LOU LOU LIVING By Pamela Dalseno

THE SENSES OF DECORATING

Hello everyone, let’s have some chat about how we feel within our space. It could be our home, our office/workplace but most of all we need to make sure it has feelings that we are going to love being within those areas.

What are the Senses of Decorating?

With decorating it is more than how a room, home or any building looks but especially where you live or work, it’s the feel of what awakens you and the love of simply being there. Of the senses, the first noticed would be sight and others are smell, touch, taste and hearing. Now how can we work these together?

I feel sight is really the most important as it sets the mood for what else is included. So, choosing the perfect paint colour can be so valuable. Choose a colour that you really adore and know that you can be comfortable to live with and will easily set the base for your other additional styling. You may like to make a feature, even paint with a daring bold colour or perhaps be more subdued with the 60 – 30 – 10 ratio of colour choices. Keep in mind the furnishings that need to be added as they too will make a difference and give that complete style you are wishing.

To evoke emotion in your room is to add smell. This is achieved easily by scented candles or oil burners, fresh flowers and even having a fragrant plant just outside your window can make all the difference. Just choose your favourite fragrance and incorporate it for your own delight. There is so much choice available with choosing fragrance and seek some advice to enjoy. I do love Vanilla but there is every possible fragrance choice available. It really can make such a difference.

Touch is the added comfort items. Here we can splurge on these additions and have as many as we wish but just not going overboard as to clutter. If it’s living space think of what you could have underfoot, the cool of

tiles, polished concrete maybe and then the thought of natural timbers or the faux types offering so widely today. Maybe soft carpet underfoot is your choice or rugs too are wonderful. Choose the extras of cushions and throws to be soft and snugly and you will find that feel also through feather inserts and to include textures in fabrics of these items will also be sensory. Can you picture your rooms building? What fun you can have with choosing artwork or creating your own.

Taste may seem odd in thought but remember that you live within these spaces and you’ll certainly need somewhere to home all your bits and bobs and that means your coffee cups, champagne flutes etc. and all that you will be using. These areas need to work for you and appeal so they must be thought of as important. The same rules apply.

Have you ever thought of how hearing noise can reflect on your mood? It’s not always as practical or ideal as we would like to hear the neighbours children playing when we just wish to chill out or that we can hear the street noise of traffic so our relaxing spaces perhaps like bedroom areas need to have thought within planning of how we can best overcome that to obtain our loved result.

Planning these senses can give you a more harmonious lifestyle in your own space as after all it’s our reenergising area.

We’ve all had time during this current pandemic to consider how very important our life is to each and every one of us. Maybe it’s time for change and thought of how very important the aspect of our life is of our homes and to our office/work areas. Ideally it is to feel safe, nurtured, relaxed, be energised, enjoy privacy and have comfort. These are prime reasons to adapt some if not all of the senses of Decorating and to be our own Creative.

The season of spring ahead here in Australia is a time of beauty and renewal. Let’s make it overflow with love and happiness as we all enjoy those senses in our homes.

Keep well and safe till next time we are connected.