The New Year

As we finish out the first month of 2015 and fully embrace the new year we are presented with untold possibilities for design in our spaces.
As I look at my environment I am amazed at the variety of  textures and colors that abound.  Even in this winter season I see all shades of browns, greys and tans - white in every shade and showing hints of many colors.  Clear blue in the sky and gorgeous red, pink, blue, and yellow sunsets.  What I see in January lets my mind rest a bit from the busy holiday season.  It calms me and invigorates me as I head into the rest of the year.

Thoughts as we leave 2014

Just a note as we close out 2014 and launch into 2015 -  a couple of quotes printed by my brother, Mark Kokott , (calligrapher), come to mind, "The secret of Christmas is not the things you do at Christmas-time - but the Christmas things you do all year through" -  this approach keeps the spirit of giving alive all year.  And speaking of Christmas things all year through, "You can never do a kindness too soon - for you never know how soon it will be too late".
Off to the diverse world of design, color, shape, form and texture - perhaps you'll be adding one or more of these to your design space in 2015.