Sassy – Sensuous – Serene

Do you think your home is “sexy”? “Sexy” interior design is all about attitude. It’s creating a personal space in which you feel alive and tells your story. The room expresses and reflects your way of life.

So often rooms are designed to look good and certainly there is nothing wrong with beauty.  However, if you are living in a beautiful space that does not express your heart and soul, the beauty only lasts so long until you feel the need for personal comfort and self expression. The comfort is for your physical body as well as your mental and emotional self. The self expression is your need to be heard and seen as you truly are.

You don’t want to live in another person’s idea of what looks and feels good. It is a human need to be surrounded in the taste and style that personifies who you are at your deepest level.

When we feel sexy we feel alive, we feel real and we feel in our power. How wonderful to always feel this way. However, it isn’t always possible. We are in many environments all day long over which we have no control. That is why it is all the more important that we achieve this in our home…our most personal space. It is the only place where we can decide what colors and style we want to live with. When these decisions are made with the people we live, it strengthens our connections and creates a unique look that tells “our” story. It becomes an environment to share and enjoy together.

There are three basic styles of “sexy” interior design. They are sassy, sensuous and serene. You can carry any one of them throughout your home or combine them to create your own style.

Your entire home doesn’t have to be just one style. Each room can have a different style and feeling to express the different purpose and function of each room and the personality of the person or persons using the space the most.

The three basic styles of “sexy” interior design are:

• Sassy – fun, energetic, bold, dramatic, exciting, lively, playful
• Sensuous – textured, stimulating, sumptuous, luxurious
• Serene – calm, mellow, relaxed, comfortable, organized

Have fun and play with your own words that describe these three types  of design for you. It will get you started thinking about how to create a “sexy” home designed and personalized to express your personality and interests.

You can also take one or a combination of these styles to interpret and create your own individual look. Decide the amount of each one you want to use. The meaning of your environment affects your attitude and how you express yourself to others.  That’s why it’s so important to use your own words and come up with your own meaning. Give your style a name that expresses the way you want to feel in that room and how you want to be seen. Interior design is not a science it is an art and you are the subject. Create your own portrait in your own home!

Remember, rooms have no feelings, YOU do and creating a “sexy” home is the best way to feel alive and vibrant in your most personal spaces.

To learn more about “Sexy” Interior Design and discover how you can create this for yourself, you can attend a free design and decorating workshop. You can also treat yourself to a private consultation. Call for details. Barbara Kaplan 480-998-5088

Website: www.BajaroMethod.com & www.BarbaraKaplan.com

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Your bedroom is the most important room in your home. Why? Because it has to support you in so many ways. It’s the room we spend the most hours in. Even while sleeping we are affected by what is going on around us.

Since sleep is when our bodies rest, heal and reenergize we have to be sure we are creating the best environment for this to happen.

All of our senses need to be considered. We react to our senses all the time. Such things as sound, light, smell and touch are affecting us even when we are sleeping. These same stimuli in our surroundings are important as we fall asleep and to stay asleep. The way we wake up and what we see, hear, smell and touch can set the tone for the entire day. You’ve heard the expression, “I got up on the wrong side of the bed today.” That certainly is a beginning but there is much more to consider.

Think about some of these suggestions for optimum comfort and rest: 

• Dim the lights in your home as bedtime approaches to raise your serotonin. 

 

• Make sure your bedroom is quiet and dark so you can fall asleep easily. Lights outside your room are visible too and will affect you. So will a TV and music playing. 

 

• Be sure your bed is the right firmness and size so you are not affected by movement from someone next to you or an animal sleeping with you. 

 

• Be aware of the sounds that put you to sleep and wake you in the morning? A pleasant sounding alarm is a must. Not to mention someone snoring next to you. 

 

• There is nothing better than soft, smooth sheets, and a mattress and pillow that you picked for your comfort. Make sure you like the color of the bedding too. If you like, you can have several color schemes and even mix and match them. 

 

• Change blankets with the seasons. Especially comforter weight for warm or cold weather will make a big difference. A different color for each will also subliminally indicate a change in how you react as well as give a fresh look to your room. 

 

• Provide enough space on your nightstand for everything you need close by and check the height for easy reach. Getting up during the night for something can make it difficult to get back to sleep.

 

Now add your own needs. There are so many more considerations and they may be personal just to you. Don’t ignore them and give yourself the comfort you need to enjoy your sanctuary.

I could go on because there are so many more ways to customize the most important room in your home. For now consider your individual needs and make sure they are being met and supported in your bedroom. You can design your dream bedroom and add all the wishes that will make your dreams come true for you.

