Impressionen {Germany}
Impressionen is a mail order company here in Germany that specializes in women's fashion and home accessories along with some furniture, always on trend, and the website is such a pleasure to browse with their collaged images and pretty color combinations. These images give you an idea of some popular trends here in Germany.
I'm really enjoying all the natural textures and colors lately and find myself torn between an all-white room with accents of taupe, silver, and lavender and colorful playful rooms with no set focal point, just lots of patterns against a neutral base.
Since this blog's inception, I've followed all the big trends and built a personal database of more companies that I'll ever need to reference. I'm sure, whether you blog or are simply obsessed with reading them, you also are quite savvy and know more about design than ever before. But as my personal likes and dislikes forever change, I've concluded that I need to stick to a neutral base devoid of pattern and swap out my patterned soft furnishings and accessories per season or at least, every 6 months, so I don't die of boredom. I can commit to wallpaper in small spaces (hallway, bathroom, or as a single accent wall in a larger space), and to flooring (I'm a wood floor fan), but I cannot commit to patterned sofas or chairs unless I can slipcover them whenever the spirit moves me. I prefer wood seating that I can alter myself with a staple gun and a piece of fabric for the seat or back, for instance, or with cushions. And this is coming from a girl that saw a patterned sofa at Svenskt Tenn and nearly collapsed from sensory overload. I loved it. But I wouldn't own it.
It's pretty funny how we embark on blogging with a strong sense of who we are and what we like, and then realize down the road that we were only beginning our journey and that design and decorating while for some may be meaningless (I have friends who could care less), but for others (like us!), home improvement is a constant thought in our minds. Improving our living space is our passion, but it's only fun once we realize that there's no end point and to just chill about the whole thing. Decorating is the unattainable goal, it's the size zero, the long legs, the high cheekbones. It's like reaching personal perfection, we'll never be perfect but we strive to be our very best and have fun doing it. It's the same for the home. It will never be perfect, for some there is no 'end' point, but the joy is in the journey and to finally be comfortable with this fact is absolutely freeing for me. I just thought I'd share this thought with you today.
Perhaps you can relate.
(images from impressionen)