Mike Kraus: What Are Your Plans For Spring?

Monday, March 2, 2020

What Are Your Plans For Spring?

Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty

What are your plans for spring? For your home, now is the time to start thinking about the changes you'd like to make. Here are some ideas:

1) Make a design journal or Pinterest board - Save photos of rooms you admire. And take notes about the things you like about a space.
2) Make a priority list - Does that broken chair need to be replaced now? Are your relatives coming for a long-term stay?
3) Make a budget - Avoid stress by knowing what you can afford. This can also be useful for determining your true priorities.
4) Designing - Take your ideas from your design journal or Pinterest and put your best ideas together. (ie - The wall color from one, furniture from another, and your heirloom painting frames).
5) Make a Decision - Use painter's tape to see your space. Outline where you'd put the furniture, shelves, and artwork. Adjust what doesn't work and build around what you think is great.
6) Implement your plan - Go ahead and buy the paint, hire the carpenter, order the furniture, and commission the artist. Put it all together.

For more suggestions and ideas, please visit:
https://mikekraus.blogspot.com/p/how-to-use-original-artwork-in-your.html

Your Friend,
Mike Kraus
MikeKrausArt.etsy.com

Mike Kraus was born on the industrial shoreline of Muskegon, Michigan. After earning his Fine Arts Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he attended Grand Valley State University for his graduate degree. From there, he gained varied experiences from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Art Institute of Chicago, Hauenstein Center For Presidential Studies, Lollypop Farm Humane Society, and the Children's Memorial Foundation. And every place he worked, he had his sketchbook with him and found ways to be actively creative. In 2014, Kraus became a full-time artist by establishing Mike Kraus Art. Since then, he has sold hundreds of paintings that are displayed in nearly every state and dozens of countries. Currently, Kraus lives in Rochester, New York with his beautiful wife and goofy dog.