DESIGN your home LIKE a PRO: Steps NOT to be MISSED 

Thank you! Yes this is what I do as well! I want to help others who may not be able to work with a designers, "design" their home.

Awwww babe sending you a hug 🤗 This is a new chapter for you for sure. Perhaps focusing on the little things, the things that are easier yet visually joyful will do wonders for your mood and confidence getting back into it. Sending you love and inspiration your way ✨✨✨🤍🤍🤍

Yeah!!!!! I’m so excited for you. I love when I get more clarity as to what I’m working towards 🤍 Keep me posted on your color palette and so glad you got those measurements down!! 👏👏👏

Hi babe!! Hope this helps get you started 😘

I hear you! I’m the same way. I do love some good contrast though-maybe you can incorporate some dark things into your white palette? Especially that dark green. We use some black in our home to tap into my love of darker moodier spaces-always trying to find a balance between the two.

Yes exactly, Grady 🤗 Big smiles over here reading your comment-while thinking of your lovely new bedside table! It is always my please, luv!!!

🤗 Thank you Izzie!! I appreciate you saying that 🤍

Ooooh VERY good point, Sophia!!!

Hi Teri 🤗 I’m so happy you enjoyed the video and got the e-book! I am really focused on getting you info that is not mainstream-so I appreciate you noting this! Thank you so much, lovely!!

I always mean to ask, is this a pic of your dog? Such a cutie!!

Pat!!! Hi babe! Thank you for watching and appreciating the video. That makes me 🥰

Yes I believe you’ve got it!! Big hugs!! 🤗

This reminds me of my recent facebook post : “I go back and forth about this chair. I actually have two of them. Upholstery is in great shape. But… I realised today that my problem is that I am decorating houses for three different [me]s : The woman who lives in an old just-unsealed villa or castle with sort of outdated baroque stuff and old religious tat, that’s all sun-faded and moth-eaten, but the walls are lime washed, and the curtain sheers are floaty, and the space feels sunny so you can drink red wine or sangria all day and someone is playing the cello in the other room and maybe Prince Stash, son of Balthus, is your neighbour. Sort of 70s pastiche of the Amalfi coast. This chair would be part of that. The woman who lives in an old (not industrial!) loft space in New York in the 50s, everything sort of mid-century municipal library modernism, large library stacks with those hand-crank sliders, grand walls with giant ABEX paintings, scandi+Donald Judd furniture, Julian Schnabel’s kitchen. Nice old stereo with warm speakers. This chair is not part of that. The woman who lives in some hot climate, probably a house once belonging to some coloniser from Europe to be honest, somewhere like Cuba or Indochina or Rio de Janeiro, with Bahamian shutters and dark wood furniture, or else bamboo and rattan, who sits on the veranda and drinks gin and tonics for the quinine, trappings of Peter Beard’s tent in Kenya, all that André Breton “Wall” stuff I can’t force myself not to love (but edited down because I hate dust), all my problematic Orientalism + Cubist paintings and an outdoor bathtub. This chair is not part of that, but maybe could be. And these three women also have to take [my husband’s] 1950’s American diner + Picasso-era Montparnasse desires into consideration. 😢

@@honeyrococo Ha! So beautiful, humorous, and vividly written-love, love LOVE and relate to every word 🥰😂

Glad you liked it, Shauna!! 🤗

You are so welcome, Stephanie! Happy you enjoyed it!! 🤗

Smart Paulene!!!! Saved you from buying a few things that wouldn’t fit properly I’m sure. Thank you for checking out the book 🥰

Haha you are so right, Gregg!!! Thank you for your terrific comment 🤗

Sounds lovely, Joanna! Hope you enjoy the mini guidebook! Sending you big hugs 🤗 PS Lots of good stuff in Frida’s book!

