TIPS BIG AND SMALL TO MAKE YOUR LIVING SPACES FEEL LUXURIOUS By Kelcy Wilburn
Hand-crafted pillows from Rebecca Vizard, antique textile pillow designer and owner of B. Viz Design, bvizdesign.com.
he word “luxury” gets a lot of use in the hotel and auto industries, so it’s no wonder it conjures silky-smooth bedding, plush robes, sparkling champagne, and a day at the spa for some or, for others, high-end leather interiors, impeccable audio, and a supremely quiet engine that can accelerate or stop on a dime. While these industries hope you’ll chase luxury outside the home, there’s really no reason you can’t achieve luxury within your own confines. Home should be your place of respite, and with a few tips big and small, you can enjoy added comfort and lavishness to create an escape that doesn’t involve, well, escaping. What exactly is luxury, anyway? For Nicole Ruppel Jones, interior designer at Legend Interiors, luxury living is a combination of elegance and taking your need and elevating it to a want. I need a floor, but I want an amethyst border inlaid in French white oak. I need a kitchen island. I want a quartzite countertop waterfall on either side. Everyone needs a towel after a bath. Why not a plush, warm, personalized towel? For Jones, even something as small as a floral arrangement on the breakfast table can add elegance by delighting your senses. For Designer Tara Shaw, luxury living means combining comfort and extravagance, and having a home “that is comfortable, suits your lifestyle, and cocoons you with items that are meaningful to you.” Defining what items and moods are meaningful to you is a great first step in increasing your home’s luxury appeal.
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