Wood warms body and soul while creating connections to one of the major four elements of design – Earth. Wood used in Interior Design and Home Staging provides us with a sense of safety and comfort, promotes relaxation and refuge but ultimately invites us to appreciate it subtlety and range of beauty.
Wood alludes to fire. The warmth of a fire, the glow of a flame, the memories you create…
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As a nod to the lighter woods and more modern aesthetic, How to Warm Up with Wood– is both easy on the eyes and budget. Check out the Mood Board below for inspiration.
Ranging in colours from creams to palest yellows and golds to rich reds, rusty oranges and exotics of deep purples and ebony- wood may be appreciated in all its beautiful hues. Wood doesn’t age in Home Décor and Interior Design. It’s never going to be a ‘trend’. Wood gleams and glows- adding patina and character to your space. Whether first chiselled, carved or hammered from a log, to warm up with wood is a versatile and transitional marker of your home.
When you want to Warm Up with Wood – it’s easy! The humble quality of wood asks us integrate. Wood comes from the earth. It is grounding, not precious or untouchable. Quite the opposite, wood begs us to touch, gaze and smell the textures and patterns of this gnarly raw material. So choose hand hewn or polished – but choose what speaks to you! (Not so secret tree-hugger!)
Wood evokes a sense of time and place. I remember the first time I appreciated wood. I was about seven years old and my parents bought a set of raw bunk beds. I actually remember my Dad putting them together and then painting them for our compact space. I had that bunk bed as a single- until I got married! It lasted a long time!! I also remember receiving special gifts of wood; like a friend of mine in high school, who gifted me his Grade 12 wood-working project of a cedar-lined Hope Chest! I still have it- and while the style of it is dated and I’d like to modernize it, I haven’t been able to change the original knotty pine piece…
Still with me? My love of wood antique furniture comes from my Mom who painstakingly restored pieces she found either in Goodwill or Antique Shops, she also lovingly stripped back all the paint on the mouldings, railings, trim and banister of their heritage home. This bathroom incorporates some antiques I had fun sourcing!
I could go on! I’m kind of a fan! I’m sure you have some wood stories to share! How have you Warmed up with Wood? Also – drop me a line if you need some help incorporating wood into your home-as far as Home Decor and Styling Interiors goes, it’s never too late! 🙂
A note to leave you with…
Wood is universally beautiful to man.
It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.
– Frank Lloyd Wright
