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By Jennifer Bertrand Ever wonder what an HGTV Design Star winner would say about designing your space? Lucky you, we’ve got one! Resolutions for your home 10
1. Clean out If you thought you were going to use an item to create something and you haven’t done it in a year, you have to throw it out, donate or sell it! Remember less is more. You don’t need something on every wall and it actually feels great to the soul to get rid of stuff. And as I like to tell people, just watch an episode of “Hoarders” and you will clean your house. Or you can hire organizers — like Eliza Cantlay of Simplicana, or Sarah Carpenter The Clutter Maven — both Kansas City residents who specialize in helping you make sense of the madness. (They are both amazing!) 2. Create a color story in your home If someone asked you what your home color palette was, would you know? For ex- ample our home color palette is white, Tiffany Blue and yellow. If you don’t have one, then that’s an area
focal point involves taking the time to ask yourself where you want you want some- one’s eyes to look when they enter a room. Serious business, right?
you need to work on. Each room should flow into the other rooms bouncing colors throughout the spaces. For example, I have a white entryway with a Tiffany Blue chest on one entryway wall. Then you peek ahead to see a Tiffany Blue office with a white cabinet on one wall and some yellow accents. My living room is white with a yellow coffee table and a wall of bookshelves painted Tiffany Blue. It’s a constant push and pull of your color palette in various ways. 3. Create a dramatic focal point Whether it’s in a massive grouping of 16 to 20 large photos hung on the wall or a huge 5’x6’ canvas, find a way to push the boundaries. Perhaps you paint your fireplace black or dark gray to separate it from the wall of bookshelves. Or you find a way to finally use a collection of tea pots that you’ve been collecting over the years and you place 30 of them on shelves on a wall. Whatever it is, creating a dramatic
4. Take a risk and do something fun
Is there a photo you’ve pinned on “Pinter- est” that you’ve been dreaming about forever, but have never had the courage to do? Well, now’s the time to try something new! This resolution just encourages you to stop dream- ing about it and take action. To keep yourself from getting overwhelmed with all you want to do in your house, just focus on one item. So go get ‘em! 5. Add some original art to your walls All too often people do not have any original art in their homes. This is the year to add an original painting, lithograph, pencil drawing, whatever! Whether it’s finding a
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