{"id":26153,"date":"2023-10-23T20:45:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T20:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplydesign.ca\/bring-joy-into-our-homes\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:18:46","slug":"bring-joy-into-our-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplydesign.ca\/bring-joy-into-our-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Joy into our homes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What brings us joy? For me, if I were to choose one word I would say bubbles! I remember when my daughter was about 3 or 4 years old, she had just finished a temper tantrum and was sitting pouting. I began to blow bubbles. She tried to ignore them, only to start grabbing at them angrily, but eventually the pout turned to a smile, the smile turned to a giggle, which soon turned into full blown laughing and joy as she chased and popped the bubbles.<\/p>\n

I love the crisp, clean look of the white and grey trend that we have been riding for years now in kitchens, bathrooms and quite frankly all spaces of the home.\u00a0 But I have to admit, when a client asks for colour and natural wood, I get extra excited about that project! Bringing some colour and textures into a space can add joy to that space through its warmth and individuality. Houses are boxes, full of straight lines, full of more boxes and more straight lines, which is why one of my signature moves I tend to work into all my designs are circles!\u00a0 Whether in the form of art, a table, lighting or a mirror, the soft lines of circles will help break up the hard lines of your home, just as bubbles bring joy to a child, circles can infuse some joy into your home!<\/p>\n

Now that we are spending so much more time at home, working from home, physical distancing at home, really living in and using our homes, take a good look, do you feel joy in your home?\u00a0 Colour has a huge physiological impact on our moods, so why not play on the positive effects of that?\u00a0 In addition to colour, shapes also affect how we feel in a space, so it is just as important to consider shapes as part of your design and decor.\u00a0 There is a great Ted Talk\u00a0 where Ingrid Fetell Lee talks about \u201cWhere Joy Hides and How to Find it\u201d.\u00a0 She talks about her early design project in school and how it brought Joy. \u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/A_u2WFTfbcg<\/a> , It took me 2-3 watches of this to really take it all in.\u00a0 Taking the ideas and concepts discussed in this talk can be translated into your home so easily.<\/p>\n

Colour, when it comes to your forever home, why not infuse some colour into your spaces!<\/p>\n

Introducing colour into a space can do so many things;<\/p>\n