Rejuvenation by Design

It is a beautiful Sunday morning as I post this entry in my blog. With the birds still singing as if it were summer and the bunny rabbits running and playing on the hills behind us, it feels as if summer will never end and that would be OK with me. My views outdoors are great and nature has always been a peace giver and a healer. That is probably why I have always brought a lot of the "outdoors" into my indoor interior design. If you browse through most mail order home catalogues and the large retail decor stores, you will also see nature in the designs of their best selling fabrics, area rugs, artwork and accessories. We love our planet earth and all the God given beauty in the cloud studded skies, the glimmering waters and the colorful flora and earthtoned fauna. We go to the earth, the sky and the water views for our rejuvenation with thankfulness and we feel alive and connected. Our need for travel is all about needing that connection. Wouldn't it be nice to come home and feel like your home was as rejuvenating as your trip or more so? Before we leap into the solution, let's go back to "creation" for a moment.

Design is all about creation. In my field, it is actually more about re-creating, since we start with the clients' given design elements and style, mix in ideas from a myriad of snapshots in our minds of rooms we've loved over the years, other designer mentors' projects we've seen and admired, while guiding it all with our own design sensibility, scale, and spice (drama). Therefore, in most cases (other than my clean slate projects), I am re-creating. But the miracle of it all is that the room becomes "unique" out of this design soup process! Rejuvenation occurs through....wait, of course, recreation! Guess our rooms need a vacation too.

I am a bit philosophical this morning granted. But since this is just my second post ever, creation seemed appropriate.
Meanwhile, think about your favorite seasons of the year, favorite colors, styles, flora and fauna, architecture, sports, hobbies, and geographical locations and write them down. Start a design journal or a vision board of these items. We'll talk about incorporation of same later. Enjoy the Day.