An intimate bedroom is a place to enjoy, relax, restore, replenish, rejuvenate, and sleep. It all begins with you. Surround yourself with what you love. Create an atmosphere of serenity, peace and comfort. Whether you focus on art work, candles on beautiful holders, wonderful scents or pretty fabrics make sure you express yourself completely in your most personal space.

Always remember, rooms have no feelings, YOU do!

If you want a bedroom that is customized for you, take the Bajaro Color & Design Personal Preference Profile before leaving this site. You will know all your colors, textures, and metals and so much more! Just click on Profile in the menu.

When decorating a kitchen for a client, I created a small sitting area in her large eating area.  We decided to add a chair with an ottoman. For a little oomph, we found a wonderful fabric in a great color to pull it all together and used it for a pillow on the chair. 

Recently, I received a call from that client saying that this pillow needed to be re-stuffed.  While the pillow was being repaired, she called again to say, “I miss my pillow! The energy of the room has changed. Without the pillow, everything feels different.” 

This is a good example of how small objects can be missed and can change the feel of a room.  Conversely, we also feel the shift when something new is added.  This often happens when I install new furniture and accessories in a client’s home.  Because we have become used to what we have around us, it’s a surprise when new objects are introduced. 

Clients often say, “I’m not sure how I like this new look.”  My response is always, “Wait, live with it and see how you feel in a few minutes, hours or days.”  It may take time to welcome something new into your home and “bond” with it. 

What are your favorite objects in your home?  Which did you select because they caught your eye and you had to have them?  What gives you a feeling of comfort every time you see it and you’d miss if it weren’t there?  Is it a chair, a picture or a piece of jewelry? 

Often I ask clients these questions, and they tell me that it’s something in a drawer or packed away – which I suggest we take out and make visible.  First, we decide what room it should be in and then how to make it decorative.   

If it’s a picture, you can frame it.  An old chair, can be reupholstered.  A scarf or a tie can be incorporated into the design of a pillow.  A piece of jewelry, such as a pin, can be attached to a pillow and taken off when worn and reattached afterwards. 

No one else can pick these pieces for you.  Those special objects create a feeling only you understand.  This is your imprint, your monogram for the world to see. 

The most fun in decorating is feeling that you have created something no on else has – that it means something to you that cannot be explained.  It’s having a secret that no one else knows or understands. 

Living in a home that gives you a sense of your taste and style empowers you to take this to all areas of your life.  This includes your wardrobe, choice of stationery and flowers – even the car you drive.  This personal identity you’ve chosen for your home continually reinforces your sense of self.  Celebrate who you are in all that you choose! 

This is what “Rooms have no feelings – YOU do!” is all about.

Everyone Has A Day to Share!

It’s important to remember that everyone has stories to tell about their day, if we take the time to listen. We are so accustomed to hearing the stories of people in the news that we sometimes lose track of the fact that the people closest to us can enrich our lives. The most important stories we need to listen to are the ones of the people closest to us. Everyday we have experiences that change us and when we talk to each other it can be delicious to hear the new experiences of the people we care about in this world. We are always changing based on what happens to us and by sharing these experiences we don’t loose touch with each other. I’m sure you have heard people say the reason their relationship is good or has lasted so long is because of good communication. This could be with our best friend, spouse, significant other, child or parent.

Often we are so excited, absorbed or worried about our stories that we cut off the stories of others. We don’t ask questions or let them finish when they start.

We interject our thoughts and feelings without even realizing what we have done. It may shut others off from sharing with us and we miss hearing from their hearts.

Sometimes the shy, quiet person needs the most encouragement and has the most amazing information to share. It is up to us to take the time to find out.

The people in our lives may be like us or be very different, but, both have great stories to tell. Each person learns lessons, makes choices, and develops a unique perspective, which only they can claim and share. Even two people who have had very similar days will remember and internalize the experiences differently. Take the time to ask questions and listen to the answers without judgment or interjecting your own opinions. You will find that every person has a unique perspective from which to express themselves.

Bearing this in mind, we have the opportunity to approach the world around us in a new way. When we don’t take our relationships for granted and retain the spark of curiosity and the warmth required to open someone up by showing our interest, we will have a new and deeper connection. We just have to begin by asking.

And remember, rooms have no feelings, YOU do!

Be sure to take the Bajaro Color & Design Personal Preference Profile before leaving this site so you can live in your colors, textures, and metals and so much more! Just click on Profile in the menu.

 

If this is your first visit to The Bajaro Method, let me introduce you.

The Bajaro Method is about 15 years old, but the philosophy is really thousands of years old. It has been around since people have had wants and desires for life at it’s best. Bajaro has simplified the process to achieve your success.

