This is a transcript excerpt from a YouTube interview in which designer Bailey Konieczka and host Heather Aardema discuss how home design can intentionally support personal values and daily habits. Bailey gives examples (a kitchen tailored for a baker, purposeful closet organization, reading nooks) and emphasizes asking clients specific questions about morning routines, cooking, and how they want to interact with spaces so the home makes healthy or joyful habits easier to perform.
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Now, earlier you mentioned the word habit, like, designing a space that's really going to support your values and the habits that you want to embrace. I had never thought about design in that way. Supporting habits, supporting values. Yes. You know, to me, it's important to bring a lot of nature into the home that's. Embracing nature is one of my values. But I want to talk about habits for a moment. What do you mean by that? Or what can we do so that our home can support a healthier version of who we want to be?
Yeah, it's one of my favorite parts of design, actually, is, like, really getting to know my clients needs and desires for their lives, and then, yeah, curating a space that's really aligned to that vision. And, like, I'm doing a kitchen remodel right now for a client that really loves to bake. Like, it just, like, brings her so much joy. And so we're getting into all the nitty gritty of, like, exactly what that process looks like and where, you know, how she wants to flow through her space. And it just, like, excites me to think that I can help her create this dream space that's gonna improve something that she already really loves and make her do it more, you know, so. And that's obviously different for every person. I love designing closets. That's kind of like a little, but. Or, like, you know, closets and bathrooms and thinking about, okay, when you wake up in the morning, where. What are your steps and how are you starting your day, and how can we be intentional about the flow of that through your space and how you're interacting with your home to really set yourself up for having the best day possible?
Will you translate that into maybe a question or two that you would ask your clients to get to know them better and their values better and. And what it is that they desire? What. What's something that you would ask them?
Just, Yeah, I guess, like, about morning routine. So are you going to the gym in the morning, or do you like a more slow morning? Are you. Do you need a corner where you can curl up with your cup of coffee or your tea and, like, do you journal? You know, like, all of those things would play into how their space is laid out. And if they have that little cozy reading nook in their bedroom or, you know, if their gym clothes are, like, in this specific part of the closet where it's, like, you just. It's super easy and streamlined that they're going to take them and grab them and, like, you know, be on with their day. So kind of, I guess, asking about that with, like, bedroom closets and then kitchens. Yeah. Getting into the nitty gritty of, like, what's your how do you cook? What's your day to day meal prepping look like? And how are you interacting with the space? How would you like to be interacting with the space, too? So, like, can we make making healthy meals a little bit easier for you? Or what's going to have you feel inspired to create, you know, whatever it is in your life that you're trying to create?
I think these questions are so powerful because they can help us reflect and think about what it is that we want. And we can we can start to make changes right away. Go rearrange the kitchen or the closet.
