Real Life Vs. Still Life - Signature Decorating Style Series

Let’s be honest nobody wants their home to look exactly like a furniture showroom display or like a staged room styled for a shelter magazine photo shoot. Sure, we all ooh and ah about how divine, elegant or adorable the room is in the magazine or in that fantastically decorated and accessorized showroom but deep down something doesn’t seem quite right.

The answer lies in the fact that those decorated images are devoid of real life. You know the one with the kids running through the living room, the dog muddied feet and all preparing to dive bomb your pristine white sofa and let’s not forget the unmistakable sign of living – people actually using the sofa, coffee table and other furniture. That’s real life, your life.

Your Signature Decorating Style takes your lifestyle into consideration something other “style” definitions fall short of – I like to take a comprehensive approach to determining the decorating style best suited for your tastes and for the life you choose to live.

Imagine how you would envision your day-to-day life if you decided to decorate your living room just like one you saw in Metropolitan Home - ultra-white walls and floors, modern white leather sofas and stunning glass sculptures at every corner. Great, right? Maybe the answer is yes – if you have a dutiful live-in housekeeper who’s immediately dispatched at the first sign of dirt or fingerprints. But if you can’t keep up with the constant cleaning required to maintain the living room looking pristine then that particular décor isn’t for you. Decorating is about making your home a place in which you feel safe, at peace and happy – your sanctuary from the hectic world. If your décor is at odds with your lifestyle chances are you aren’t meeting two of the three criteria mentioned above.

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