Timeline:
Agreed to buy the house on Sunday, was told to complete the finish selections by Monday evening, wrote up the deal on Monday night from 8-10:30pm! Realized that I hadn’t selected a kitchen counter, oops, Tuesday shopped again to make finish selections and add an addendum to the sale. I had 24 hours to select all the finishes in my house, and hopefully find options that were in my price range.
STRESS!
Designing for a client is easy, I get a feel for who they are, what they like, and what their style is. Designing for myself is tricky. First of all I think I am pretty self aware, I know that I like the new flashy unique stuff that often looks uber dated in about 5 minutes. But I am also “practical,” or you could call it, “cheap,” so in the past I have bought neutral pieces and I have avoided the trendy decor. So should I make an exception to my rule and decorate my house in over the top trends because it is what I like right now? I want to be in my new house for the next 7 years. What will I like for 7 years? I guess I need to look at what I have always liked, which would be mid century modern, with BOLD accents, and daring primary colours sprinkled here and there. But unfortunately trends over the past 5 years have brought that look to the main stream making me look ever so 5 minutes ago! One look I really enjoy is the “art gallery”: off white walls with intense oversized art. So that is my inspiration for my new home.
What will you like for the next seven years?
