Welcome to Stylehound!
Welcome to Stylehound.
If you’re thinking this blog will have something to do with style and not much to do with dogs, you’re right on the money. The thing is this: I love style, especially when it has to do with interiors.
Put me in a room, any room at all, and I’m sure to have something to say about its style. But while I have plenty of opinions about everything from the layout of rooms to the choice of wall color, I have no idea what I’m talking about when it comes to real design.
I remain woefully disappointed in the style—if you can call it that—of my own home, and I’m constantly trying to find that one thing that will make it all magically fall into place—I’m lucky if I can just sit in the living room for an evening without consulting a decorating magazine.
What is style anyway? Jackie Kennedy had style. Or was that money? Do you have to have more money than God to have style?
So I figured I’d start this blog—everyone else seems to have one—and see if I can:
- get a little help with this and
- even offer some design help to other schlumps who don’t know a valence from a Victorian from a Victrola.
Because the one ray of hope I’ve got is that I know a few people who actually do have some design sense, and some knowledge about how to put things together. People whose homes really look, well, you know, terrific. I’ve already got promises from some of them that they’ll weigh in here and give us all some pointers, and maybe even tell us about things like design shows or new advances in color, or new styles of easy chairs. It seems to be considerably easier to get people’s advice when you tell them they have a shot at being famous on a blog.
So, welcome to Stylehound. That’s me.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
How do you choose the size of a sofa? Does it depend on room size?
September 7th, 2007 at 9:51 am
I think style is more than just a single opinion. True style ranges over a wide gradient, with different people thinking different things are stylish. What is tacky to one can be cool to another.
In fact, defining some things as stylish (good, beautiful) and others as ugly, limits our thinking, and restricts our ability to be creative
September 17th, 2007 at 10:19 am
I agree that style is more than just a single opinion. We must realize that style to one is not necessarily the same for others. As we progress through our journey of interior decorating and design we must take into consideration the many things that got us this far. We must always work to achieve a beautiful experience for the client. As time goes on we must always have in our hearts the following which is what I strive for with my business. “Making Your Home A Beautiful Experience”, remembering this I try from my heart to make my clients expectations come true.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Man Decor writes that style is subjective, and boy is this ever the truth. There is very little that everyone would agree upon when it comes to style and decor: I mean, just look at the popularity of plaid sofas. Or for that matter, look at how happily some men are in their bachelor pads. One of my great hopes for the Stylehound blog is to discuss these differences, and to try and determine if there is anything universal about what looks good—but the joy is in the process of discovery, not necessarily in the answer.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Style is very subjective and most of us don’t realize that when it comes to style and decor that we all have a very different feeling about this. Myself I love clean lines and not over exposure of nick nacks. But as we journey further down the path of decorating we will find clients who love the smaller things in life. The little bear figureine that was won by a daughter at a county fair all different kinds of little things. How do we as professionals try and make these clients understand that cluttering up spaces is not a very attractive thing. I find that as I walk through homes and find these things I find that it makes sense to see them as they are very personal but as a professional it makes my heart sad when there is a great space and it’s cluttered up.
We must as professionals believe that we can make a difference and how we manage this is for discussion. We all have different opinions and I’d love to hear more from other people regarding this matter and all matters when it comes to design and decorating.