordi Vayreda, this is a comfortable learning in shades of gray, green and pink are used for industrial building into two levels. Fortunately, recently went to make a full-on and now it looks like a bed of life and funny. It's amazing how adding a little color can really turn around the way the house feels. This is probably what the designers had in mind when filling this place with a colorful decor elements such as soft cushion on the floor, a small carpet and rural small containers. Because the white background, these items stand out and make a nice visual contrast. The living room, dining room and kitchen are connected not only physically, but also design-wise. We like how this house seemed to appreciate the pattern is decorated with fun, involving color and youthfulness.

Inspiring Interior-Through Inspiring Fresh home full color

Suzy Chiazzari Thinks No Home Should Be Without These

Photo from BHG

One of the first designers I discovered who agreed with my 'design from the heart' philosophy was Suzy Chiazzari. When I first read her book 'The Healing Home' it was like I'd found a sister all the way on the other side of the world.

She 'got it'.

She knew exactly how I felt.

In 'The Healing Home' there's a section with some questions related to stress..... and how to discover if you're under too much and need to take some responsible action.

One of her questions is this....

'Are you unable to concentrate on anything and dislike reading?'

She goes on to say...

'This may seem like a strange question at first glance but books add a special dimension to a home. Collated within their pages are the experiences, thoughts and ideas of a great number of people, both living and dead.

Books contain unifying and bonding vibrations.

In fact, a home without books remains a very cold and uninviting place.

Colorful books and magazines contribute to the overall feeling in a room and book displays, in particular, create a very nourishing and friendly environment.' (My 'bolding' throughout).

One way to help diffuse stress then, is to include more books in your home.

Display them where you can see them. Put them where you can touch them. Make it easy to pick up a favourite magazine or book and settle into a cosy chair for a relaxing browse.

Do you agree?

I certainly could not, in my wildest dreams, imagine my home without books.

I'm hooked on them!

I have them in bookcases, open on recipe stands, standing up on top of my bookshelves, as part of a montage facing out within the bookshelves so I can see their stunning covers, and stacked on bedside tables. I have a pile of interior design mags stacked on occasional tables on either side of the sofa, and they get thumbed through often!

I find the colours and designs on the covers a simple and very exciting way to bring 'art' into my home.

And of course, I just love the cocooning, nurturing feel they add to the atmosphere.

In celebration of books, here's a collection of home libraries and their various displays...... I wish mine was as big as some of these!