spatial consultants
"turning your spaces into positive places"
Dictionary
A constant work in progress:
Aging in Place - Designing interiors of homes so that elderly may remain in their home, living safe and well.
Bagua or Bak-ua - a 9 section map that overlays in a bird's eye view, the 9 areas of people's qualities in life; wealth/prosperity, reputation, love/relationships, family/ancestors/finishing projects, openness/health, children/starting projects, spirituality/self education, career, and travel/helpful people.
Black Hat Sect - a feng shui practice that focuses on the attention of areas within a building to improve quality of life.
Caregiver - Someone who cares for and about someone requiring help for daily living tasks and a better quality of life.
Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) - A professional who receives training, passes tests and graduates after taking 3 required classes about understanding universal design and business practices provided through The National Home Builder's Association.
Chi - Chinese: wind & water, energy flow. I consider it the area also around objects that allow circulation of air (and people's movement) and having space.
Collector -
Someone who acquires many items within one style, theme or over a period of time and in general displays or stores them according to their beauty, meaning or monetary worth.
Color Therapy - The application from the study of color and how color affects a person's moods, feelings and encourages well being or alertness.
Color Wheel - Great tool to understand the relationship of colors for use in every application of design. Purchasing one is a great way to understand color.
Complex Color - Has warm and cool colors mixed together. I think of these as Zen like colors.
Feng Shui - A 6,000 year old Chinese practice of placement to encourage well being and prosperity. Many branches have grown into different strengths such as the Black Hat Sect that maps 9 areas of focus called a bak-ua or bagua. Some focus on actual geography for a building site selection (as they do in Hong Kong), while others focus on numerology (based on the I Ching), and others practice with the placement of remedies such as facets, fresh flowers and meaningful triggers.
Hoarder -
Volumes of items that are not organized or categorized. Usually important and valuable items are combined with those of little or no value. Considered an anxiety disorder and is treatable with therapies.
Hue - the family of a color from light through dark. (Think of a paint company's deck of samples and run your finger from top to bottom on one card. That is a hue.)
Neutral Color - reduction of colorfulness by adding either black or white (and is seen as earthy and used a lot when staging a home).
Organization - Putting like things together so they may be recalled easier.
Personal Caregiver - A family, mate or friend who cares for another who requires help with daily living tasks or improved quality of life. If a family member is caring for an elder, there is financial program that one can apply for at their local regional Area Agency on Aging to receive funds for doing this work. Contact your state's Elder Affairs office for more information and direction to local agencies. If a family member is caring for an adult who is deemed challenged there are funds for helping that family member care for the adult.
Primary Colors - Red, Yellow and Blue. Babies really love these colors!
Professional Organizer - An experienced person who provides service, products and methods to bring order to a person's space or life. They may be a member of an association that provides such services and networking options.
Professional Caregiver - A business employee or advocate who cares for another who requires help with daily living tasks or improved quality of life. Examples: nurse, social worker, discharge planner, etc.
Professional Organizer - A person educated and gifted in bringing about organization in peoples' homes and businesses. Some are specialists such as office/paper organizers or closet organizers.
Relocation Stress Syndrome (RSS) - Nurse's term for identifying stress when a senior is moved into a long term care or assisted living facility. Everything from loss of memory, sharp oncoming of depression, agitation. Contact Tracy Mintz at www.seniorcaretraining.com to learn more.
Aging in Place - Designing interiors of homes so that elderly may remain in their home, living safe and well.
Bagua or Bak-ua - a 9 section map that overlays in a bird's eye view, the 9 areas of people's qualities in life; wealth/prosperity, reputation, love/relationships, family/ancestors/finishing projects, openness/health, children/starting projects, spirituality/self education, career, and travel/helpful people.
Black Hat Sect - a feng shui practice that focuses on the attention of areas within a building to improve quality of life.
Caregiver - Someone who cares for and about someone requiring help for daily living tasks and a better quality of life.
Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) - A professional who receives training, passes tests and graduates after taking 3 required classes about understanding universal design and business practices provided through The National Home Builder's Association.
Chi - Chinese: wind & water, energy flow. I consider it the area also around objects that allow circulation of air (and people's movement) and having space.
Collector -
Someone who acquires many items within one style, theme or over a period of time and in general displays or stores them according to their beauty, meaning or monetary worth.Color Therapy - The application from the study of color and how color affects a person's moods, feelings and encourages well being or alertness.
Color Wheel - Great tool to understand the relationship of colors for use in every application of design. Purchasing one is a great way to understand color.
Complex Color - Has warm and cool colors mixed together. I think of these as Zen like colors.
Feng Shui - A 6,000 year old Chinese practice of placement to encourage well being and prosperity. Many branches have grown into different strengths such as the Black Hat Sect that maps 9 areas of focus called a bak-ua or bagua. Some focus on actual geography for a building site selection (as they do in Hong Kong), while others focus on numerology (based on the I Ching), and others practice with the placement of remedies such as facets, fresh flowers and meaningful triggers.
Hoarder -
Volumes of items that are not organized or categorized. Usually important and valuable items are combined with those of little or no value. Considered an anxiety disorder and is treatable with therapies.Hue - the family of a color from light through dark. (Think of a paint company's deck of samples and run your finger from top to bottom on one card. That is a hue.)
Neutral Color - reduction of colorfulness by adding either black or white (and is seen as earthy and used a lot when staging a home).
