PERSONALITY

Do you give your home or office permission to express some personality/convey a mood or feeling? Why are some people afraid of commitment to a pattern? Why did my gigantic tomato plants produce only one little fruit this summer? What should my Halloween costume be this year? These are the questions I ask myself as I work to create the "wow" spaces I design for people who ask for my advice. It's always the same...I tell them to just be themselves at their very best, to be open to new interpretations of their style, and to commit to what they love. Don't copy, incorporate.

Be unique and be bold. Be open to the happy accident- it's like cooking (and very unlike baking which requires a strict discipline to quantities and proportion.) Otherwise, you take all the joy out of the project. Do you have a favorite color? I do (clear!). There are no bad colors, only sad combinations or "bad dates".