"Are You Living in a Place You Love?" Revised and Expanded Edition, 5 Years Later!
The happiness of making the space I stay in my favorite place

Space director Choi Go-yo's interior design know-how book, "Are you living in a place you like?", has returned in a revised and expanded edition, newer and more beautiful.
With new stories and photos added, the joy of keeping it has also increased.


This book introduces the happiness of decorating the space I stay in to my own taste and teaches me how to do so.
Interior design is not just about living in a pretty house, but it is also the easiest and fastest way to make us who live there happy.
Don't postpone happiness just because it's not your home, whether it's a deposit or a monthly rent.
It is full of realistic and vivid know-how to transform and improve your space right here, right now, without major construction.

I like the expression “to decorate a house.”
I like the sincere atmosphere that comes with the word "cultivation," as in "cultivating a garden" or "cultivating flowers."
Taking care of our home is similar to taking care of our lives.
It means not neglecting it.
Taking care of every corner with sincerity, without leaving even a single corner careless.
It is a story about happiness and how to approach life, which is more important than anything else.

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45

A morning that starts with listening to jazz in a comfortable home with my beloved cats.
Grind fresh coffee beans, brew coffee, open the windows to ventilate, and walk around the house.
On the large table in the living room, there is a generous arrangement of spring leaves that I recently bought at the flower market.
As I sit at the kitchen bar table, drinking coffee and looking out into the living room, I see cats jumping up and playing on the window ledge, which lets in just the right amount of light.
The large leaves of the lady's mantle placed in the corner of the living room also catch the eye.
The harmony of the green of the lady's grass and the red of the earthenware is warm and refreshing every time I see it.
I feel that everything surrounding me exists in its place, without any obstruction, and in the most comfortable way for my eyes and mind.
Sometimes, I suddenly think, “It’s really nice to live here.”

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44

I always wanted my favorite place to be home.
Home is my daily life and my background, so I wanted it to be a place where my body and mind can be comfortable and happy.
Where there is a framed letter from my mother and the speaker I chose.
A place where branches given to me by friends hang on the wall and the fragrant body wash I bought a few days ago is waiting.
A place where you can feel good just by sitting still and looking at the objects in their place.
I needed that space.
Anyone who experiences it once will know.
In fact, that's what a home should be like.

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42

Before you decide how to decorate, you need to think about how you will live (or want to live) in this space.
I ask myself.
I think about my day at home, what I think about, how I live, what I usually do, whether I want it to be a comfortable space, whether I want it to be optimized for work, whether I like to cook, what hobbies I have, etc., and I reflect that in my home.
Because a home should reflect the life, hobbies, and values ​​of the people who live there.

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135

If you've decided to decorate your home 'yourself,' you need to think about how to create the space you want without getting tired, rather than being determined to perfect every space or promising to do it better than the contractor.
What's important is my 'love for space'.
Even sloppy brushstrokes can become a design.
I think the secret to self-interior design is to create something that is your own rather than trying to be perfect.

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181

If I put things that are precious to me, things that I like and find pretty, things that make me feel good every time I see them in a visible place, I will smile inside every time I pass by them.
I think decorating a space with things you like is true interior design.

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