Tag: biophilia

Why Creating Your Perfect Space Matters

Are you a Perfect Space Seeker? Do you want a beautiful, healthy home that looks and feels great without spending tons of time or money? Do you wish your home was a sanctuary and perfect space for you? Your perfect space can support you in your journey to BE the person you need to be to live your perfect life. The Perfect Space- Who Cares? Most of us think our house or space is OK, but we wish it was better. If pressed, we would admit we really wished it felt like a sanctuary, a place that Read more [...]

Get the Look- Global Style- Greek

Greek Interior Design is simple and elegant, inspired by nature, and looks light, bright, airy and clean.  Imagine lots of white with beautiful vivid blue, green, fuchsia and gold accents, and a clean, de-cluttered, rustic look, Designs tend to be simple, symmetrical, classical, and relaxing. Less is more.Greek style is an example of global style Interior Design. Global Style Interior Design is all about telling the story of your life and adventures through your decor. Each piece has a story and Read more [...]

Interior Design Is NOT About Looking Good

It is about looking great, feeling great and supporting you to BE great. Most people think Interior Design is just about making your house look good. Most Interior Designers will make your house look beautiful and will create a space that functions better with your life style so that you are happy and have a sense of pride when others see it.But great Interior Design is about so much more than looks, form and function. It is about looking great, feeling great and supporting Read more [...]

Do You Need an Alignment?

The Great Conjunction- Now that's Alignment! Recently, I told you about my philosophy of great Interior Design, which I call Aligned Design. When the three key elements of art, science and energy are aligned, the magic happens.The "Art",  is what most of us think of as  "Interior Design", and includes finding and artfully arranging beautiful furnishings, decor and art to look gorgeous and function perfectly with your lifestyle.The "Science", is about using color science to take your color Read more [...]

Create a Healthy and Beautiful Home in 2021 with Aligned Design

It's almost a new year! Thank God. I think we are all ready for NEW.Has 2020 highlighted all the things that are NOT working in your home now that you have been spending so much more time there? Have you realized what is important now that you are requiring your home to act as your workplace, sanctuary, gym, school and more?Time to refresh, get inspired and to create a healthy, beautiful home that can handle all the new things you need it to do for you.Imagine a home that looks great, feels great Read more [...]

Opposite Colors Attract – Go Complimentary

People often struggle with creating a great color scheme.  Often, we start the conversation by talking about the limitations, or the box of colors you need to stay within based on your fixed finishes. In my last few blog articles we have discussed how you could take your favorite color, blue for example and create different color schemes. We explored monochromatic and analogous schemes. Today, lets look at complimentary schemes.Complimentary color schemes are based on using two hues that are opposite Read more [...]

Create a Harmonious Color Scheme – Go Analogous

People often struggle with creating a great color scheme.  Often, we start the conversation by talking about the limitations, or the box of colors you need to play with based on your fixed finishes.In my last article, Celebrate Your Favorite Color- Go Monochromatic, we talked about how you could take your favorite color and celebrate it in all it’s glory with a monochromatic color scheme. Simple and easy!What if you would like a little more color variety,  but still want something that is simple Read more [...]

Celebrate Your Favorite Color – Go Monochromatic

People often struggle with creating a great color scheme.  Often, we start the conversation by talking about the limitations, or the box of colors you need to stay within based on your fixed finishes. Today, let’s talk about something more fun. If you could take your favorite color and celebrate it in all it’s glory, what could that look like? Monochromatic!Monochromatic color schemes are based on a single hue and use various shades, tones and tints of that color. Picture your favorite color Read more [...]

The Colors of Summer- Bring the Outside In

Summer is one of my favorite times of year. It’s warm and the outdoors beckons, the colors explode with flowers, fruit, an explosion of green growth and the showiness of all the male birds. There is a feeling of abundance and adventure. Completion of all the things you have sown. It is bold and beautiful.Would you like to have that same look and feeling inside in your home year round? Take some color and other cues from nature and bring the outside in. Here is an example of what I mean.This picture Read more [...]

Bring the Outdoors in with Interior Design

In a recent article, Healthy Home-Feel Good with Biophilia, I talked about how as humans, we want to be connected with nature and other living things such as people, animals and plants because it makes us feel good. This longing for “connection” is called “biophilia”.I mentioned numerous ways that we could use Interior Design to to get that connection for a happier, healthier home including using natural materials, plants, animals, color, art, scents and lighting.Some of the tips I gave included:Bringing Read more [...]