Finding your way

In the last week, I have been in more homes than usual. Helping close friends who are so very nearly at the point of colouring in their home. A new friend whose house is freshly renovated but needs a colour adjustment to make it feel right. An artist who wants colours to support her important exhibition, and a client who is crafting a magnificent yet deeply personal home.

All completely different people, with different needs and wants - yet all looking for the same. Not the same colour, nor the same aesthetic, just something that says – this is me; this is we; this is us. I believe if you start with this sentence before seeking any samples or stepping into any showrooms, then your path will be so much more pleasurable.

Helping people find their personal palette is like breathing for me – finding the right colour or colours is part of it but understanding the way into someone’s story of home – well that is magic – and a privilege.

I am of course one person – and we all have our own way of seeing the world and how we would like to feather a nest. This week someone told me my home was ‘rustic’ – I don’t think he was being generous. I think he mistook my delight and collection of quills and stones as crafty, rather than the ultimate version of crafted. I don’t believe that mankind can improve upon the striations of a raven’s feather, but there our opinions lay divided. And that is the beauty of finding our own creative path. My rustic to your sleek. Another’s nuanced neutrals to complex contrasts.

It’s why I created our Maps of Colour. You think of a colour or colours that you would like to live with and then our maps help you find the road less travelled by. Think of the maps as a friend that always gives you a well counselled ‘thumbs up’. We all need friends like this.

Wayfinder was created with this thought. Robert Frost and Edward Thomas wrote of roads and paths and the importance of finding your own way. We are all unique and so our homes should be too.

Cassandra x