Empowering Homeowners
Heart of Home - With Irene Turnbull
The Undeniable Positive Contribution That Our Homes Can Make To Our Health & Wellbeing …
Not in a small and superficial way, but in a supporting role that can impact our physical and emotional comfort in the most profound ways is what Heart of Home is all about…
The bottom line: When we're happy in our homes, everything just feels better.
Why am I so sure? Because I’ve witnessed it and had direct feedback from “happy home” clients over and over since 1988 when we first opened Turnbull Interiors (formerly That Country Place) in Orillia. Changes these homeowners made were as simple as rearranging furniture; as involved as complete renovations; new builds, or somewhere in between. Their common thread? The solutions are always based on the homeowner’s real needs, desires and feelings.
Becoming Aware: I consistently observe that design & decorating decisions are not always easy for people because options often tend to invoke unexpected emotional reactions. Since our emotions are uniquely individual, things like colour choice, style, appropriate surface materials, etc., often cause stress where there should be joy, especially when there is uncertainty about the outcome and/or when decisions require compatibility with others.
We tend to think of our emotions as non-material and separate from our physical experience when in fact they’re a “whole body experience” and work inter-dependently for optimum well-being.
So How Do We Interpret Our Feelings? Conventional design decision-making, particularly as it pertains to colour and decorating choices, assumes that feelings are local. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our feelings are triggered by the opinions and beliefs we hold about our past experiences and are relived in the present moment. Understanding our feelings as they relate to our home will open the door for homeowners to create that oh-so-important “feel good” living space to nourish the soul.
Heart of Home — Feel Good Design & Decorating
- Irene Turnbull
