It's time for a change . . .

Wow, that is a loaded statement, is it not?  You can apply that to any part of your life.  When you consider this in a bigger context, extend it to the world around you, in this election year, it is almost overwhelming.  That statement can also mean something more personal.  It can apply to your home, your person, your relationship and your experience.  This month is our very special VOTE edition and I am here to remind you that you can change your life and your perspective and the lives of millions of others by voting.

I often talk to you about change here within these pages. I push you to go deeper, look harder. Find who you are in your home and create your authentic experience.  I have promised you that the work you do will not only beautify your world but it will enhance your life and your daily experience.  And, all of that directly relates to how you share that life with others.

We are all going through tremendous changes.  Covid 19, 4+ years of divisiveness, racism, misogyny, homophobia and sexism.  It feels so overwhelming and those feelings creep into our homes. Our country feels like it is heading in the wrong direction and the western world seems to be falling for the same false narrative.  Well guess what?  You can make a change, you can make a difference. You can make the change in your life that you and your family need.  Yes, that change can be as simple as fresh paint, a new coffee table, a sofa or a new comforter on your bed.  I can go on ad nauseum, with the small examples of design choices that can change your perspective.

Today I am asking you to go even deeper and work harder.  If you have followed my stories here and if you have implemented any of the change’s I have offered you, then I know you are already aware of the power of small changes.  Stepping into a voting booth may seem small but, it is actually monumental.  Your vote matters. The choice and the choices you make, matter.

Change your perspective and change your life… I speak those words on an almost daily basis in my work. In guiding people to find who they are in their homes and lives; I am simply offering them the opportunity to do their work. Finding who you are is a lifelong journey and your home and lifestyle is just one way of uncovering that joy.  By using your ability to choose, you exercise the ability to make the right decisions for you.  Because only you can say what is right for you.  But sometimes those decisions have a greater effect on the world around you.  What is right for you can be a choice for the greater good as well. We all can win. We can all live lives of beauty and be proud of who we are individuals, as a community and as a country.  Beauty is so much more than a pretty home and lovely things.  Beauty is first an outward expression.

I am grateful to have this opportunity to speak to as a designer and a fellow voter.  Now more than ever, it is your responsibility to stand up and be counted.  This election and this time is so much more than a choice between parties.  It is fundamentally a choice between right and wrong.  It is a choice between the greater good and selfishness.  Choose what is right for you because I truly believe that if you are honest with yourself and make your decision, not from fear, but from honesty, you will make your life better. And along the way you will make life better for everyone you know and even those you don’t.

Choose that sofa, choose that chair, choose that wallpaper. Be bold, be fearless, be honest.  Take a stand in your life and in your country. Vote!

This month as we prepare to cast our votes, I offer a few words of wisdom from men much wiser and more eloquent than I…

“Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.”

            Hubert Humphrey

“Fascism is cured by reading. Racism is cured by travel.”

            Miguel de Unamuno

I wish you all health, happiness and hope. And as always, choose to Live Well!

Designer Dann

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