The driver’s seat upheld a particular status in our family — probably in most families I expect. The driver is in charge. The pilot navigates the dark, scary world where strangers live in big, dark houses and high beams are a weapon.
Craig
We’ve all said it, but this doesn’t work all the time, especially when a kaleidoscope of decisions must be made.
When asked what I did, I would usually get the same blank stare. Not to put down that career choice, it just doesn’t incite the type of excitement and enthusiasm that saying “I’m an interior designer” does.
Often times we see flaws, oversights and potential improvements that no one else sees. Should we speak up and point them out?
There’s a lot I know – and a ton I don’t. Here’s some questions to ponder with me.
A decorated home that consists of, say, 350 elements is actually 3,500 decisions. Or more. Probably more.
Our homes never looks as good as when company arrives. Or as worse as just a few hours before. Here’s my “fluffing” routine, as I refer to it. Be sure the bathroom is fresh. This means wiping down the water marks around the sink, tidying up and providing fresh towels and a full roll of […]
This isn’t a post steeped in regret, pause or grudge. Rather, I entered this business quite deliberately, with much enthusiasm and energy. I never imagined having a job that I truly loved and for which I had Purpose. I also never had a mentor or Master Designer to work under and learn. My approach has […]
We hold on to decisions from the past. Usually, I imagine, because there’s a complicated series of (emotional) connections we have to the value of things, and more importantly, what our relationship is to money and how we choose to spend it. I’m in the business of physical transformation and change. And at the time […]
I’m many things, apparently. Originally (and I mean teenager-originally), chef tendencies shaped my future. If you follow my blog, you can see that is apparent here and here. Then, I got sidetracked in developing software for financial services, but that was a prison of my own building, albeit for the money and the freedom it […]