Organization - Putting like things together so they may be recalled easier.
Personal Caregiver - A family, mate or friend who cares for another who requires help with daily living tasks or improved quality of life. If a family member is caring for an elder, there is financial program that one can apply for at their local regional Area Agency on Aging to receive funds for doing this work. Contact your state's Elder Affairs office for more information and direction to local agencies. If a family member is caring for an adult who is deemed challenged there are funds for helping that family member care for the adult.
Primary Colors - Red, Yellow and Blue. Babies really love these colors!
Professional Organizer - An experienced person who provides service, products and methods to bring order to a person's space or life. They may be a member of an association that provides such services and networking options.
Professional Caregiver - A business employee or advocate who cares for another who requires help with daily living tasks or improved quality of life. Examples: nurse, social worker, discharge planner, etc.
Professional Organizer - A person educated and gifted in bringing about organization in peoples' homes and businesses. Some are specialists such as office/paper organizers or closet organizers.
Relocation Stress Syndrome (RSS) - Nurse's term for identifying stress when a senior is moved into a long term care or assisted living facility. Everything from loss of memory, sharp oncoming of depression, agitation. Contact Tracy Mintz at www.seniorcaretraining.com to learn more.
Re-design - When an item is purchased and/or placed in a position but later on is repositioned in another place because it fits and works better there. A room can be re-designed as well: a dining room where the table in the center of the room, running parallel to the walls can be moved on a horizontal for ease of movement or more excitement within the design.
Re-purpose - When an item is bought for one use and is made to be used in another way. i.e. a dining room hutch can be used as an office organizer. Rooms may also be re-purposed; a dining room can become a home office.
RGB - term of balanced red, green and blue colors done through adding white.
Secondary Colors - Add primary colors together to produce new colors. Add red with yellow and you get orange. Add blue with yellow and you get green. Add red and blue and you get purple.
Senior - A tricky thing to define. Generally AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) says 50. Architectural communities for those at least age 55 are commonly seen through-out the nation. Being an active person in great health to being frail and needy is the breadth of this population. Seniors are generally serviced through each town or city at a Senior Center where social, health and educational sessions are scheduled throughout the business day. Seniors legal rights and issues are also guarded within the state, at the Secretary of Elder Affairs and driven by the National Association of Areas on Aging (www.n4a.org).
Senior Move Managers - Specialists within the moving and storage industry that focuses on the older population. The National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) is the original networking and professional group that supports this specialized professional group.
Senior Real Estate Specialists - Professionals educated and experienced in the entire process of selling, staging and buying for the older population; seniors.
Shade - when black is added to a color to reduce lightness. Darkens.
Re-purpose - When an item is bought for one use and is made to be used in another way. i.e. a dining room hutch can be used as an office organizer. Rooms may also be re-purposed; a dining room can become a home office.
RGB - term of balanced red, green and blue colors done through adding white.
Secondary Colors - Add primary colors together to produce new colors. Add red with yellow and you get orange. Add blue with yellow and you get green. Add red and blue and you get purple.
Senior - A tricky thing to define. Generally AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) says 50. Architectural communities for those at least age 55 are commonly seen through-out the nation. Being an active person in great health to being frail and needy is the breadth of this population. Seniors are generally serviced through each town or city at a Senior Center where social, health and educational sessions are scheduled throughout the business day. Seniors legal rights and issues are also guarded within the state, at the Secretary of Elder Affairs and driven by the National Association of Areas on Aging (www.n4a.org).
Senior Move Managers - Specialists within the moving and storage industry that focuses on the older population. The National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) is the original networking and professional group that supports this specialized professional group.
Senior Real Estate Specialists - Professionals educated and experienced in the entire process of selling, staging and buying for the older population; seniors.
Shade - when black is added to a color to reduce lightness. Darkens.
Spatial Design - Having the ability to see floor plans or understand a given space and bring the best use of it to fruition.
Stagers - Professionals experienced and educated in making a house appear at it's best. They feature architecture, make curb appeal, utilize views out windows, height of ceilings, and define room uses and spaces.
Staging - Having the ability to feature architecture, rooms and spaces and present them in the best looks to produce a proven faster or economically positive sale of a home or business. Known as depersonalizing space. Turn the home back into a house, the business building into a more generalized commercial space.
Tertiary Colors - Mix secondary colors together and within the color wheel are six colors that are red-orange and blue-green.
Tint - Mixing white with a color for lightness of color. A common term when discussing and deciding upon paint colors.
Tone - The lightness, brightness or darkness of a color.
Young Colors - have a brightness and intensity that is modern and crisp.
Stagers - Professionals experienced and educated in making a house appear at it's best. They feature architecture, make curb appeal, utilize views out windows, height of ceilings, and define room uses and spaces.
Staging - Having the ability to feature architecture, rooms and spaces and present them in the best looks to produce a proven faster or economically positive sale of a home or business. Known as depersonalizing space. Turn the home back into a house, the business building into a more generalized commercial space.
Tertiary Colors - Mix secondary colors together and within the color wheel are six colors that are red-orange and blue-green.
Tint - Mixing white with a color for lightness of color. A common term when discussing and deciding upon paint colors.
Tone - The lightness, brightness or darkness of a color.
Young Colors - have a brightness and intensity that is modern and crisp.
Healing Spaces
turning your places into positive spaces
serving mostly southeastern New England
turning your places into positive spaces
serving mostly southeastern New England
