My Favourite Hacks For Curating Trend Resistant Interiors
✨ 1. Reflect on Your Personal Story
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Write down significant life experiences: Start a journal or document where you can note down memorable experiences, nostalgic places, and/or influential stories from your life.
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Create a mood board: Use images, quotes, or items that remind you of these experiences to visualise your personal journey.
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Incorporate personal elements into your decor: Choose art and collect objects that tell your story or remind you of a specific time, place, or emotion.
- Always remember: Infusing your unique story is the difference between creating a space that lacks soul, and a space that sparks conversation.
✨ 2. Create Focal Points with Art
- Aim to choose pieces that capture a memory, spark curiosity, or offer an escape.
- Learn about the artist, their story and process.
- Learn about their background, techniques, and inspirations. Knowing this will enrich the story of each piece, adding layers of meaning that will far outstrip aesthetic appeal alone.
- Create focal points in the room by hanging the artwork at eye level, in most rooms, this means hanging it approximately 57-60 inches from the floor.
✨ 3. Be Intentional About Letting Your Space Evolve
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Resist impulse buys: Avoid soulless design by resisting the temptation to purchase items in bulk (just because they're cheap now).
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Curate over time: Allow your space to gradually incorporate pieces that you truly love and hold special meaning to you.
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Design with purpose: Ensure every item in your space has a reason, whether it's functional, sentimental, or aesthetic.
✨ 4. When in Doubt, Turn to Nature
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Incorporate diverse plants: Mix different sizes, shapes, and colours of plants & flowers to bring vitality & life into your space.
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Use natural colours and textures: Let the outdoors inspire your colour palette and material choices.
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Select nature-inspired art and decor: Select art pieces and decor that draw from these colours and textures, whether it’s a painting, a sculpture, or decorative objects that mimic these natural forms.
