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Confinement Can Be a Positive Tool

4/21/2020

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​Even in more “normal” times, there is a lot of preliminary preparatory work that has to be done before an Interior design project can get underway.  In the face of imminent crisis, with a Pandemic raging through communities, it’s difficult to hope; it is difficult to try to see over the tragedies and into a more manageable future.
 
But, we all know that is just what we must do: look to the future, while managing a difficult present.    I do what I can, myself, to keep that reality in mind, and press on.  Those of us in business must improvise, innovate and press on.  Many small businesses are holding on and weathering this situation as best they can.  Some, unfortunately, may not make it back to commercial health; let’s cheer them on and spread the hope around.  When this is behind us, let’s rally around them and support them back into a fair competitive position.
 

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Together, let’s make the most of a difficult circumstance! Embrace the beauty that’s close at hand, just outside your door or inside the cover of a good book!

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Iffy Decisions and Snap-Judgements!

4/21/2020

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​Remember when you were a kid watching your Mom making your favorite cake or cookies?   Remember how sometimes you could hardly stand still until it came out of the oven smelling wonderful – and you STILL had to wait until they cooled off?
 
If you are thinking about an Interior Design project, are getting close to selecting your team, are impatient to get all the “ingredients” lined up and want the finished product NOW ... Well it is not greatly unlike watching your Mom plan, shop, assemble the ingredients, find the time, get started and then deal with your impatience for the delectable finished product!
 
If you wonder (even for a minute) what kinds of things could drive your design team off the rails and stark-raving-crazy, your impatience with “the time it takes” would be at the top of the list!
 
However, the close second, the next choice for driving your team over the edge?   You, making snap judgments before the whole plan and all elements are pulled together in final form and coordinated into appropriate harmony and balance!  
 
(Don’t know about you, but if my brother or I tried to get a finger-full of cookie dough before Mom was done mixing, we took the chance of getting our knuckles rapped!   But, if we were patient, we would get the spoon and bowl to lick when she was done! ) 
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When the flooring has been laid and the freight is beginning to arrive, it’s not the time to decide you want circles instead of squares!

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    Robert Boccabella, B.F.A., Certified Interior Designer

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