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www.SashaWitteDesign.com 3237 East Broadway, LB 90803 562.434.8824 Sasha's Living With Style Newsletter Design Advice & Special Events January, 2017 Dear Kellie, I hope your holiday season was filled with good friends and family and also some peaceful moments of relaxation!! We had a packed house full of family and doggies which kept it exciting! After Christmas a few of us got away for some beach hiking which was a great way to begin the new year!! Here at the shop we are kicking off the new year with a Doodle Workshop with the inspiring Debbie Rodriguez! We will also be having an artist reception for the talented photographer Victoria Bryan. Both events are sure to inspire us to look at the world and our experience in it in new ways!! I hope you can join us! And don't forget our big end of season sale going on now! Some magnificent deals to be had!!! Cheers to a fabulous 2017!!!! Sasha Beginning a New Year with Friends & Family Enjoying the Beauty of our Beaches In This Issue The Giant End of Season Sale!! Doodling Workshop with Debbie Victoria Bryan Art Reception Almost Gone Featured Article A New Year, A New Way of Experiencing Home New years are often a time to think about new beginnings and sometimes that includes thinking about a new way of living in and enjoying our home spaces. Here are a few ideas to consider that don't include a full kitchen or bathroom remodel, but are ways of making our home a new experience to enjoy every day of this coming year. Be Inspired: William Morris, father of the Arts & Crafts movement famously said, "Have nothing in your home you do not find to be beautiful or useful. If you look around your home and realize you don't feel a connection to the things that surround

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  www.SashaWitteDesign.com

 3237 East Broadway, LB 90803562.434.8824

Sasha's ­ Living With Style NewsletterDesign Advice

 & Special EventsJanuary, 2017

Dear Kellie, 

I hope your holiday season was filled with good friends andfamily and also some peaceful moments of relaxation!!

We had a packed house full of family and doggies ­ which keptit exciting!  After Christmas a few of us got away for somebeach hiking ­ which was a great way to begin the new year!!

Here at the shop we are kicking off the new year with aDoodle Workshop with the inspiring Debbie Rodriguez!  We willalso be having an artist reception for the talentedphotographer Victoria Bryan.  Both events are sure to inspireus to look at the world and our experience in it in new ways!! Ihope you can join us!

And don't forget our big end of season sale ­ going on now!Some magnificent deals to be had!!!

Cheers to a fabulous 2017!!!!

Sasha                                                                

 ­ Beginning a New Year with Friends & Family­

Enjoying the Beauty of our Beaches

In This IssueThe Giant End of Season Sale!!

Doodling Workshop with Debbie

Victoria Bryan Art Reception

Almost Gone

Featured Article

A New Year, A NewWay of Experiencing

Home New years are often atime to think about newbeginnings ­ andsometimes that includesthinking about a newway of living in andenjoying our homespaces.

Here are a few ideas toconsider that don'tinclude a full kitchen orbathroom remodel, butare ways of making ourhome a new experienceto enjoy every day ofthis coming year.

Be Inspired: WilliamMorris, father of the Arts& Crafts movementfamously said, "Havenothing in your homeyou do not find to bebeautiful or useful.

If you look around yourhome and realize youdon't feel a connection tothe things that surround

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As Seen Around Town!

Special Order Item of the Month

Our Giant End of Season Sale!!

Now Thru January 14th!!

Doodling Workshop

you, it's time to donateand send them on tosomeone who willtreasure them.  

Then, begin to collectobjects and items thatnurture and inspire you.

Consider enlarging andframing your best scenicphotographs fromvacations as dailyreminders of the placesand people you enjoymost.

Every direction you gazein your home, your eyeshould be able to restupon an object, a coloror an image that brings asmile to your face.

Live Well Daily:  I readan article a few yearsago where an interviewerwas chiding writer JoanDidion for using her goodsilver at the dining tableeach day.  She replied,"Why not?  Everyday isall there is."

Another of my favoritequotes is, "The journeyis the reward."  Since thejourney is a series of"everyday" moments,why not make thosemoments beautiful?

Enjoy the good china foryour morning tea. 

Cluster a grouping ofyour favorite vases andobjects of art to greetyou on the entry tablewhen you return homefrom work.

