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"The fastest way to a good life, is to slow down." —World Institute of Slowness in Norway
Walking into a beautifully decorated home, an abode that welcomes you, gives you a hug and invites you to stay without saying a word takes time to curate. And even those homes that someone else has curated and we feel this way when we walk across the threshold into their home, it is their home, and not our own, filled with choices, items and details that they will appreciate more deeply than we ever could, even if we can understand why they appreciate it.
All of which is to say, curating a home for ourselves that gives us a hug each time we return home will take time, and so it is in our practice of patience and trust that the house will reveal what we need in time so long as we live consciously and feel our way honesty through living well in our homes, that we gradually begin to see and then feel how wonderfully loving and comforting a slowly decorated home can be to elevate our days and thus our lives.
Now, if you when you see the term ‘slow decorating’ you think to yourself, but I want to feel comfortable in my home now. I cannot live without basic comforts. I hear you and I completely concur. Which is why it is important to keep this approach of slow decorating in mind even more. Suzanne Imre from Neptune shares, “Slow decorating is about planning, considering, refining. It’s about having a strategy. A direction of travel, which helps clarify those decorating decisions (light or dark? Nickel or brass? Wood or tiles?). And it’s about enjoying the process as much as the results.”
And so it is with today's episode/post, I would like to give you 10 tips to provide exactly that, your strategy moving forward.
Choosing to go the route of slow decorating is also a planet-friendly approach. Imre goes on to say, “This slower method also supports the desire for sustainability and preservation. If you have an unhurried approach to furnishing your home, you’ll likely buy less but better. And those pieces will have longevity.” This concept of quality over quantity has been the founding principle of living simply luxuriously and what inspired the TSLL blog coming to be, and it is just this concept that will serve us well, but also the planet should we choose to trust that with time, many benefits for many entities, ourselves, talented artisans, and the environment will be enjoyed.
While I have known this concept to be worth putting into practice and have put it into practice with the three year journey of customization of Le Papillon as shared in this episode, I saw with my own eyes how choosing such an approach over years can create an amazingly special place when I had the opportunity to stay for a week at British interior designer Rita Konig's North Farm in Durham, England.
241: Attaining the Change You Seek in the New Year
240: The Importance of a Daily Routine & How to Create One You Love (top episode from season 3)
239: 38 Invaluable Ways to Attain Happiness (the top episode from season 2)
238: 20 Ways to Create a Luxurious Everyday Life - The French Way (top episode of Season 1)
237: 7 Life Lessons from The Tao of Pooh
236: A Word to Remove from Our Vocabulary for Stronger Relationships - Should
235: 10 Ideas Gleaned & Confirmed from my Last Dinner Party
234: Becoming Your Best Self - Embracing the Transformation Process
233: Inslee Fariss, Manhattan based Artist & Illustrator (and the talented woman behind all of TSLL's artwork)
232: 28 Life & Style Tips from a Parisian Woman
231: How Being Nice at Work Can Be the Road to Success & Career Achievement
230: More Depth, Less Drama
229: How to Let Your Truth Emerge
228: 21 Parisian Decor Ideas from Ines de la Fressange's New Book
227: 16 Ideas for Simple Everyday Self-Care
226: Understand This Tricky Paradox of Control In Order to Improve Your Life
225: Trust the Transition: How to Step Through and Embrace the Change You Seek
224: How to Welcome Simplicity Into Your Life: Live Differently for One Month
Season 5 Schedule of The Simple Sophisticate podcast
223: 23 Ways to Have a Great Start This Fall
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