When it comes to getting inspiration for interiors, there is no shortage of images to feast our eyes on: Pinterest, magazines, books, and blogs. These sources show us beautiful spaces, many of them staged for the camera, and it’s easy for what we SEE to become what’s trendy and popular. We drool over these perfect homes and want to copy every detail for our own. But while Pinterest can be visually exciting all day long, it doesn’t stimulate our other senses. It’s easy to forget that we have four other senses besides sight that help us create an overall experience. When I design a home, I like to think of the result as being a whole experience. I like to ask myself, “When a person walks through this space, what will they FEEL?” What will they touch? Smell? Hear? Even taste? It might seem a little silly, but you can actually design for this full experience—something that I think gets easily missed in the design process because we don’t really think of design as something you can hear, smell, or taste. When I’m designing, I try to incorporate things into the space that will activate each of the 5 senses. To me, that’s what a home […]