Pull out a treasuredafghan or quilt that yourgrandmother made foryou as a child and drapeit as a throw for colorand texture and goodmemories.

GetOrganized: Consider thepeace of mind that iscreated when our spacesare well organized.

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Victoria Bryan Artist Reception

The kitchen and pantryare a great place to startas most of us use thisspace at least twice aday.

Work on simple and easyaccess to the items youneed to use mostfrequently.  

Make sure every itemhas a planned home. Use drawer dividers andindividual trays.  Dividersabove the fridge aregreat for cutting boards,cookie sheets andserving trays to be ableto store them verticallyinstead of stacked onone another. This makesfor easy breezy access!

Let pantry doors dodouble duty by usingcork board or chalkboard paint on theinsider surface.  Perfectfor leaving inspirationalmessages and grocerylists.  Key hooks areanother great idea herebecause they are visuallytucked away, but easy toaccess.

For closets, flexiblestorage options areoptimal.  It's great toinstall a system that canbe adjusted by theseason.  

For instance, you mayneed more height in thesummer if you wearmostly dresses duringthis season.  But if youwear skirts and sweatersin the winter, you maywant to adjust the samespace to have two rodsduring that season tomaximize hanging space.

Color is one of the mostpowerful ways to changethe feel of a space!

It's also one of the lesscostly ways of changingup the look and feel ofyour rooms!

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New Items ­ Just In!

These Metallic Accent Infinity Scarves have just a subtleamount of beautiful sparkle!  $16.75 each

I recommend thinkingthru the color directionfor your homes interioras a whole instead ofthinking about color oneroom at a time.

Every room can feelunique, while alsocreating a pleasing andharmonious flow to thehome.

When initially looking atcolors to pull together,consider your color chipsin natural bright lightfrom a north facingwindow.  The effects ofchanging sunlight will beminimized here.

Once your direction isset, consider theswatches in the roomsthey will go in and in allthe types of light thatroom experiences.  Theway the buttery yellowpaint you like in thebreakfast room appearsin the morning will becompletely different aftersundown with theincandescent or LEDlights that illuminate theroom after dark.

The more colors you arewanting to work with,the more challenging it isto create color harmony.If you are unsure or if itis your first time puttingtogether a palette,consider keeping itsimple.

For instance, choose aneutral warm gray asyour primary color andthen keep your othercolor choices in the samevalue (level oflightness/darkness).  Forinstance, the soft greenselected for your mastersuite shouldn't be muchlighter or darker thanyour gray out in the hall.

Transitioning betweenpaint colors in differentrooms of an older home

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 Keep warm with these Cable Knit Hats.  Super soft and

just $24.50.

These Crystal Medallion Necklaces add a classic touch toany outfit.  $17.50 each.

is generally easier thanin many of the newhomes being createdtoday. Older homes havemolding framing out theopenings between roomsthat will be finished in acontrasting trim color ­that makes the transitionsimple.

Many new homes havedrywall with curvedcorners in the openingsbetween rooms ­ makesure you consider this asyou plan your colorlayout.

Layer In Art to giveyour rooms a newinspiration point.

I like to seek out localyoung artistic talentswhose work I love ­ andin doing this you are ableto invest in original artfor a fraction of what youwould often pay for evenjust a print by an alreadywell known artist.

Sometimes I will use aclient's favorite artworkto dictate the directionwe go with the colorpalette for their home.

Think about the size ofthe art you are addinginto a room.  A paintingthat is small on a largewall can feel lost.  

Make sure that if yournew artwork is bold toleave a proportionalamount of space on thewall to surround it.

Typically art pieces areenjoyed best when hungso that the center of thepainting is at eye level.When assisting clientswith an art installation, Ialways take intoconsideration the client'sheight.  Eye level will bequite different for a 6'­2"client than it is for me at5'­4"!

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  I love this cozy Faux Fur Bolero!!  Available in Ivory and

Black.  $67.50 each.

 Sheridan Brooks has brought in a number of beautiful

new pieces!  They start at just $30.

Be sure to consider howyou will light your newart.  A well placed spotlight can be a wonderfulthing!

