Earlier - I featured a makeover of a garage I did with French Porte Garage Doors which received amazing responses from many of you...
To add to that - French Porte is now offering a special promotion to homeowners that mention Designer Dad or Family Circle when inquiring about a door purchase for their own homes...
Simply mention those names and receive 15% off any purchase you make with them from now through Friday, March 30th 2012.
Check them out here: French Porte
If you missed the original featured story - here it is again: Garage Makeover
With the New Year upon us...It's time to get creative about our home environments again...We are spending more time inside - so it's a time to plan the changes you want to make in your spaces now or maybe in the months ahead...
Here are some creative ways that I stay inspired - that may help you....
I use my iPad as a creative tool to inspire me - whether I am planning a design project, looking ahead to other creative projects and ideas or if I simply need to capture something for later use in one place...It becomes a walking file of various things that inspire and focus me...
I have also found that having my iPad on an easel I bought at Target - not only gives it a stylish support system - but allows it to be accessible in the office or at home when I need it...
Using the easel (which can be used for displaying frames or plates) allows me to see what I want to see if I'm in the kitchen, in my studio or somewhere else. Otherwise, I can pick it up and move around the location with it easily...
I have found that it inspires my creativity in a couple of new ways... I have music playing all the time on it via Pandora Radio - which I love. Two favorites at the moment are my stations for "New Age Solo Piano" and "Chris Botti Radio" - easy to have on when I'm working - but the stations I play change every week. I find that music can be a great way to get inspired about whatever you are working on! Again, I can pick it up and take it with me.
The other way I am gathering creative ideas and staying inspired is by using Pinterest. It's a great way to start gathering visuals of things you respond to from home design and decor ideas to fashion, family ideas and recipes. Check it out...Being a visual person - I find that it can be a great way of gathering things you respond to...
Check out my pin board on there focused in on homes or interiors inspired by one of my favorite films "Somethings Gotta Give."
Be creative!
