There is not a lot of common knowledge known about fabrics used for the furnishings of residential home interiors as other factors over ride it in making final decisions for such.

Yet it is a factor of which the savvy individual should be aware.

There are two parts which describe a fabric and affect the uses there of.

Weave is how the majority of fabrics are made of which plain, twill, and satin are the most often used although there are about twenty different types of weave overall.

Fiber is the material of which the fabric is made and can be natural or man made.

In evaluating the best fabric for any use in an interior residential space determining for what the fabric is to be used, how it will be used, how much use it will get, cleaning and maintenance, et cetera are all factors that should be considered.

Leather, linen, cotton, silk, and wool are the leading natural fibers, and are generally considered the best for interior residential furnishings, along with a constantly changing and growing number of man made materials.

There is no one size fits all answer for what is the best choice in these situations.

Before making final fabric choices for your interior home furnishings, do some research and conclude what is the best fabric choice for you, your life style, personality, image, status, et cetera and go in that direction.

It is generally wise and smart in these situations not to be persuaded by the opinions of others, popularity, trends, fashions, et cetera.

Food for thought.

In my experience there have been a lot of people who have manifest ignorance, and their two siblings, arrogance and snobbishness in their behavior patterns concerning the various aspects of residential interior design.

They live in their own world, have and are the best of everything, and know everything there is to know.

The rest of us are and know less.

During one of my psychology classes in college neurotics were described as people who build castles in the air. Psychotics were described and people who build castles in the air . And live in them.

For all of their snobbish and arrogant behavior what these people are probably unaware of is what they are missing and not getting of because of their insistence in retaining their behavior patterns.

There is an old saying: There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Each of us has choices we make which are big factors in how our lives are manifest.

Age, social-economic status, traditions, personal preferences, politics, trends, fashions, ego, greed, marriage, religion, government, et cetera in and of themselves do not determine the quality of the intellectual level of aesthetics or the laws of physics manifestations results in the designing of the interiors of residential living spaces.

What is your reaction to this information and how may it apply to your choices, view of the world and life, and how you live?

“As a man sees, so he is.” William Blake

Food for thought.

When it comes to building a new house or remodeling an old one most people look at the houses in their area, what contractors have done in the past, printed media, social media, what people they know have done, their experiences with their past living spaces, et cetera.

All of which can be well and good to a certain extent, but most times leads to the designing and construction of residences that end up looking from the past.

When you are driving a car you generally know where you want to go and you look through the windshield to get you there.

How often do you look through the rear view mirror to get where you are driving?

Why do so many people take the rear view mirror approach when thinking of changes in their residential living spaces?

When you are preparing to make these changes to your home, plot out what are your functional needs, your lifestyles, your likes and dislikes, your personality and it’s traits, et cetera and go forth with enthusiasm toward that goal thinking of what can be done and not what has been done in the past.

In many aspects of life progress is never made by limiting activities to what was done in the past as opposed to what can be done now and in the future.

Opening yourself to such an approach can broaden your horizons and carry your residential living to new heights and depths of beauty, joy, and function that you never dreamed were possible or that you could experience in living your life.

But then, may be you like living your life by looking at the rear view mirror when making changes in your residential living spaces.

The choice is yours.

Remember: How you use the laws of physics and the principles of design will determine the results you get.

Food for thought.

Do you ever stump your shoes when getting up from a table?

Have you ever bumped your head going down stairs?

Have you ever had to go in front of some one when leaving a conversation group?

Are you ever lacking comfortable elbow room or seat and table height when eating?

These, and many others, uncomfortable situations are the result of bad proportions.

Good proportions are not relevant to just the sizes of objects used in the designing of home furnishings but also to the functional placements of such things.

People participate in activities in rooms.

What are these activities and how can furnishings be placed so that these activities, regardless of what they are, can be experienced comfortably are the result of intelligent planning for a well designed residential interior space.

The most beautiful, expensive, desirable, and prominent interior spaces are poorly designed if people are uncomfortable using them.

Think of the highly important aspects of proportions in all parts of a residential interior space from the largest to the smallest one.

After all is said and done remember that someone will be living there.

Food for thought.

Information from a national retail chain concerning upcoming trends came across my desk last week.

Several were of changes for residential indoor living that have become prominent because of life styles caused by the pandemic and have been featured in previous editions of this blog.

Insipid was the word that came to mind when reading the others.

A cottage core and minimalism designs were listed which are opposites in design and ambiance so how can such manifest the same desired result?

The use of paints and wallpapers really peaked my interest.

Such is a current trend? Where have those who made such predictions been as paints and wall coverings have been prominently exemplified for many time periods during the progress of civilizations including our current lives.

Such information exemplifies our need to filter what information is available on the internet.

These stated predictions come across more as public relations and advertising efforts of said retail chain to produce more customers and less about psychological and interior design changes based on scientific research.

To manifest the highest level of quality and intelligent interior design results, residential and others, always use the laws of physics, the principles of aesthetics, knowing the sources, and the sincerity of all tangible and non-tangible aspects involved.

Food for thought.

” Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. ” Albert Einstein

In the how it has manifest itself over the years how big and important a role has imagination played in the creation of your home living environment?

The choices you have made over time there have determined the creation of the characteristics and ambiance of the spaces in which you experience your residential living.

What do you see and how do you react to it, consciously and unconsciously, as you look around where you live?

Is it always pleasant and comfortable to which you always look forward to returning or is it blah and piecemeal to the extent that it doesn’t register on your awareness radar or some place in between?

How much of your life’s time in spent in your residential interior spaces, what activities take place there, and how important a role does such play in the overall health and happiness of your personal life’s experiences?

Imagination determines the level of effectiveness of quality aesthetics and livability in the expenditure of resources used in designing, construction, and furnishings of interior residential spaces.

So. What type of environment do you want to experience when you are at home?

The human brain is the highest level of development in the evolution of life and there is no limit as to where the intelligent use there of can take us. But first, you have to choose to go and then do something about it.

Or, do you prefer to stay in the rut of that which you now know?

Food for thought.

Recent information from design sources who supposedly are cognizant of current housing activities presented a list of trends caused by the virus which will lead to permanent changes in the designs of residences.

Most of which have been previously presented and critiqued in this blog.

Going back to the colors of nature to manifest a sense of calm for the frustrations, restrictions, and anxieties resulting from behaviors necessitated by the virus was the one that raised a red flag in my thinking.

Choosing calm colors for our interior residential environments may be coming more prominent because of the virus situation but it has almost always been a viable and desirable choice, of the almost unlimited choices of colors available, for those who want such an ambiance.

What are the colors of nature?

Who makes that decision?

Light, which is the source of colors, experienced completely open outside in nature cannot be created to the same level for our residential interior spaces.

Selecting colors to manifest a calming residential interior environment is not limited to the colors generally described as of nature..

Most importantly, since light is the source of all colors, the lighting of interior spaces is the determining factor for the feelings one experiences therein.

In fairness, it must be noted that this information is gathered from the masses of the population and not from individual preferences and is geared toward the development, manufacturing, and selling of products for mass consumption.

Do you want to be part of a trend becoming permanent or manifest your own personal preferences?

Food for thought.

Color is determined by the reflection of light on a surface.

Thusly, natural and man made lighting affect the colors that we see.

The colors with which we surround ourselves are a factor in causation therein.

Such results have been verified by scientific studies and well recognizing our personal reactions.

So what does this information mean to us in our every day living?

The recent surge in lockdowns and work from home activities have increased the awareness of such in our lives. Paint manufacturers continue to develop new colors as the result of newly available materials and techniques.

All of this information should make us more aware of the importance of selecting and specifying colors for all of our interior spaces, residential, business, and all others, that go above and beyond what one likes.

In making such decisions it is essential that the colors used be seen and chosen in the light in which they will be experienced including natural and man made lighting during all hours of the day and all of the seasons of the year.

Some times it may be better to let go of our personal preference colors and go for a long term and more intellectual approach which manifest more overall benefits.

Much of human behavioral choices are made in which the emotional trumps the intellectual.

In today’s living, it might be better to reverse that situation.

Think about colors and become more aware of your reactions to interior colors, consciously and unconsciously, as you live in our current times environments.

Currently, there are more color choices in our lives than there have ever been before in the history of civilization.

The options are there abundantly.

Your choices are left up to you?

What are you going to do about it?

Food for thought.

“Oh, that God the gift would give us to see ourselves as others see us.”

Robert Burns

What do you thinks others see and think about you when they see the interiors of your residential living spaces?

What would you like for them to see and think of your residential living spaces?

Some people want every thing to look old as they perceive such gives them a higher “old money” status.

Some people want every thing to look new and costly as they perceive such shows their economic status.

Some people want every thing to be the latest trend, or fashion, or newest, or best et cetera as they perceive such makes them current and with “it”.

Some people want to show how they did every thing the least expensive and most efficient and money saving way which makes them look smart, wise, and sharp.

Some people don’t care how it looks or what others might think of them.

Some people are of the position that what others see and think is of the highest priority and trumps every other factor and consideration.

Some people leave it totally to chance and roll of the dice and such is where they choose to be and live with it.

There are infinite reasons, emotionally, intellectually, socially, economically, traditionally, et cetera, of how and why people live in their residential interior spaces.

The golden rule is to be your self and live in the residential interior spaces that are functional and comfortable for your personality traits and life style using the laws of physics and principles of design to manifest the highest level of qualities, aesthetically and materially, economically feasible.

Food for thought.

“Thought things that we call works of art”

“The soul of both art and science”

What can we learn from this internationally recognized scientist?

How can such apply to our residential inside living environments?

The quality results of what we call art, as well as the interior environments in which we live, are caused by the quantity of work, amount of knowledge, and level of intelligence extended there in.

The soul of art, the principles of aesthetics, and of science, the laws of physics, is experienced when both are balanced and combined together.

The soul is the essence what is?

Where is your soul?

Where do you want it to be?

What level of experience do you want your life’s journey to have known?

Food for thought.