How Do You Spell Home?: New Year/New Striped Vision

With the New Year upon us, new dreams, new visions and new opportunities can grow. And during the new year, tons of people make resolutions... to lose weight, stop eating junk food, work out more, break bad habits, etc. And along with most people, I too did the same thing. Losing weight is my resolution.

And since the weight loss can't just happen right away, maybe there's a way to cover up those extra winter pounds? "Wear black, it's slimming!" "Avoid wearing horizontal stripes, you'll look wide!" But what about vertical stripes?

Well, I know I won't be wearing horizontal stripes any time soon, but I will be incorporating stripes into design. Stripes can be applied in more ways than you can imagine. Whether it be through fabric applications, wall treatments, decorative pieces, artwork, furniture, etc. Stripes are a way to introduce variation to a blank wall, as well as incorporate a myriad of colors in just one look.

Stripes do not have to be just plain vertical or horizontal designs, they can have more attitude and pizzazz, it just depends on how you apply them.

See below for some of my favorite examples of striped design...

Striped Fabrics