Welcome to my belated October blog posting. Apologies for the lateness of this post. However, did you know that October this year of 2010 has five (5) Fridays, (5) Saturdays and (5) Sundays, not to happen again in month of October for 823 years! That's a very amazing happening actually. Is it the longest October ever for all of us? No, just more days to celebrate the weekends! And more days to sightsee small towns, and watch the leaves change all over our countrysides, suburbs and cities. Lots of time to welcome in the change of season and to prepare for winter. So get the most business in you can, play as hard as you can before the really cold wintry weather, get those doctors' appointments out of the way, and end the month with that traditional spooky and fun Halloween holiday! Guess that's what I've been doing which is why I haven't posted on time :( When I lived on the east coast, October was my favorite time of the year, except for the Spring months of April and May. October meant new clothes, new boots, and crisper more colorful weather for one month only. After that, twig trees and gray skies showed up. So, it was time to hunker down, pad the nest, warm up the house, prepare some great comfort food, read some books, and in today's world, watch some great videos in your own home theatre room, however large or small.
Sound like a good introduction for home theatre conversation? You bet it is! What sounds better than having your own dinner theatre with your own movies where if you fall asleep on the sectional, the bedroom is only a short walk away! What I enjoyed the most about Halloween was really not the scarey stuff. It was dressing up to be someone I wasn't. Experimenting with costumes, wigs, wearing someone else's clothes and taking a journey as them for one short night was just a lot of fun. That's what our actors and actresses do practically all the time. Again, they get paid to be someone else! And movies transport us into their experience of this world when the lights go down and the curtains go up. It's magical.
Take a look at a couple of cozy family room/home theatre rooms and then sit back and enjoy the show of some lovely October images to finish up this very colorful season. Embrace the color orange as well as reds, which I use so much of, I know. Orange is not a favorite of most folks, but we do enjoy decorating with it this time of year. You'd be amazed to know what orange signifies. It is a combination of red and yellow, so it has the hot energy of red along with the joy and happiness of yellow. Orange is enthusiasm, fascination, creativity, good health and happiness. Being the color of autumn, it represents bountiful harvest, and stimulates appetite as well as it invigorates mental activity, not to mention what a small amount of orange will do to spice up a room's decor! This posting was short, but it makes up by being sassy, sweet and spicey as well. More blogs to come in November and December for two of my favorite holidays.
Happy Autumn to You.
Designer 4 You 4 Ever,
Pamela
AVALLON DESIGN
Visit our Website: www.avallondesign.com
Design Inquiries: pam@avallondesign.com
Our Blog: www.enhanceyourdesignviews.blogspot.com (you're here!)
P. O. Box 1623
Lincoln, CA 95648
Ph 916 677.6792 Fax 916 543.8782
NEW! We're on FACEBOOK now. Type in AVALLON DESIGN and click on big house profile picture. Everyone is welcome to join. Post your comments or inquiries.
Pamela is an IIDA Professional Interior Designer in Northern CA. Her most current projects are in the Sacramento area, Roseville, Granite Bay, Rocklin, Lincoln, El Dorado Hills, Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Napa Valley and Sonoma. Having had a showroom for 16 years in the SF Bay Area in Woodside and Portola Valley, Pam still travels for clientele as requested from Marin to Carmel. Pam has also owned a design gallery in North Carolina for 9 years, a design office in Arizona for 4 years and worked in the states of Florida, Texas, Virginia and South Carolina designing custom residences, vacation homes, luxury model homes, country clubs and reception sales centers for golf development communities.
"I didn't choose this career...it chose me when I first moved to California. It lit a fire inside me that has been burning now for over 30 years and thankfully, it is a career that moves and changes with me as I grow myself. Since there are so many branches of design in our industry, it allows me to continually learn more information to apply to my projects. My clients are all unique as are their styles. Reaching our design goals for their living environments is paramount, while creating a sound enjoyable design journey for them along the way. We become a design team. With design in mind and desire at heart, we transform spaces into living art."
This blog is truly inspired each month by so many old and new friends alike, family members and clients. People are the pearls and gems in life. Hone, renew and refine those relationships (personal or business) and you'll find your treasure...your ship will come in.
CELEBRATE DESIGN!
No comments:
Post a Comment