With artwork you alreadyhave, consider changingit up.  As years go by itis sometimes a good ideato rotate our artcollections so that wesee them again withfresh eyes.

Consider moving piecesbetween rooms or simplychanging the color of thewall to offset the art in anew and interesting way.

These are just a few ofthe ways we can create anew and freshexperience in how weenjoy our homes!  

I hope your home andwork spaces will be ableto nurture and inspireyou in 2017!!

Cheers!!!

Sasha

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"And now we welcomethe new year.  Full ofthings that have never

been."

­ Rainer Maria Rilke

"Write it on your heartthat every day is thebest day in the year."

­ Ralph Wado Emerson

"I hope that in thisyear to come, youmake mistakes.

 Because if you aremaking mistakes, then

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      Kathy Brown has just delivered some brand new pillows

like this one!!  $20.

 This Faux Mink Throw is perfect for movie nights on the

sofa or in bed!  $78.50.

you are making newthings, trying newthings, learning,living, pushing

yourself, changingyourself, changingyour world.  You'redoing things you'venever done before,

and more importantly,your doingsomething."

­ Neil Gaiman

"Celebrate what youwant to see more of."

­ Tom Peters

"Make New Year'sgoals.  Dig within, anddiscover what youwould like to havehappen in your lifethis year.  This helpsyou do your part.  It isan affirmation thatyou're interested infully living life in theyear to come."

­ Melody Beattie

"Home is the nicestword there is."

­ Laura Ingalls Wilder

"Your success andhappiness lies in you.Resolve to keep

happy, and your joyand you shall form aninvincible host against

difficulties.

­ Helen Keller

"Gratitude unlocks thefullness of life.  It

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 Najah has also brought in some new pieces for the newyear!  Including these two necklaces that each price out

at $48!

 And the wonderful Susie Garrison has brought us somehand made teddy bears!!  Each one with a cute story!

$50 each.

Almost Gone...

turns what we haveinto enough, and

more.  It turns denialinto acceptance, chaosto order, confusion toclarity.  It can turn ameal into a feast, ahouse into a home, astranger into a friend."

­ Melody Beattie

"We make the worldwe live in and shape

our ownenvironment."

­ Orison Swett Marden

"Love begins by takingcare of the closetsones ­ the ones at

home."

­ Mother Teresa

"The ache for homelives in all of us, thesafe place where wecan go as we are andnot be questioned."

­ Maya Angelou

"If you go anywhere,even paradise, youwill miss your home."

­ Malala Yousafzai

"Hope smiles from thethreshold of the yearto come, whispering,'It will be happier'."

­ Alfred Lord Tennyson

"It's important todetermine which

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These stainless steel flasks hold 5 oz of your favorite drink. There are just three left at $22.50 each. 

    One set is left of these Travel Coasters in a Gift Box. $24.50.

surroundings workbest for you, and thenbuild that environmentto suit your needs."

­ Marilu Henner

"There are two waysof being creative.  Onecan sing and dance. Or one can create anenvironment in whichsingers and dancers

flourish."

­ Warren Bennis

"Ring out the false,ring in the true."

­ Alfred Lord Tennyson

"The first step towardsuccess is taken whenyou refuse to be acaptive of the

environment in whichyou first findyourself."

­ Mark Caine

"He is happiest, be heking or peasant, whofinds peace in his

home." 

­ Johann Wolfgangvon Goethe

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  And just a few of these Wine Bottle Coasters are left at

$12.50 each.

As Seen Around Town...Tracey & Rick were looking to flip a home for profit andknew that kitchen improvements would be crucial.

­ Before ­

We put together a plan to open up the space and make itmore appealing to today's buyers.  And it sold in just two

weeks!!

­ After ­ 

Tuesday11 ­ 6 

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Thursday11 ­ 6 

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 You can see lots of new before and after photos byvisiting our website:

www.SashaWitteDesign.com 

Featured Special Order ItemThe Avalon Rug

     This beautiful hand­hooked rug is made of 100% wool.  It hasthe refined look of fine needlepoint ­ but looks fabulous both in

traditional and more contemporary spaces.

In a 6' x 9' size it regularly retails for $1,130.  Special order itthru us this month for only $850.

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