@@ChristinaDiStefanoStudio Your mini guidebook distils the process beautifully. I also see how much your mood board has influenced what your gorgeous living room looks like now. I've not used one before because I added/replaced items very slowly. I'd hold up my phone with a photo of the new item I wanted to add/replace and get a sense if it worked or not while in the room. I will start using one when I am updating my bedroom, though, because I see great benefit. I hope you are doing very well and that your mum is OK. x🌞x

Oh wonderful, Joanna! I’m happy you enjoyed the guidebook. Yes it’s really helped me stay focused. In the past I was easily pulled in many directions because I like so many things, but this practice definitely helped me hone into the feeling I wanted to our home. Good luck on the bedroom!!! 😘

Ahhh wonderful, Carol 🤗 I’m so there for intuitive painting. For me studio time is my lab time, but that said I’ve made some good and not so exciting choices this way! If we have time and unlimited resources, then why not? When it comes to decorating/designing my home I do not, and I would say that neither do most people. In terms of art, I got to a place where I know my colors, my style, etc and work within that fame-similar to a mood board I guess 😂 In design, the mood board is fun tool to help you stay focused. Get a glass of wine or hot team and make it fun ☺️ It’s starting place that will evolve, just like our art practice! Good luck my friend and keep me posted on your home-and your studio practice 🤍

Awwww thanks, luv 🥰

Hahaha 😂 I have been there too!! Glad it resonated with you!!

You’re so welcome babe!! Happy you’re here! 🤗

Lovely Timi, you can do this on any budget and even better via secondhand-my favorite for finding unique things. Often you spend the same amount for a used well made piece as you would buying something “less expensive” from places like Amazon, Lowe’s, etc. Nothing wrong with mixing in some of that, but I have found, especially once you have your big picture vision for the space, you actually save money because you can zoom in on what you actually need /want-no matter the budget. Best of luck my friend. You can do this 😘

😢I totally agree with this. Some of my favorite pieces were either gifted to me, found thrifting, or purchased at antique stores. The great thing about older furniture is that they were built to last, and usually cost less or the same as poorly constructed new pieces. Also, if you can sew, you can reupholster them yourself, saving a lot of money.

Marcia you are speaking my love language 🥰 111% truth, babe!! My dad makes and upholsters furniture-so this is in my blood ❤️ Thank you for affirming this 🤗

@@ChristinaDiStefanoStudio I will try my best 🙃Yes I prefer buying 2nd hand wood furniture on Facebook Marketplace. There are SO many awesome antique and vintage side boards, dressers, end tables, etc that just need some love. Refinishing. Repairing a leg or something. I really love doing that. It takes me for-e-ver to complete a project, but eventually I get there. I've kind of had rotten luck finding a sofa though. So far anyways. But I do sew @marciafirst2271 and I've recovered small things like dining chairs and benches 😉

Sending good resale sofa vibes your way Timi ✨✨✨ she’s out there some where!!!

Glad you like it! Thank you for watching 🤗

Absolutely! I love color even though I live with these warm white walls ;)

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Hi! This is totally possible. My personal style is always evolving but it is never “just one thing.” I also have a different design philosophy and do not want cookie cutter designs. They should be unique and have a personality, just like us. I would suggest adding all your images together in one folder (or one folder on Pinterest) then look for similarities-things that play nice together. I’m very eclectic myself and that said, I don’t believe in using just one style throughout a room or home. We are multifaceted people and living in one style would mean leaving parts of ourselves out of the mix. I myself could not live in just one style. It would feel restrictive. When designing a home it’s important to identify those things that make your heart sing as I like to say. It’s my way of saying pick the things that feel right/good to you. It’s a lot of connecting to your instincts and going with that gut feeling. It’s a practice though-especially if someone is not used to this. So gather images of those things and play with the images in varied combinations until you find something that makes you happy. It’s somewhat intuitive like creating artwork and also a big like solving a puzzle. Also I think it’s important t to have fun with it and not put so much pressure on ourselves to have it perfect on the first go. We are always learning, evolving and changing. I hope this helps!! 🤗

@@ChristinaDiStefanoStudio Yes, thank you! 😊🌺

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Awww babe! That’s so sweet of you! No, I don’t have a donate button. Never thought about it until just now. I hope you enjoy the e-book!! Let me know how it goes and if you have questions 😘

@@ChristinaDiStefanoStudio Thank you for creating the guide. I wish I had it before I purchased my sofa! Anyway, I value your hard work and wanted to offer something.

@@civilizeddiva You being here in the comments and sharing your experience and good vibes is just lovely and worth every minute of creating this 🤍 I’m serious! Thank you 🤗 I’ll look into a donation button for the future.

😂 Love it!!!! Yes of course it is! ❤️

Hi you can access it with this link: www.christinadistefanostudio.com/mini-guide-book-sign-up

It’s in the video description 😉

Wonderful Tascha!! I’m so happy to hear it’s helping you!! Simple steps with big results 🤗 Yeah!!!