How to make something say ITS ME!!!!

When designing a room or a landscape you want it to display your personality, your look, your life needs. 
How do you do this? Have you ever wondered how an architect comes up with an award-winning building design or a musician creates that hit song? Creativity is at the heart of all design and seeking the inspiration to boost that creativity can sometimes be a challenge. In some ways, we are all design professionals. So you don't get paid to do this professionally You don’t have to design an automobile, write a novel, or sculpt a gorgeous sculpture to be a design professional. Everyday we all embark on tasks that require us to think, dream, collaborate in our head with our own voices, and get inspired to be creative in everyday life. Whether you are a design professional as a living or you just enjoy boosting your creativity juices, here are a few tips to consider. 

- Find a new place to let your mind wander
For many architects, interior designers, artist the ability to find a new place to seek creativity can often be a challenge. Whether it’s because you are only used to your old ways or you can’t think of new ones- creativity is stifled when it’s not allowed to be stimulated. Open up your curtains in your home and stare out into the world and go explore somewhere you’ve never been. If you can’t leave your home – surf the internet, read a magazine or book that someone said inspired them or try a different route to work for a few days and see what sparks fly. 

- Boost creativity amongst the outdoors
Whether animate or inanimate objects inspire you, nature has the entire spectrum wrapped up into an ever-changing landscape. Visit your local park, walk around your outdoor home and try bringing a camera with you. Some of the greatest design origins come from capturing nature on film. Living on the North Shore of Long Island gives so many possibilities just pick a town and explore.

- Make your favorite spot have a new purpose
If you are a designer and are in a rut for finding creativity, take a look at your favorite spot to sit and read or your it is a painting studio, a woodworking bench out in the garage or if you’re a chef and it’s your kitchen – how inspiring is it to work in? Surround your workspace with images of goals you want to accomplish, fill your bookshelves with books you are dying to read! Sometimes the creativity needs to be pulled or pried from your soul. Some people are therapist for your head, North Shore Contractor Management has the knack to bring your heart and soul to your surroundings. Your immediate workspace is a reflection of your mind; make it magical and full of wonder with colors, patterns and textures to inspire more of your senses. 


- Go on vacation for enjoyment not just for work
When is the last time you enjoyed a vacation because of the pure joy of leaving your normal life and exploring a new city or destination? Designers who are inspired can seek more ideas when traveling. New cultures, people, geography, music, food and more all are catalysts to your imagination. Instead of holding off on that cruise around the world, pack up the car and go drive for a few hours and see what happens!

- Document your ideas when the mood strikes
Instead of going through your days having inspired thought but then forgetting them once you get back to your craft – remember to document your life experiences. Whether through a creative look book or collaborative board like Pinterest or even Evernote or by taking photos, you will be surprised how many ideas are lost throughout the day, which turn into missed opportunities to use your creative ambition on your everyday work world. Try bringing in positive vibes into your workspace with your personel touches, with today's technology at your finger tips your favorite color can be captured, the bench you love can be reproduced and your ideas can become reality. 

- Allow yourself and your work to have a sense of humor
Somewhere along the path of life adults became serious people who forgot how to have a sense of humor, especially in the work world. Creativity isn’t always about discipline, in fact letting your mind forget “the rules” may help you spark creative design ideas, new lyrics to a song, creative new fashion trends or architectural elements that you may have never thought of. Assess your work lifestyle, your home interiors and office and any place where it could use some more whimsy.

- Practice getting inspired by visually dissecting a single element
Another way to let your mind find creative thought is by choosing a single element such as a vintage clock or a bright colored chair and make that your center point or the Sun of your room. Everything gets designed around that piece of furniture. 

- Don’t allow yourself to get “bullied” into the social norm
This is my biggest pet peeve. You know those voices in your head that say “Why are you designing this way?” Creativity shouldn’t have a limit and often we as people let ourselves get bullied around by our own sub-conscience and feel we have to adhere to the status quo. Instead give yourself permission to be different and to seek creativity in any outlet that feels right for you! Do not go to Target, Pier 1, or Marshalls. Go to your local antique shop, your local consignment store, the Thrift shop or weekend Flea Market or Garage sale. Eclectic things make my heart sing 

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