Gathering Ideas

Your ideas will often be formed by your experience of other spaces. Some of those spaces will be ones that you visit:

• Other people’s homes
  
• Home Shows
  
• Room settings in furniture and appliance store

Some of the space experiences will be from magazines or television. There are lots of home decor and renovation magazines available at the bookstands. You may also want to tune in to HGTV – the Home and Garden channel. Many of the shows feature wonderfully designed rooms and decor.

Some of those spaces will be very attractive, but not necessarily something that you can live with. You will need to ask your self questions:

• Do I feel cozy with a huge stone fireplace, or is a more formal mantel and fireplace make me feel better?
  
• Do I prefer lots of sunlight or do I want a more subdued lighting during the day?
  
• What colours make me feel comfortable?

Home Profile

Before undertaking the creation or re-creation of new space in your house, you will need to evaluate your current space. List your rooms and list the activities that occur in each room., Prioritize your list – from most used room to least used room. You can use the sample below to create your profile.

Create your Wish List ....