I'd like to learn more about designing cozy apartment spaces -- less Design-y design, more cheerily lived-in and generous. But I'd still like to find frameworks/ways of thinking about design. Any books, videos, podcasts, etc you'd recommend?
Like many of us, all of this self-isolation is making me really focus on what my living space feels like. I have some ideas of what I'd like to change specifically, but I wouldn't mind daydreaming more systematically/conceptually. I love having some good paradigms/heuristics/schools of thought to chew on, so any material in that direction would be lovely. What resonates with me:
* Plants! I've never lived with plants. How do I house plant??
* Bright, but still a little subdued colors
* I like the little I've learned about Wabi Sabi, having lived in Japan for a while. I like wood, simple and warm harmony in design.
* I need to spend some time distinguishing hygge hype from the elements that really resonate with me. I started using a single candle occasionally and *love* it. We're departing winter and early spring here, but that kind of cheery clutter of a warm interior in winter.. the best
* I'm half-Mexican and if there are any particular elements of Mexican aesthetics that fit into this all it would definitely make me happy. A few apartment walls have colors that evoke bright Lotería shades which make me happy, but that's a kind of surface-level connection. I'd definitely like to learn more.
I find sites like Apartment Therapy a mix of inspiring and really off-putting bc of the whole catalog sheen vibe. If it existed I would definitely like to learn about this in the context of like, a memoir, or a collection of essays, as I like learning about ideas in the context of people who embody them.
Hopefully that's enough to go on. Thank you!! |
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