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.