DESIGN NOTES
BECKS HOME & HEATING
HOW TO KEEPING YOUR HOME UP TO DATE AND 'ON TREND'
F rom a young age Alisa Beck knew that designing and executing home décor projects truly was a passion. "I’m so grateful for the opportunity to enter people’s spaces and transform them to their full potential. I believe every space is individual and I apply that philosophy to every project, creating affordable, unique, custom spaces for people to live and work in for years to come."
Even as an interior decorator, I sometimes find myself reviewing plans multiple times to ensure the proper use of timeless and trendy items and elements in my finishes and accessories. Along the way, I have discovered a balance that seems to work well, optimizing the use of these elements to create a space that allows you to stay easily 'on trend' for years to come without breaking the bank and renovating every couple of years.
Below are a few tricks that may help guide you through the decorating process and help you stay up to date without creating a space that is dated in six months.
Alisa Beck 27 MacDonald Road, Brudenell 902.838.5886 www.beckshomeandheating.com
Items and Spaces to keep 'Timeless' would consist of: Main living areas such as kitchen, dining and living rooms where you and your family spend most of your time. The main and most permanent elements such as flooring, cabinetry profiles, trim profiles and main countertops would be best to keep timeless. This way you are able to add items that are more trendy through accessories, artwork, pillows, throws, paint colours, cabinet hardware and accents. These items will not break the bank, are easy to access and less permanent. Items and Spaces to add a little 'Trend" to: Spaces that you and your family spend less time in like your spare bedroom, laundry room, home office and guest bath would be good spaces to incorporate more trendy elements in your permanent finishes. Maybe
there is a sweet tile floor that would make a huge statement that you are drawn to, but adding it to your foyer, where you come and go every day, would be overkill and you would tire of it too quickly. Placing it in your laundry room could be the perfect way to add that pop and incorporate the trend in such a way that you will not tire of it too quickly and if you decide to change it down the road, it is a smaller space with lower traffic creating ease in replacement.
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