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Overcoming Decorating Paralysis :: let your values influence your decorating
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 by {darlene}

# Let Your Values Influence Your Decorating

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This post is part of the popular FHD series: How to Overcome Decorating Paralysis.

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In my opinion, the best way for you to have a home that you love is by thinking through what you want your home to become. Then, as you make decisions over the years for your interiors, you will be sure that your values are influencing your decorating, and NOT the other way around.

First, you need to know HOW you want to live.

Then allow the “How you want to live,” to directly impact your home.

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The question is not JUST how do you want your home to look?

It is how do you want your home to feel?

AND How do want your home to serve?

As you work on answering these questions, you are well on your way to defining your style.

But… as you consider how you want your home to feel and what purposes you want your home to serve, don’t leave looks behind on the street corner. Because, the reality is that looks ARE a huge part of how your home FEELS.

Examples from my own decision making and client recommending:

1. I love the look of a console behind a sofa with two lamps. But in my home, I want my boys to freely be able to bounce around and wiggle away and ESPECIALLY snuggle. So no lamps for me. I recently worked with a client who had young kiddos. The space behind her sofa was crying out for a console and lamps. Our solution was to add a console and create that same symmetrical beauty by adding swing arm library sconces to the wall {above the console} instead. We did not abandon looks by saying, “She has kids. Let’s just forget it.” Instead, we got creative and found a solution that added beauty to the space behind her sofa.

Here is an inspiration picture for sconces behind a sofa:

{design by Katie Ridder, via Fieldstone Hill Design}

2. I would love a rug in our foyer. I even have one that would look smashing in there. BUT, I want my family and friends to feel free to stomp in and out of my home without taking my shoes off, and bare hardwood works better for now. There will be years in my life where the rug will work just fine! But that is not how I want my home to feel TODAY. As for my gorgeous rug, I am thinking of using it in my living room beneath a big coffee table, or in our master bedroom, where the traffic is light.

Our foyer at Fieldstone Hill {an 1800’s parlor}, sans rug, decked for Christmas:

{image via Fieldstone Hill’s Christmas tour}

3. Another client wanted to move all of her children’s toys out of her family room and into a playroom. I encouraged her to simply find a beautiful way to “hide” the toys, but still leave them accessible. That way, her kiddos will still be able to hang around, right where momma is! Baskets, coffee tables with storage, or clearing out an under-used drawer or closet are the top ways my clients are able to do this.

4. A lot of my clients want spaces that meet their desire to have gorgeous interiors, but also offer comfortable lounging and entertaining places. We work hard to add ottomans, benches, stools, comfy furnishings, and soft pillows to encourage friends and family to stay a while. But, everything we choose have an overall loveliness. Usefulness AND beauty. It can be done!

An eDesign that features beautiful, abundant AND comfortable seating:

If you have never take the time to fully think through your personal style, I welcome you to do my “Personal Style Bootcamp.” Be sure, especially, to take the time to identify your Personal Style Words.

I truly hope that this process blesses you, as it has blessed me and so many of my clients. And, I hope that it will help you to identify your values for your home, so that they can influence your interiors!

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This post was originally posted on Candace Cameron Bure’s Blog, Roomag

ditto :: chillin with cheetah {plus something NEW!}
Monday, April 29, 2013 by {darlene}

Today’s ditto | a room I love* post features a gorgeous sitting nook, that I have affectionately nicknamed:

# Chillin with Cheetah.

*{Ditto | Room I Love posts demonstrate a great exercise for you as you continue to develop your own personal style: using your own favorite pictures, and making a quick list of what you actually love about the space. If you study what you love about a space, it helps you to bring what you LOVE into your own home!}

Simple and glam, I would love to sit for a spell in this sitting nook. And come on; Let’s be honest: That cheetah commands all of his own special attention, and really rocks this little space out of the ballpark.

This is a room I love. Do you love it?:

{via TradHome, design by Robert Passal}

### WHAT I LOVE {What I would ditto!}:

1. The sultry, comfy, sofa bed…. that looks far more chic than most sofa beds {its the full upholstery that does it for me}

2. The HUGE cheetah painting, of course. Which is amazing for the character it adds to the room, but also the gold tones and patterned spots.

3. Rich, navy paint/ gold accessories.

4. Plenty of coffee and side tables for books.

5. Flank a sitting nook with two matching lamps.

6. Roll pillows.

7. A vase full of feathers.

*** And introducing, a new addition to some of my ditto posts ***

# You CAN {ditto} it!

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### DO YOU LOVE THIS SPACE??

### WHAT DO YOU LOVE?

### WHAT DESIGN ELEMENTS WOULD YOU DITTO and BRING INTO YOUR OWN HOME? DO TELL!!!!!!

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well, hello, little girl
Saturday, April 27, 2013 by {darlene}

One thing I did not expect about the news that we would be having a Little Girl:

### All the memories that are flooding back to me about being a Little Girl myself.

Like, Strawberry Sue, for instance.

A few days ago, it suddenly occurred to me that I am decorating my future little girl’s nursery, especially in reference to the fabrics, JUST like Strawberry Sue would.

Strawberry Sue! Thank goodness for my childhood friend Nancy. You see, there was this paper doll we played with… over and over and over again. I desperately Facebook-ed her with the odd request: “Remember those paper dolls…..???”

She totally came through for my Inner Little Girl, and remembered the name of our childhood paper friend. When I pulled up images of the beloved doll, it was as if I never left.

There I was.

### A little girl.

Playing with Strawberry Sue.

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### There she is.

All sassy and confident in her espadrilles and her strawberry boy shorts.

That girl knew how to ROCK a pattern, I tell ya.

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Well, if you just take one look at my post from yesterday, it is easy to see that Strawberry Sue worked her sassy little style right into my Little Girl Heart.

Uncanny, no?

I love thinking about the random influences that shape our hearts and minds and our STYLE!

### How has your inner little girl {or little guy} shaped your style?

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Project Girl’s Nursery :: fabric dreaming
Friday, April 26, 2013 by {darlene}

For those of you who hang with me over at Pinterest,

I am sorry.

I have been flooding your feed with girly girl Fuchsia and Red inspired fabrics.

### The best I can hope for is that:

1. You really love Fuchsia and Red, so you don’t mind.

2. You are just so tickled that I am getting my girl, so you don’t mind.

3. You also happen to be planning a Fuchsia and Red Girl’s Room… {but what are the odds?}, so you don’t mind.

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4. Things don’t bug you. You generally love life, including your Fuchsia and Red Pinterest feed, so you don’t mind.

But, I tell ya. I am having SO much fun. And I have not officially started my design board for this cutie-pie’s nursery, but I am feeling quite inspired!

Feast in some fabric dreaming:

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As of today: It’s that very first poppy fabric that makes my heart sing.

And yet…. there are some others that are close contenders too! {stay in the loop over on my Pinterest board: Inspiration My Girl’s Room}

### Do any of these make your heart sing?

### What say ye? Which one would YOU pick for a baby girl nursery?

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Hello CUTE nursery. LOVE Layla Grace. They have EVERYTHING!!

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