It’s the idea that when you are hired by someone, they are trusting you with the vision they have for their LIFE in their home, and not necessarily just the aesthetics of their home. This is an important distinction to make, as it should color how you absorb the feedback you get from your clients. While a distaste for green may seem arbitrary to you, it is important enough to your client to have shared it with you. Do not disregard the things that are important to your client(s) just because it doesn’t make sense to you personally. The relationship you forge with your client(s) is the most important aspect of any project. It’s the difference between a successful outcome and a failed one, between future referrals and additional work, and being ghosted (or worse, badmouthed.)
My husband loves working out. He adores going to the gym. His favorite way to spend his extremely limited time to himself is to be lifting heavy weights and running as if someone is chasing him. They do say opposites attract…
He is a stellar father to our two adorable little toddlers, plus he manages a work load and schedule that would make the Energizer Bunny lay down in defeat, and that’s when we aren’t dealing with a world-wide pandemic. Add quarantine into the mix, and I knew the only way to keep my hubby happy would be to get him a stopgap between our home and the gym he misses so dearly.
I’ve been involved in the planning and implementation of several home gyms, so I had a good idea of how to give him the equipment that would check as many of his boxes as possible. I was also careful to select things that wouldn’t take up too much room, since we currently reside in a 2 bed 1 bath apartment.
It’s May 4, 2020. Mother’s Day is almost here. And believe me when I tell you — I swear to God, if y’all forget about us this Mother’s Day after us dealing with this whole quarantine situation we will be spending the next one in jail because we will be absolutely homicidal. Don’t mess this up. Have I scared you? Good. Ready for some ideas? Even better:
I wanted to get on here and blog about the easy and inexpensive tips and tricks I have been using to look my best in all of my Zoom and FaceTime meetings and Instagram stories during quarantine. (Check out my design instastories @shanacdesigns and my beauty stories @betterbeautywithshana on Instagram!) These things help me feel better about myself to look better, and maybe that’s the same for you too! If so, here’s what I’ve been doing:
Being “Safer at Home” during the lockdown of Covid-19 has changed the way we all live and work in our spaces. Laundry has not been immune to that, at least in our home. How do we have this much laundry to wash? We literally aren’t going anywhere! If you’re looking for a way to clean up your laundry room and make this necessary task a little easier and, dare I say it, a little bit better looking… please look no further. I am sharing tips and tricks for optimizing your laundry room area to maximize this workhorse in the home.
There is a lot of new functionality we need from our homes right now. It is going to be a little different for everyone. Embrace it! Be honest about what you want and what you need. You deserve great design and your home should be supporting you now more than ever! Our homes must change with us during this crisis. Our lives are not static, and our spaces cannot be either.
