How do you get your decorating inspirations?

~moxie~ · ‎08-13-2013

I get mine mostly from catalogs or decorating magazines.

brewhaha · ‎07-25-2010

Whatever makes the most sense to me as far as utilizing the space as best I can.

Apple Crisp · ‎04-08-2010

I, also, use magazines and catalogs.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

From you.

Azcowgirl · ‎04-10-2012

I enjoy and get inspiration from many sources such as magazines etc....and I use the things I've collected over the years and the colors I love, and arrange and rotate till I'm happy with the result.Ive always been told I have an eye for it .

Graycatsrule · ‎08-03-2013

I read magazines and watch HGTV, but what really helped me was seeing. I used to go to open houses and a furniture store. I'd see how things were put together and it would give me a direction. My neighbor is also an interior decorator and I'd get ideas from her house. She came over and helped me with furniture placement and gave me ideas to pull it all together. My current house has style and, I think, is well decorated. I can't say that about previous houses.

Goldengate8361 · ‎01-27-2014

Pottery Barn and West Elm catalogs.

Lakk · ‎03-10-2010

edited posted on wrong thread.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

I get ideas everywhere. Magazines, catalogs and internet of course, but some other places most wouldn't think.

Antique stores, gift shops etc. go out of their way to catch your attention with their displays, and I get lots of ideas there.

Other people's houses. But usually I get "what not to do" ideas there. It is so much easier to see the "flaws" or things I don't care for in someone else's house. I often go home and am much more critical of my own arrangements. I guess I didn't see "it" in my own home until I saw it somewhere else.

TV shows. I watch the decor in movies, TV shows etc. and notice things. I used to love the house and decor in Family Ties. They had lots of things I liked such as Tiffany style lights, antique furniture, and a homey kitchen.