Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Creating Your Personal Redesign Energy


When redesigning your home there are some things to consider when creating that inviting ambiance that you've so been yearning. Choose design elements according to the energy and feel that key elements give off. Every room and its contents should have a meaning a purpose and feel. When you walk into your space you should almost feel like you are being transcended into another realm. A realm filled with all the pleasantries your heart desires. Frank Fontana has written an excellent article where he explains a design concept called "Quantum Design" that hopefully will help you do just that.

Think before you decorate
April 26, 2009

BY FRANK FONTANA - Special to the Sun-Times

When I was a kid (waaaaaay back before I earned my design stripes), my dad gave me a little pearl of wisdom that has become central to my low-cost, high-style approach to decorating, or what I like to call "quantum design."

He told me that to really appreciate anything to its fullest, you must first understand it thoroughly. Apply this rule of thumb to your decor and you're using quantum physics to save money on decorating.

If quantum physics doesn't seem so simple, let me use your stuff to explain:

Most of us are living in a space where the decor consists of things we call our stuff; material possessions that we can clearly see as tangible objects. Each item is made up of atoms, molecules, light and energy; each is organic, just like you.
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