As much as we might try, our digital desktop remains an unorganized, mislabeled mess of documents and photographs. As we're constantly saving images culled from a variety of sources, not only do we frequently lose track of where they were originally taken from, but we often forget why we saved them in the first place...
While there are digital tools for inspiration archival (Domino's My Deco File is wonderful!) lately we've found our eye wandering towards a more physical version. With something as tactile as decorating, the act of cutting out, touching and arranging tangible images and fabrics for later reference strikes us as worthwhile endeavor.
What about you? Do you keep notebooks of past and current inspirations? How do you organize your personal reference library?
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I have design binders. I three-hole punch large pages, and staple smaller pictures and articles to white paper. I write one post-it note per picture about why I like it. That way, I can always remove my "opinions" or the photo and the post-it. Periodically, I'll go back through it, and get rid of things that I don't like anymore.
Now if only I can stop clipping the same subway tile kitchen again and again...
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does anyone know if domino is keeping their website and access to 'my deco file' features?
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