John Wheatman
Autore di Meditations on Design: Reinventing Your Home With Style and Simplicity
Opere di John Wheatman
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Wheatman's list of principles:
- Edit what you have
- Rearrange things (to make the old seem new)
- Make the most of limitations (see them as an opportunity to do something different)
- Invite nature inside (pulling the view inside makes rooms feel larger)
- Let nature and travel inspire the colors in your home (natural features such as rocks or tree bark can provide ideas for wonderfully varied palettes)
- Collect shadows, textures, and reflections (you wouldn't just let color happen in a well designed interior. Be intentional about these other things too)
- Find a light for every purpose (generic lighting is boring)
- Build a room outdoors (even better, give it an indoor/outdoor connection)
- Display the things you love (you live in your home, not a magazine add)
- Invest in quality
- Realize that something special is often very simple
- Look at the space around an object (empty space is part of your composition of objects)
- Discover new ways to store things (make your storage beautiful)
- Create focal points for each room
- Buy furniture that is flexible (e.g., chairs which work as well at a desk as at the dining table.
- Work with illusion to scale and alter your space (colors, angles, mirrors, indoor/outdoor elements can all do this)
- Pay attention to transitions (use color, shape, furniture to both provide continuity while also providing differentiation)
- Plan a kitchen that helps you cook
- Design children's rooms to expand with their imaginations (and decorate them in a way that is playful but not childish. E.g., buy a dresser that they would still use when they go off to college. Also, have one purely child oriented feature.)
- Set aside a place in which to be happy alone
- Learn the art of sharing your home (welcome guests)
- Finally, a good room is never done. Your life changes, so should your home
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