Plug into your executable ideas and design object needs by looking through magazines, catalogs, newspapers and websites that share your desired colors, and images that are pleasing to your style.

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Compile a file, a notebook or diary of sorts where you can see a trend and begin to hone in on your renovation plan.  This can take time to evolve.  A good stretch of cold Winter weather, warm wood stove and my pile of “gonna read this someday” literature gives me the time to finger through each periodical and earmark or scrapbook the ideas and pictures that are indicative of the project I am trying to round out in my mind.

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I am a floor plan junkie so a never ending file of plans and elevations plague my files and piles of my minds work.

If you decide to work with a design professional or contractor it helps tremendously to have an idea of your look, palette and knowledge of products that you would like to consider. Then, from your lead, let the designer take your vision to the top.  That is what we are so good at.