Happy Thursday!
Today is an install day for me. Custom closets that will ( i’m trusting) will ease a piece of life for my clients. As most of you know, I have been in this Industry for almost 20 years. Over the course of that time, I have connected deeper to how a room feels, instead of how it looks. Inevitably, when I room feels good, it ends up looking good! This may be a backwards concept for some designers, but for me, I start with what my client wants to feel, and work backwards. So, for this particular client, they were feeling overwhelmed with not having enough space for storage ( clothes/shoes etc). So we tried a few different options, and settled on custom built ins on either side of their bed. I trust that this addition to their room, once it’s installed, will take away at least one layer of overwhelm. ( At the time this post goes live, I will be at their home, so I will update you later!!)
Today I want to share three steps you can take, to feel more peace in your home. These are created based on the questions and concerns I hear over and over again from my clients. Most people dont know why they aren’t feeling good in their home, or a particular room, so as usual, we need to create a map. Here are the questions you can ask yourself, to make some changes!
What room of your home do you fee the best in? Begin to understand WHY you love it there? is it cozy? or not too cluttered? does it feel welcoming and inviting because of the color? Write out WHY you love the room that you do. If you dont love ANY room…then email me at hello@designThoughtsstudio and I am going to guide you. I feel so strongly about this process. Remember, we are creating a map of intention, so we can take action, and start to create more of what you need!!
Onto Step 2:
Ask yourself which room in your home, has the longest to-do list! In our house, it’s my sons playroom, but also our PC and filing. Every night, we get frustrated because there are LEGOS EVERYWHERE. They aren’t fun to clean up, or step on. The long list of making this room better for the whole family is long, and it starts with storage. In our case, affordable storage. Because the long list haunts me, I know this is the exact room I need to focus on. To help not feel overwhelmed, I had to break the list into pieces, which brings me to number 3.
The best guidance I can give, or in some cases actually do, for my clients , is step number 3. Small actionable steps. For me, and our playroom, that means, breaking down the list into the very most important thing. STORAGE! so, I began by researching types of affordable playroom storage. This step alone, take a bit of the overwhelm out of this process, because we are making forward movement!!! Feeling stuck and overwhelmed when it comes to your home is NO FUN! making forward movement, no matter how small, is the very best way to begin feeling more peace and is an important part of Intentional living!!!
SO there you have it. (3) very easy steps to being more intentional, ( Intentional Living) feeling less overwhelm, and creating more peace in your home!!
As always, follow along over on instagram to see project updates! By the time this post goes live ( *spoiler alert, I am writing this the night before) there will be progress pictures of the closets posted 😉
Love and light to you!
~Kim
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