Susan Burks isn’t your stereotypical interior designer. She works from the inside out – bringing alive interiors that nurture the well beings of their inhabitants. Her voice alone is soothing and calming, as you’ll hear when you tune into this special interview.
Highlights:
- Humans learned early to recognize patterns, safety, beauty – a necessary part of surviving. No wonder we respond (positively, neutrally or negatively) to our home surroundings.
- We are neurologically wired to vibrate differently with different colors.
- Thoughtful interior design can improve our lives in astounding ways.
- Susan starts with the furnishings and arts that clients already own, rather than thinking about acquiring new things.
- Unifying all the spaces of a home is her chief goal.
- None of us can be the voice of reason for ourselves as well as we can do it for others. This applies to all sorts of professional relationships.
- When it comes to home design, where can we make the biggest impact with the budget that we have?
- Visual noise – where there’s too much clutter – usually has an undesired effect on humans.
- Books, magazines and journals in our spaces remind us of our creative selves.
- “I’m allowed into people’s private lives in a way that is very privileged,” says Susan
- “I will always be Switzerland in the conversation (between couples).”
- At the outset: You’re going to have disagreements. Not everything is going to go right. Some things will not happen according to schedule. So let’s be ready for that.
- Coordinating between contractor and client is nuanced and important.
- The core of interior design is thinking about how we care for ourselves, not how something looks.
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