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INSPIRATION

It’s what empires are built on.

And really spectacular rooms.

We’ve all had it happen.  you’re out shopping, looking for a great new pair of wool socks, and BAM!!  Like a bolt of lightning over the Sea of Mundane, there it is:  the most fabulous __________ EVER.  (Insert lamp, rug, antique rag quilt, macaroni-noodle folk art sculpture…)

So you take your _________ home, only to discover you have no idea what to do with it.  You move it around for awhile, testing it, letting it live in different places (until your family is convinced it’s actually stalking them), but can never seem to find somewhere that it works…  That shows it for the Hope-Diamond-in-macaroni-noodle-form that it is.

Eventually, your heart breaking, it’s relegated to the closet (or basement, or garage)…  where it stays.  *sniffle*

The problem is that your _________ wasn’t meant to FOLLOW, it was meant to LEAD.  Can you think of any movie credits listing Cary Grant as “Third Guy On The Train Platform?”  NO!  He was center stage, Baby!  Meant to lead, just like your _________.

In decorating, we call this the “inspiration piece.”  We don’t try to put it in finished rooms, we build rooms around IT.

That’s what this series, “Design A Room Around…,” is about.  We’ll be showing you how to use your _________ to create whole ROOMS that inspire that level of… devotion.

Trust me, designer spaces don’t just fall together on their own – there’s always a starting point.  This is how we create EVERY room at OnlineHomeDecorating.com, and you can do it, too!

Next time, we’ll be getting started with our first Cary Grant: 

I’ll show you each item in the new room, and explain why it was chosen.

Do you have an inspiration piece you’d like us to build a room around?  Leave a comment with the link!  If the finished design based on your piece is chosen to be featured at OnlineHomeDecorating.com, you could win $100!

Until next time,

P.S.  And remember, if you don’t have time to wait for inspiration to strike, we’ve got dozens of room designs ready and waiting for you at OnlineHomeDecorating.com!

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