While waiting at my local library for books of Marcus Aurelis, and of course you know who he is, a book on manners for the contemporary male came to my attention.

Much of it’s content was what has been taught and practiced for generations.

What caught my attention was the quantity of what behavior patterns he is “always” to or not to manifest.

It reminded me of the strong, and often ignorant, positions that some people take when it comes to residential interior design.

One of my favorite, and often heard, is that “you always put the couch on the longest wall”.

Residential interior design is not a combination of “always does and always don’t does” nor is it a “one size fits all” nor is it a book of etiquette for conformity and rules.

To achieve a successfully designed residential interior space the function, personality of it’s users, and the principles of aesthetics must be freely applied with creativity and imagination and intelligence.

As you have seen residential spaces everywhere over the course of you life, how many had the “always” conformity applied and did you notice and what was your reaction, if any, to such?

Most of housing is, and has been, determined by economics and resources and geared toward a mass market consumption.

Where do you fit in with your personal interior residential spaces?

Do you “always” follow the rules, trends, conformity?

Or do you seek to manifest a higher level of aesthetics and individuality by determining your own direction.

The choices are yours to make for the manifestation you experience.

Food for thought.