Valentine’s Day is a much-anticipated holiday by both the young and mature in our house. My youngest eagerly awaits the holiday party at school where she will make and share Valentine cards with her school buddies. I personally look forward to a romantic dinner, dark chocolate and sweet sentiments written in a card. For this Valentine’s Day I was asked to share secrets with the Metro section of the Boston & NYC newspapers and on the national TV program, The Daily Buzz, regarding maintaining a happy relationship and how your home can impact your love life (programming information for Friday’s shows can be found below.)
Your home is your sanctuary and it can be a place that supports an amazing relationship or it can be the place that triggers conflict. In this week’s article I will share how to create a space that supports lasting love and happiness.
Your home environment can give you a strong foundation for your overall well-being enhancing harmony in your life and relationships. Conversely it can also have a detrimental impact on you and your interactions. This erodes the footings of your life leaving you feeling off balance and out of sorts.
It is important to create a home environment that supports both or all individuals in a home. In years past, our mother or grandmother’s generation, men most often did not involve themselves in the design or aesthetics of the home. In today’s day and age, men want to be involved. They want to help create a space that they like and truly can call home.
Here is a simple solution that will help bring you together and create your Home in Harmony!
I recommend that each person compiles a visualization folder of the spaces and places that they love. Perhaps you find kitchens that have certain color cabinets or you love bedrooms with wide plantation shutters. Whatever you see that delights you, stick it in your folder and have your partner do the same. Aim to find at least 20 images that you love for your individual folders!
Next, share your folders.
Take time to really notice the details of each image the other person has chosen.
Choose at least 3 images that you like from your partners visualization folder. Explain to him or her why you like the images you chose. This will help you begin to determine what commonalities you share when designing the ideal space for your “couplehood”. It is much easier to find the things you don’t like about someone else’s design ideas. This exercise helps you work together to create something that will nurture and support you as individuals and as a couple.
This exercise is fun to do whether you are thinking of designing a space or just trying to get to know each other a little better. It also works well with anyone you are sharing an environment with so that you can create a Home in Harmony!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
XOXO
PS… If you are trying to create a home that nurtures and supports you and your relationships, let me help you put a plan together to create harmony in your home. Click here to schedule your FREE Success Strategy Call!
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