Final month on Wit & Delight, our theme was about attending to know your personal style. I selected February’s theme as a pure subsequent step, because it’s a subject that’s a lot simpler to discover when you’re actually clear on how you define your personal style.
This February, our theme is about focusing solely on what you’re keen on, in life and notably because it pertains to design.
I discover myself returning to this concept quite a bit as of late—inserting nearly all of my give attention to issues I like. This method components into how I spend my days, who I spend my time with, the issues I select to carry into my dwelling, and a lot extra.
What we love is an enormous expression of who we’re as individuals. Determining the latter is a lifelong endeavor, however the former is somewhat simpler to find out.
In the case of design, what you’re keen on will not be solely about aesthetics—it’s additionally about perform. It’s about components like weight, texture, and scale. It’s about how a fabric wears over time—whether or not it’s simple to maintain completely clear or whether or not it reveals its age. What you’re keen on is a mirrored image of your preferences past your favourite shade or sample. That’s why I feel that is a very powerful filter to think about when figuring out what you carry into your property. And it’s value noting that there’s a price to not working on this method—a whole lot of extraneous baggage that weighs you down and doesn’t fulfill you.
It’s, after all, not doable for each single factor in our properties to mild our hearts up with pleasure. There can be objects which might be solely for performance and items that signify a compromise with the opposite individuals in our dwelling. That’s okay. This concept is just about instilling a special mindset—a recent lens by which we decide any design choices we make sooner or later.
In the case of design, what you’re keen on will not be solely about aesthetics—it’s additionally about perform. . . . That’s why I feel that is a very powerful filter to think about when figuring out what you carry into your property.
This then begs the query: How do you know if you really love one thing? It might look like an apparent reply, however it may be laborious to find out—and the sense of understanding presents in another way for various individuals. It’s a solution I’ll dive into extra all through the month of February. For me, if I actually love one thing—whether or not it’s a chunk of decor, a cloth, or a set of glassware—it’s not sufficient to easily admire it. I discover myself instinctively shifting towards it, wanting to the touch it and see it up shut. That bodily draw goes far past a fleeting sense of curiosity.
Within the realm of design, understanding what you’re keen on—and appearing on that understanding in your selections—can be about longevity. When you may study to belief and embrace the method of the hunt, moderately than decide up the very first thing that catches your eye, it’s way more possible the lifespan of the items you carry into your property can be a lot lengthier.
My hope is that this mindset will mean you can discover extra delight within the areas in your house the place you spend probably the most time. That you simply’ll higher perceive learn how to establish what you really love and really feel okay letting go of what you don’t.
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Kate is presently studying to play the Ukulele, a lot to the despair of her husband, youngsters, and canines. Observe her on Instagram at @witanddelight_.
