Purr-fectly Decorated: Cat-Friendly Decorating Tips for National Happy Healthy Cat Month

September is National Happy, Healthy Cat Month, the perfect time to celebrate our feline friends and make our homes more cat-friendly without sacrificing style. Here are some quick and stylish decorating tips to keep your cat happy and your home looking fabulous.

Here are 5 tips to help you in your journey of curating the overall aesthetic and functionality of your space.

Overview:

Take Your Time, Don’t Rush the Process

Take your time, gather inspiration, invest in quality pieces, and gradually curate a home you love.

Stop Chasing Trends

Instead, aim to curate a space with all the things you love whether it's “IN” or “OUT”

Functionality First

Aesthetics is important but functionality is a MUST!

Make sure your furniture and layout allow for easy movement and serve the practical needs of your daily life.

Pay Attention to Lighting

Lighting plays a pivotal role in how you feel in a space. It sets the mood, functionality, and overall ambiance of the space

Color Balance Is Important:

While mixing different textures, patterns, and colors can be exciting, it's important to maintain a sense of balance.

SD Voyager Article Meet Wendy Carvalho of Spaces By Wen.

Spaces by Wen is an online interior design studio based in San Diego & is focused on creating interiors that are functional, bring a sense of well-being, and reflect your unique personality. I offer a range of services, from virtual e-design to local consultations. I can help you transform your space no matter where you call home. My goal as a designer is to help you find your signature style and guide you through the process of curating a home that is a reflection of who you are and the lifestyle you love to live.

Curated Spaces:

“It’s a space of who you are, a collection of things you love, uniquely yours no matter how old or new.”

— Wendy Carvalho

5 easy ways to Refresh your home FOR FREE - Whether you're a renter or a homeowner, sometimes you just want to refresh a space without breaking the bank . You read that right.. NO MONEY!

Hello March! Spring is just around the corner! Here is your monthly Inspirational March Mood Board with just a few of my favorite “green” things currently on my wish list.

The Casa Meylan Kitchen to Dining Room Remodel -
We completely remodeled this 1960’s kitchen to a beautiful updated Modern Boho feel. The original kitchen was small and closed off, we removed room dividing pony walls, unwanted drop ceilings, and weird multi-door areas to make the space flow right into the dining space. The dining room also got an uplift with new flooring. Out with the old out dated parquet flooring and in with matching white oak hardwood flooring.

Space planning - is creating a functional layout where the spaces within your room commingle seamlessly - it is the core of any interior design.

This involves utilizing of all available space in the efficient and effective manner according to the client’s special needs and requirements.

To do this we create a floor plan! A floor plan is a drawing or visual representation of a space from a bird’s eye view. It is drawn to scale with the actual measurements of the space, including walls, windows, and openings

Without space planning, you can end up with a poorly designed space that is awkward and even frustrating to be in.

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