South Africa - Decorex - Interior Design Trade Show has amazing innovative design companies exhibiting that support small business initiatives that create employment for the people
About 2% of the world can probably afford the seductive items constantly on display in glossy magazines. The rest of us have to feel inspired and then rely on some self styled creativity - and I like it that way. Every time I'm not snookered into an overpriced garment or soft furnishing but achieve the same look with my personal creativity I feel amazing.I am sharing that creativity with you now as friends have for the last 30 years asked me to.
Once again there is no order but each time I find an object and transform it, a garment or a room you'll be the first to know. I'll break down the costs and tell you exactly how I did it.
To get you started here are a few tips : -
- If everyone else is doing it - stay away from it
- Unless you're a female cheetah on the hunt take it easy with animal print on your body
- Everyone is creative - someone just needs to help you open the door
- Walk through your home and count the textures - minimising textures throughout your home brings it down to a skeletal level providing a canvas for beautiful objects to live within
- A home is not a clinic therefore it needs objects of comfort :- lamps, books, rugs
- Each door in your home takes up at least a square metre .... mmmm.... that's a lot of space
- What is the worst thing that can happen if you experiment with a new colour - exactly no one is going to hurt you.
- Have a new home and want to put your stamp on it - live in it for 2 years before you make major changes - the way you use your home only becomes apparent over all the seasons
- Quick facelifts - doorhandles, lights, planting,paint
- Think of each item in your home as occupying space - Space=Rent - the more space you need = the more rent.
CUTTLEFISH CARVINGS
I carved this with a skewer
Soft and easy to work with
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