Home Improvement 101: A Quick Reminder From The Experts

Whether you realize it or not, there will always be a profound feeling whenever you design your home. Keep in mind that your home is a reflection of who and what you are. That means, whatever design you intend to do at home, it perceives your personality. It does not matter if you are living in Avida Towers Riala or any real estate in the Philippines, there is no reason for you not to improve your home. Perhaps, a lot of you may wonder and ask if it really is necessary to improve, renovate or rearrange your things at home. Well, you can answer it through these quick reminders from the experts below.

1. “Without change there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” – William Pollard

2. “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin

3. “Design is a balance between form and function… it takes two.” – Seesaw

4. “When you want to transform a room into an entirely different animal, change the color.” – Billy Baldwin

5. ‘Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in the life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful. that’s what all this is about, not just what’s in and what’s out.” – Albert Hadley

6. “Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love.” – Nate Berkus

7. “There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you’ve been in the business.” – Oscar De La Hoya

8. “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris

9. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, design is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams

10. “We shape our homes and them our homes shape us.” – Winston Churchill

11. “Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication” – Leonardo da Vinci

12. “Measuring and laying out the room in advance can save you a lot of headaches.” – David Bromstad

13. “Always have a good reading light in every room and put everything on a dimmer.” – Shawn Henderson

14. “Less is more. Texture is essential as well as scale.” – Trip Haenisch

15. “The best decisions are always made at the last minute. Just know what the last minute is.” – Holly Hunt

16. “Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris

17. “Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antonine de Saint-Exupery

18. “A house is much more than a mere shelter; it should lift us emotionally and spiritually.” – John Saladino

19. “We don’t believe in moving to a new place and replicating the one you left behind. where’s the fun in that?” – Andrew Fisher

20. “I appreciate history, but you have to bring your own experience into your rooms.” – Istvan Francer

21. “I don’t know why people persist in mixing drinks in the kitchen. Nothing shouts ‘Wlecome’ like a drinks table right out in the open.” – Jeffery Billhuber

22. “Every room needs a touch of black, just as it needs at least one antique piece.” – Jan Showers

23. “if you love something, it will work. that’s the only real rule.” – Bunny Williams

24. “Often what’s wrong with some modernist houses – they’re kept vacuum-sealed all the way through. And then people wonder whey they haven’t any atmosphere.” – John Stefanidis

25. “A room should never allow the eye to settle in one place. It should smile at you and create fantasy.” – Juan Montoya

26. “Serious is a word that must be entirely avoided when it comes to decoration.” – Kathryn M. Ireland

27. “One of the reasons I became a designer in the first place was because I love collecting and then putting it all together. But when you’re designing your own house, one of the hardest things to do is finish it. Because you’re always finding and adding your next favorite thing.” – Suzanne Kasler

28. “I work on adrenaline. I find it exciting to work fast. I lose inspiration and interest if it takes too long. I can’t imagine ever being one of those decorators who takes years and years to finish a house.” – Muriel Brandolini

29. “The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.” – Marie Kondo

30. “My idea of comfort is a good lamp to read by.” – Lucien Rees Roberts