Are you a reader? For me reading is as important to my health as breathing. My husband is always muttering about the amount of books I have beside my bed. I often have three or four books on the go. Once a book has caught my imagination I just can’t put it down, however, until I become engrossed in the story I will often shift between books depending on my mood. Sometimes at the end of a hard long day I require a story that takes me completely away from my life, but other times I need the self help books. I find if the story doesn’t have a good opening line; a grab you by the collar and get in your face opening chapter my attention will drift and I will put the book down and it might be months before I pick it back up and start again.

Life is like that we can start something but if it doesn’t grab our attention, if it doesn’t excite us and make our imagination sing then often we will drop the project and let life’s other concerns take over. I took a week off this month with the big goal of cleaning out my garage and setting up my outdoor Christmas decorations. I thought about it every morning and at the end of every day I would think I really should get that garage cleaned tomorrow and set out those decorations. I am back to work and that garage still has leaves flying around it and there isn’t one decoration set up outside. I know it is going to -40 degrees and I am going to be freezing my hands off while I try to hammer the life sized reindeer into the frozen ground ( and when I say me I mean my husband).

I think most people can relate to putting off projects. I have clients who know that they need to refresh their houses. If you were to walk into their house you would believe in time travel. Anyone remember the sixties with the lovely olive green fridges, the orange and yellow floral wallpaper and don’t’ forget the dust trapping macramé hanging plant holders. The thought of decorating for some people either leaves them cold with indifference or with fear. At Changes by Design there is nothing we love to do more than take a space and help transform it. From the opening visit to the end results we will help inspire your imagination and make your home something to be proud of.