Any designer who does not appreciate or know about good food is not a very good designer. The planning of a meal and it presentation – the texture, the color, the tastes, the hot and cold temperatures – are the same concerns that affect an environment.

Robert Kime, Architectural Digest

We look at food the same way as we look at interior design. It needs to look good or right away you wont like it. It needs to feel good, on your fingers and in your hands. You need to be drawn to it, just like you are drawn to the smell of your favorite food.

When something is pleasing to the eye it automatically makes you happy, calm and relaxed. When it is not, it will make you stressed and anxious. This is one reason why the art of fung shui is gaining in popularity, it promotes piece and harmony in your home.

Many people lack good design for one reason, they don’t look at the whole room, they buy things one at a time. This can be okay if you remember when your shopping what is actually in your rooms and shop with them in mind. Many people don’t do this, they see what they like and get it. They don’t stop to think, will it fit in the room? Will it match?

A tip I have is to take a picture of your room every time you add a major piece. Keep that picture with you and look at it when your buying anything for that room, even a TV. Make your room look put together and you will find you want to spend more time in the room because it makes you feel so good.

Plasma TV’s are great. They look nice they have style and they take up alot less space then that bulky TV you use to have. The problem is they still can take up space they don’t look right with antique furniture and sometimes you just want them out of the way.

There is a way to do this, you can use a TV lift. This device will lift your tv out of a cabinet or other storage device so that you can hide it away when you don’t want it out. This is not only a great space saver, but it can make a room appear differently to your guest. Now instead of focusing on the TV, you might actually be able to get to know someone or maybe they’ll finally notice how well you’ve decorated.

Now that the turkey is gone and everyone is nice and full it’s time to start thinking of Christmas. The presents, the shopping and most of all the decorating. You need lights for outside and in. You need to figure out just how many Personalized Christmas Ornaments you will need to buy this year and you will need some nice stockings to go along with them.

There are many places to get these types of things. One of my favorites is Personalization mall.com. They are one of my favorite sites because of there selection and prices. I don’t have children yet, but once I do I plan on getting personalized Christmas stockings and ornaments for them. I had a personalized ornament when I was a child and I loved it because that is how Santa knew where to put our presents. I am one of 5 children and even though we didn’t have money for alot of presents there still was a good pile sitting there.

I also like personalized gifts because it makes the item unique. When your going for a good interior or exterior design you want the whole look to mean something and show some of yourself. One way to make that nice stylish impression is to personalize it. It makes the room feel warmer and more inviting, not only to you but to your loved ones as well.

I have learned alot since I started blogging as a living. I have learned that there is always something to say even if I don’t feel like saying anything. There is always more to the story and you need a comfortable office chair to set your butt on.

Yes this post is all about the office chair. Why is it important, well right now it’s very important because I don’t have one, my back hurts and I want to go lay down in my nice comfortable bed. Not a good thing since it’s only three in the afternoon. Of course there are a few other reasons to have a comfortable office chair. One is that most of the time the more comfortable it is, the better it looks. I’m not exactly sure why, but its a fact. I personally like leather high back chairs with lots of cushioning, but my mother bought a chair a few months ago that is a soft material and feels so good. I have to keep myself from stealing it. I pretty much want one like that, only Black leather.

There are other reasons besides looks to get a good office chair. It can actually help keep you awake and into the task you are trying to do. If you hurt and are not comfortable you don’t want to stay where you are and your mind starts to go off in another direction to a place and time where you want to be. Trust me even as a home worker this happens. I do it all the time.  Eventually I am going to get a new chair and maybe get more work done in the process.

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Many people may see an interior designer as someone who decorates a home and works in a cute little shop. Most interior designers are not this way many have to pack up their clothes and head off to other states or countries to work. One of my teachers has been to France, China and Egypt for interior design jobs. Many of these lasted around 6 months. Most of the time they are for major business, like hotels and corporations.

I am really not into that type of design, even though hotel design could be fun. I don’t think I could stay in a hotel that long. I like staying at home and knowing where everything is. I know that many people though prefer to travel to exotic places and get paid to do it too. I’m not saying I wouldn’t travel, I would just prefer not to be gone for long periods of time. I don’t think that will be too hard for me as I plan to do mostly personal homes, not big corporations.

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