Enjoy Home
Decorating Yourself
By Jeanette Joy Fisher
Don't Hire Someone to Steal Your Joy:
Decorate Your Home Yourself!
In researching what makes people happy, I
discovered that "Planning" makes us happy. Therefore, why should a homemaker
turn over planning to an interior designer? Furthermore, most designers don't
study the psychology of interior design.
Most of us enjoy looking daydreaming about our
perfect home. Do you ever think about your home just before falling to sleep?
Instead of worrying about your tasks for tomorrow, try this exercise tonight:
imagine you're arriving home. What do you see that greets you?
Think about easy
changes or additions you can make that would make you smile when you get that
first glimpse of home. Perhaps a few white flowers planted by the walkway or a
refreshing tropical fern by the door or....
Think about your front door. Could a fresh coat
of paint in a happy color help you feel joy? Open the door and what do you see
that immediately greets you? What can you do so that the first glance makes you
feel happy to be at home? Now, where do you go when you arrive home? Run to the
bathroom? Do you have children clinging to you? Bags of groceries to put away?
Each of us have a ritual, whether we're conscious
of it or not, when we come home. Try to envision changes that you can make to
achieve a harmonious home coming. Besides the organizational changes, home
decorating changes can help you, too.
Keep daydreaming about your spaces and visualize
your desired changes. Think about how you want your spaces to make you feel. For
instance, if you want your kitchen to make you feel organized, you could take
out cluttering accessories and repaint the walls a calming silver green. Maybe
your dining area needs a facelift to bolster family conversations and a new
large mirror would reflect family togetherness.
I bet when you do this exercise that you fall
asleep before you get to your bedroom in your dreams.