The Bajaro Method is about your feelings. Every moment of the day and every environment you are in, is all about you!!! How you feel and look, how you feel about how you look and how the environment makes you feel. The Bajaro Method approaches life where it begins and ends, inside you…your “interior”. Bajaro recognizes that you react to people, places and things based on your experiences, senses and preferences. These experiences began the day you were born and you are living with the results everyday.  The very good news is that you have the opportunity to make changes if you are not happy with something and change is what Bajaro is also about.

Why is it that so many of us fear change when it can actually bring us what we want? We may fear change because we aren’t sure how to change or where to begin. We may also be that we won’t get or achieve what we want, so why risk the disappointment? We might even fear getting what we want and not know what to do with it or how others will react and treat us. The truth is that when we change everything around us changes and that is fearful.

So what are we to do? Well, to start, we have to be ready to start. Sounds strange but beginnings can be frightening. It is a journey which includes self discovery and that can be powerful. This road gets us closer to what we want and need in our lives. And remember, we only have this one chance.

The Bajaro Method guides us and gives us tools on this journey to make it easier and fun. Bajaro teaches the 3 elements which are: understanding, accepting, and allowing.

Since you are the focus, begin by understanding your needs and wants. Then you can work toward your goal. Once you also understand the picture you want to create, you are able to accept the reality and become comfortable with it. Acceptance is key to make change happen and ultimately get what you want. After you have done this, everything begins to flow as you allow the process to happen. You have to allow what you now understand and accept and be willing to do what it takes. Allowing may also require bringing in others to help you.

The Bajaro Method brings your new found awareness into action. In addition to helping you be your own “interior” designer when decorating for yourself, The Bajaro Method can be applied to every part of your life. What began as a technique for interior design and decorating has empowered people to change their lives and not be afraid to do things differently.

Yay Bajaro!!!!!

 Personal growth and positive change is worth it!

 If you are interested in personal growth and positive change for your personal and professional lifestyle contact me at www.TheBajaroMethod.com

To take the Color & Design Personal Preference Profile go to  https://www.bajaromethod.com/register/

 

 Here is an article from DaileyOM that I love.

Our lives can become so busy that we take our homes for granted and we loose the personal touch and connection with our most personal space. We forget that our homes truly are our sanctuary and that they require our time and care. This connection can be the difference between a beloved treasure or an impersonal place. Here is where we replenishment our energy.

Our homes are the outer reflections of those who live within. If we feel that the current appearance clashes with how we’d like to see ourselves, it can keep us from fully allowing our light to shine. Updating our homes to reflect our inner landscape need not involve massive redecorating or a large outlay of money. Small things can make a big difference, like simply moving items so that we constantly gaze upon the things we love the most, liberating the treasures we’ve hidden in our closets, using our best dishes and making small repairs. Organizing and cleaning is a no-cost way to remove chaos from our homes and introduce more calm. Lovingly rejuvenating our personal space can become a creative project that increases the flow of good throughout all aspects of our lives and increases our feeling of connection. We can give old things new life by donating them to charity, opening space for newness to enter. Removing stress from our homes can be as simple as putting our bills into pretty boxes and choosing a specific time to deal with them, or removing clutter so that we and our energy can move freely throughout our space.

Simplifying our space lets our imagination and energy roam free. We can choose to prioritize our homes, making them the true heart of our family’s activities. Then we are free to focus on what really matters—time to ourselves, to share with loved ones, and to replenish our energy so that we have more to share with each other and with the world.

To take the Color & Design Profile go to  https://www.bajaromethod.com/register/

I love Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday because it emphasizes home and the feelings we have sharing our lives with our loved ones.

We open the doors of our homes which represent the doors to our hearts. There is no where else we can express our hearts more than in our homes. It is the most personal space we have.

So as you create this day for yourself and your loved ones, be sure you are pleasing yourself and the people dearest to you. You know I value how things look, and the colors and design you bring into your personal spaces, so be sure you do this from your heart today and always.

Happy Thanksgiving from my heart to yours.

To take the Color & Design Preference Profile go to http://www.BajaroMethod.com/register/

OMG-I can’t believe I did it! The $49 Color & Design Preference Profile is now reduced to $19 for the holidays. You can learn about YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND YOUR personal colors and taste before buying gifts. What a relief to know what to buy and not have to return!

For those of you who haven’t experienced the Preference Profile…it’s all about you and your preferences for color, fabrics, design, texture, finishes, woods, metals.

You will know all the right design and dress choices to make based on your taste and how you want to live.

The profile has changed thousands of lives because fear is removed from making decisions and people gain confidence to dress and decorate for themselves.

Now you will know what to buy for yourself and all your friends and family. You can also give the profile as a gift.

Always remember, clothes and furniture have no feelings, YOU do!

Go to https://www.bajaromethod.com/register/

 

 Wishing you all a happy Bajaro day!

