People constantly ask me on Twitter about Design Psychology.
Today’s simple answer: “Design Psychology creates spaces to support emotions for desired outcome such as creativity or production.”
DanishDesign1 replied
@JeanetteJoy: Ah … So using physical space to foster an emotional and creative space within? Very cool.
Which is right. And more.
The photo above shows Design Psychology in action to create a background for people. A statement of the Earth’s elements, a serene, peaceful escape…
I am the luckiest mother. I have wonderful children who share my love for a beautiful home. My son Kirk Fisher, a neuroscientist who could be doing so many amazing things like studying more medicine at Columbia to writing the next best seller, took a week off to drill a hole through a rock and grind a recession for a fire ring.
We were told the boulder weighed about 300 pounds. It was difficult to launch it off the back of the truck to the ground where it sat for months waiting for inspiration.
The double vision dream inspiration Kirk and I shared began with “wouldn’t it be neat to have a fire reflect on the pool? Wouldn’t it be fabulous to have fire come up out of a rock that looks like it was always there? Wouldn’t it be splendid to have a rock sphere for the flames to shimmer?”
Like most people, we started researching online. This wonderful old, outdated, but effective website kept capturing our attention. Their links kept showing up in our Google docs. (I’ll share the link in a bit. You’ll disappear before you comment and spend a lot of time entranced.)
After the hole drilling and grinding with new tools, the boulder would not budge on the dolly which had two flat tires. A new piano dolly and four strong young men hefted the rock through my double doors, over my walnut floors, across the patio, to the pool courtyard garden where the propane pipe waited. The four BIG boys could not lift the rock. I’m talking about young men who moved furniture like a piano, a slate pool table, and huge cabinets.
We rented a motor hoist. The boulder swung too fast and broke the propane pipe. After digging up the garden, moving heavy stones, trips to Lowe’s for parts (a story in itself…LOVE Lowe’s!), re-plumbing… it took 3 hours to set the stone in the right spot, one inch at a time.
Sometimes a difficult dream, like a long birth, wears you out. In the end, when all turns out well, you feel splendid.
first-fire-rock short video
Please come back and see the stone with the black sphere and the replanted garden.
Joy to your home!
Jeanette
What is your dream vision?
Oh, yes the link to FirePit Glass Rocks & Balls You know how to find Lowes. Did you know they tweet? Lowes on Twitter
Design Psychology’s innovative interior design strategies go well beyond normal cleaning, painting, and repairs, and have proven to increase home sellers’ profit while shortening a home’s market time. And best of all, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to enjoy the benefits Design Psychology can provide.
Here are a few tips for maximizing your sales price, while minimizing the out pocket cost of selling your home:
Curb Your Emotions
First, you must emotionally detach yourself from your home and begin to think of it as simply a piece of property that needs to be sold. In the end, your goal is to make your home feel like a well-appointed vacation property and to spur buyers’ imaginations with dreams of enjoying a new life in your luxurious home soon, and at top dollar!
Sell the Dream
Imagine your home as a five star hotel room with a kitchen. Set out your best china, crystal, and finest linens, and then start packing everything you won’t need, including all personal items, such as family photos, memorabilia, and other clutter. Your aim is to create a luxurious feeling for prospective buyers because buyers will pay more for a home that makes them feel pampered and comfortable.
Imagine You’re the Buyer
Once you’ve got the interior of the house feeling warm and inviting, it’s time to take inventory around the rest your property. Take a notebook, and make three columns on your notepad: “No Cost Changes,” “Small Cost Changes,” and “Dream List Changes.” Then start at the street, pretending you’re a home buyer, seeing the property for the first time. It may help to have a friend with you during this process, in order to be more objective.
Walk around the property, just as a potential buyer would, making notes about everything that could use improvement, such as landscaping and exterior paint, listing each change in the proper column. Then walk to the front door, enter the house, and then walk through, letting the natural flow of the layout guide you all the way to the backyard or garden area.
Keep a constant eye out for things that need attention, jotting them down on your notepad as you walk around the property. Note everything you find that detracts from the serene, inviting feeling you’re trying to create.
Spend Your Money Wisely
Once you’ve compiled your list, begin with tackling the items in the “No Cost Changes” column. They could be things like pulling weeds, moving plants from crowded garden areas and transplanting them elsewhere, or rearranging furniture, to show off your home’s architectural features or to make rooms seem more spacious.
Always try to see your home as a prospective buyer would see it. Set up enticing vignettes throughout the house, such as an intimate breakfast table for two in the master bedroom or a book sitting on an end table in the reading nook.
Since under furnished rooms allow buyers to imagine their own furnishings in a home, it’ll be worthwhile to sell or place unnecessary furniture in storage. If you find that hard to do, compare the cost of moving a piece of furniture to the cost of replacing it, and then ask yourself if the piece is worth keeping.
For tackling the items on your list that will cost money to address, always make sure the expense will be worth the benefit. Using new interior design ideas to prepare your home for sale can speed your sale and get you a bigger check at closing.
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Inspiration
Have you ever seen a photo that inspired you to create something beautiful?
I love the simple serenity of this pool.
This is my interpretation using interior design psychology to blend with my home…
The garden begins for fire resistant landscape design book and Joy TV special.
Join us for a tweet swim soon…
Joy~
Jeanette
P.S. What inspires you? Please comment. Thank you.