Slow decorating is really smart decorating, especially if you want to avoid a cookie-cutter home. I usually know how I want to decorate (been collecting vintage pieces for years). My problem is decorating before I've fully figured how I need that space to best function. I've found it's best to live in it for at least six months, and then re-evaluate how I use it. Had to do lots of unnecessary rearranging. Slow decorating rocks! Great info. Thanks.
Slow design is definitely a work in progress kind of thing. I’ve been working on my place since 2021. I have changed a few ideas along the way, from space uses to paint colors. It’s fairly consistent. But it’s been tweaked for sure. It’s actually taking me a while because I’m doing it all myself. I’m not hiring anyone to do things. I’ve painted ceilings and cabinets and literally everything in between. So it’s forced me to take it slow, regardless of knowing what I want it to look like. House of Valentina took 7 years to get the look she has. Julie Khuu, 10 years. Ashley Childers, 2 years, just for her garden. It’s definitely the journey and not the destination!
Your friend who got into Modern Farmhouse is a symptom of a larger problem - people’s lack of imagination. There are so many people who don’t actually know what they like. They’re kinda indifferent to design. They don’t get much further than just wanting a place that looks put together for family and friends. What that looks like, or how they want to achieve that, is open. This is _why_ people hire designers to get them a nice looking place, without them having to actually think too much about it. These are the people who can’t actually picture things in their heads. They have no inner dialogue. It’s kinda crazy to think about. But it keeps us designers in business!
I wanted to add my stepdad is like this, too. His sense of style is very generic. Although he can get oddly opinionated occasionally. It’s funny when that happens. My mom gets like this too. She’s painted a wall bright red just to match a painting she hung there, only to regret it after she’s stuck with it. They both still hate the color, yet love the painting. But it’s been this color now for over 10 years, because they don’t know what else to do with it! 🤣
After studying Myers Briggs a little, not the end all be all by any means, but reading about different personalities and how people feel and think, can live w more or less clutter, stimulation etc, has helped me be less judgmental on how people decorate their own space. It helped me realize why some people can't handle any clutter or don't need color in their lives. I'm a maximalist who would get bored w all neutrals but understand that neutrals and "boring" spaces are the only way some people can relax in their space.
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Beautifully stated. enjoyed! TFS
Thank you so much!
Slow decorating is really smart decorating, especially if you want to avoid a cookie-cutter home. I usually know how I want to decorate (been collecting vintage pieces for years). My problem is decorating before I've fully figured how I need that space to best function. I've found it's best to live in it for at least six months, and then re-evaluate how I use it. Had to do lots of unnecessary rearranging. Slow decorating rocks! Great info. Thanks.
Fast decorating can be good too.
Yes 😊 - If you know what you want!
Slow design is definitely a work in progress kind of thing. I’ve been working on my place since 2021. I have changed a few ideas along the way, from space uses to paint colors. It’s fairly consistent. But it’s been tweaked for sure. It’s actually taking me a while because I’m doing it all myself. I’m not hiring anyone to do things. I’ve painted ceilings and cabinets and literally everything in between. So it’s forced me to take it slow, regardless of knowing what I want it to look like.
House of Valentina took 7 years to get the look she has. Julie Khuu, 10 years. Ashley Childers, 2 years, just for her garden. It’s definitely the journey and not the destination!
Your friend who got into Modern Farmhouse is a symptom of a larger problem - people’s lack of imagination. There are so many people who don’t actually know what they like. They’re kinda indifferent to design. They don’t get much further than just wanting a place that looks put together for family and friends. What that looks like, or how they want to achieve that, is open. This is _why_ people hire designers to get them a nice looking place, without them having to actually think too much about it. These are the people who can’t actually picture things in their heads. They have no inner dialogue. It’s kinda crazy to think about. But it keeps us designers in business!
I wanted to add my stepdad is like this, too. His sense of style is very generic. Although he can get oddly opinionated occasionally. It’s funny when that happens. My mom gets like this too. She’s painted a wall bright red just to match a painting she hung there, only to regret it after she’s stuck with it. They both still hate the color, yet love the painting. But it’s been this color now for over 10 years, because they don’t know what else to do with it! 🤣
After studying Myers Briggs a little, not the end all be all by any means, but reading about different personalities and how people feel and think, can live w more or less clutter, stimulation etc, has helped me be less judgmental on how people decorate their own space. It helped me realize why some people can't handle any clutter or don't need color in their lives. I'm a maximalist who would get bored w all neutrals but understand that neutrals and "boring" spaces are the only way some people can relax in their space.