Walking into my office this morning I decided it was time to de-clutter. As the words entered my brain they were immediately rejected. I realized the power of the word “de-clutter” was what was holding me back. I didn’t want to do that. I felt overwhelmed. Another word came to me, “edit”. It’s really about editing my surroundings. What I need around me and what is irrelevant. How much am I holding on to for whatever reason and what is serving me today to make my life better?

This new way of looking at the disarray and confusion that I felt around me felt empowering. I realized I was saving unfinished projects, notes about things I have to complete, literature I want to read and so much more. All this was keeping me from moving on. Once I looked at these things with fresh eyes I was able to see what I didn’t want to do and therefore would probably never do. So much was outdated information and “stuff” I didn’t even remember keeping. I was amazed. 

Editing is my favorite word right now and I may even use it in other areas of my life like people, places and things.

 Ask yourself questions like, Do I really need to meet with this person? If so, can it be a phone call? Do I really like to meet in this place? Are the chairs comfortable? Can I hear the other person easily or is there too much noise or distraction?  Are all the things I have on my desk or nightstand necessary, or would more empty space allow room for me? When was the last time you looked around at your environment and edited?

Remember, rooms have no feelings, YOU do!

To take the Color & Design Preference Profile go to http://www.BajaroMethod.com/register/

 

Color, color, color!  It’s all about color. Color can be the key to how you look and feel. It can be what makes you happy in your surroundings.

Interestingly, it’s not only the colors you are reacting to. There are other design considerations in materials such as fabric patterns, textures, finishes, wood grain and metals which your personal preferences in colors indicate you also prefer.

To better understand this you need to know that there are four palettes of colors. Two are cool palettes and two are warm palettes. Two are bold palettes and two are muted palettes.  These are combined to create cool bold, cool muted, warm bold and warm muted. Now, it’s your personal preferences within these color palettes that make up your personal expression of how you want to live in your home or personal spaces and the Bajaro Interior Design Personal Preference Profile (IDPPP) measures this numerically 

The balance of how much you desire of each combination creates your own numerical signature. With this explanation you will then know how to decorate your own home and personal spaces. Your choices in these categories are the keys to your personal Design DNA. By answering the Bajaro Method questions you will find out how to combine these results in your home and life. You will learn what materials to select and combine to achieve results that are a unique expression of you. Your Design DNA will have a voice in how you want to live to bring you visual and emotional happiness. Everyone’s combination is different. This is about your “interior” and the exterior expression is through what we know as “interior design” or “interior decorating.”

Once you know your DNA colors you will use this knowledge for all your decorating and design choices. You will buy with knowledge and understand why you are drawn to certain colors and styles. You will have confidence and release any fear of making a mistake. This purchase power can be used when buying anything from a wallet to a car, stationary to carpet, there is no end because everything has color, texture, finish, and style and you react to all of them.

Let me explain how this works. It’s amazing that our skin coloring is the primary determining factor in all this. Our hair follows next, because, it also has the same pigmentation as our skin. This creates our coloring and tendencies toward liking warm and cool colors as well as bold or muted colors. So you see we are born with our colors. Based on those choices we then look at those other elements such as woods, metals and textures that are used with colors. It’s even more amazing to learn that style and design are influenced by our coloring too. We already know that our DNA tells us everything about the uniqueness of ourselves and now we can use this information to know without a doubt how to decorate our homes.

Most often you are not even conscious of your reactions.  You only know that you are favoring something. Unfortunately, we often don’t trust our choices, because we don’t understand why we are feeling a certain way. We don’t realize that our personal design sense is instinctive. So we doubt ourselves because we believe we have no reason to make these decisions based on the knowledge or experience we have had. That is understandable. However, once we are aware of why we feel a certain way and have a reaction to it, we gain confidence. We now know it is about our inner knowing or rather inner liking and we learn to trust the way we feel and then can make a decision with confidence because using our Design DNA. We didn’t know why we had our inner likes and dislikes. Now we know that we don’t have to know why, just that it is who we are, so we can trust ourselves.

I have worked with this system my entire career and with all my clients, yet when I created the IDPPP I had no idea I would benefit from the knowledge myself. Yesterday after taking the profile for the first time on the internet, the results helped even me realize why I chose certain things in my own home. I guess I too was looking to better understand some answers for myself.

Is this the time for you to find your design answers? If so take the Interior Design Personal Preference Profile. (IDPPP) Simply go to www.BajaroMethod.com and click on “Take the Profile”. After you have answered the twenty- three Bajaro Method questions you will receive a 15 page color print out of your own personal explanation of your Bajaro Method numerical signature. You will always have it to use when purchasing or making design decisions. Have fun and remember, rooms have no feelings, you do!

With heart, Barbara

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