home decor

  What's your interior design aesthetic?              " "What's that you ask?  Design aesthetic? Should I have one ?  Perhaps I do! "  This is not a question I could have answered in my teenage years, but it was those early years that laid the foundation for what I would come to understand and appreciate about design in my adult life.  I believe our  interior design aesthetic (aspects of interior environments we are attracted to) is developed from what we've been exposed to  through our life experiences:  the house we grew up in,  homes of friends, your home town, reading, travel, and various forms of  media, etc.   The road to my house just before my birth My house age 8  Is this a town that raises a design conscious gal?  "Yep!"   How did that happen? I was exposed to very functional decor growing up in a small town in Newfoundland in the the...

I find beauty in imperfection and impermanence.  It's all over my art.   The petal that is captured as it starts to decay,  the rusted objects found in debris, the peeling layers of wallpaper in old homes,    and objects no longer needed for their original function, the list is endless. Accepting  transience and  imperfection (flawed beauty) can also  relate directly to your living space.  The Japanese world view/aesthetic of wabi sabi   acknowledges three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. Wabi Sabi  reveres authenticity. When you look for authentic furniture and objects for your home you will rarely find them  in big box stores.  Natural materials predominate in wabi sabi homes: paper, aged wood, linens, cottons, etc. Look for anything that celebrates the  marks of time , weather, and  the effects of loving use. This graphic is a good summary of the ch...