Look around in your kitchen and bathroom without just thinking about mixer showers and other obvious details. There’s probably a graphical vomit of colors, typography, and garish images intruding your home. Our homes are miniature highway billboard galleries of questionable taste, especially our cupboards and kitchen designs, since you need to install the right appliances and plumbing in your kitchen for this from a dish washer to water softeners which are important to make sure the water we use is always clean. You’ve probably blocked it all out over time due to overexposure, but you’d be better off removing most labels or transferring products into unmarked refillable containers (minus prescription medication and hazardous materials, of course).
For example, look at the Crest mouthwash bottle above: I peeled off the label and it’s now 110% more of a pleasing element in the bathroom. I already know what’s in it and how much to use, so there’s no mystery. This simple act of peeling away with the majority of product is a decor staging trick anyone can practice, and you might find yourself in much more soothing environments rather than the equivalent decor of a Cosby Sweater circa 1991.
Peel off the labels, replace with flowers, art, things you’ve gathered, mementos…a life without labels is a more beautiful one. Get yourself surrounded by plants and wood furniture. Learning the process of woodworking can be stressful and time consuming. Books are one of the best forms of gaining new information. Woodwork Made Easy’s blog post on woodworking books discusses the best books for learning the trade.
Images: Fantastik Frank; Elv’s
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Removing the Labels, Revealing Your Home – why I peel labels and stickers off nearly everything I bring into the home. http://t.co/BFS8dVi9
RT @typefiend: Removing the Labels, Revealing Your Home – why I peel labels and stickers off nearly everything I bring into the home. http://t.co/BFS8dVi9
http://www.gregoryhan.com/2012/07/11/removing-the-labels-revealing-your-home/
I totally dig this: http://t.co/5cPx1iQj