Create Calming Comfort with a Bit of Inspiration

Is there a place at home that always feels calm? Where you go to find peace, think or simply enjoy the warmth of winter’s pure light? This spot is all yours, to make as you wish. It lifts you in sad times and enjoys the comforts of happy times with you. If you have this spot, read on, you may want to create more rooms in your home that has that fluffy feel. If you don’t have your peaceful spot, well, everyone deserves one, maybe its time?

To start this project, you need a bit of inspiration. Inspiration comes from within; it is down in your very gut. Inspiration is something that motivates, calms, drives you to success, or wraps you up with love. Search your home or go to a store and find an object that you absolutely love, that inspires, that calms. It could be a picture in a picture frame, a chair, a child’s framed art piece, a vase, a pillow, a knick knack, anything that you love to look at. The emotion you feel has to be calming, inspired, and lovely.

Once you find your inspirational object, your decorating project can begin. Find a quiet cozy place; grab your writing journal, your favorite pen, a cup of your favorite hot beverage, and get comfy. Place your object down on a table and take a long uninterrupted look at it. Mentally, dissect it. Write down the reasons why you love it, acknowledge all the colors within the object, what is the texture, look at the shapes within the object, uncover all its wondrous details.

This list is all you need to begin designing your calming retreat.

• Choose your paint by picking your favorite color within your object. Use contrasting colors for your moldings. Make use of small detailed crown moldings.
• Choose your fabrics by observing the details within your object. If your favorite detail in your object is a flower, then you’ll love a floral fabric with coordinating stripes, plaids or ginghams. If your favorite detail in your object is geometric shapes, then contemporary fabrics with straight lines and shapes are good fabric choices.
• Romantic style window treatments are a must in this design project. Swooping swags, dramatic shades with a detailed cornice will bring warmth and comfort into your room.

You now have the recipe for decorating success; the elements that you picked will be perfect because it comes from within yourself. They are just right for your room because you picked these elements from an object that truly inspired you from the onset. This process will continue to evolve as you complete each element; the paint, the fabric and window treatment designs. Accessorizing your space with furniture and detailed elements will give your space the finishing touch.

Whether you own your home or rent, creating this peaceful place when you walk into your home can prove to be an essential element to happy living. The first sight of your “peaceful spot” can create amazing effects; your body softens, your blood pressure drops, your mind rests, as you allow only the good part of your day enter this spot with you, leaving the unwanted daily memories outside your front door.