Family Design with Bridgette Pridgen

It was such an honor to speak on the interconnected nature of wellness and interior design with and today at Design + Dine. If you know me, you know how passionate I am about improving our clients’ quality of life and wellbeing using interior design so today was everything! Special thank you to and for sponsoring such an incredible event. My heart is full with what is possible for the future 🤍

of my family gardening adventures! Today was one of those hard days 😩 I have gotten messages asking why I haven’t shared any pics or done any training videos on gardening! Well, my garden, love of herbs and nature, and holistic practices has always been my safe haven, nourishment to my soul! This part of my life was nurtured and shared in love with my father! He taught me everything I know, it’s where my green thumb comes from!

January 28th this year my dad passed away and I haven’t been able to regain my stride and peace I once had with my plants! It has taken me four months to even step in my back yard! It just feels off...

We shared so many wonderful memories discussing plants, working in the dirt and comparing our growth methods! I felt like I was missing a part of me in my yard!

Today was hard but I know tomorrow will be better because I can feel his presence right now!

It’s taken me a while but I will get back to sharing and teaching others soon how to grow their own food and live a more sustainable life, just like we both talked and planned before he passed.

This was his passion and his gift to the world and I am honored to have his knowledge and carry out his plans in due time.

Who wants to learn more about living a more sustainable life, gardening and adding holistic practices at home?

A perfect place to plop, think, read and chill surrounded by inspiring colors! When I was designing this multi purpose office space Moscow midnight was my go to color for this bright moody creative space! We love eccentric oxymoron details when designing that show personality and tell a story.

My main objectives with this space was setting the mood for inspiration and multiple options of uses and seating.

As a multi passionate creative entrepreneur mom, who works from home I crave constant inspiration to keep my creative juices flowing. Multi use spaces always do the trick. My mood changes, my ADD mind is always needing change. A girl needs options!!🤓

Who would like to learn how to create a creative Multi use work space? Comment below👇🏽

Design is about understanding your lifestyle and needs, finding your real place in the world while telling your story. Rooms should not be put together for show but they should be nourishing to your soul and bring harmony and well being to your life!

Are your spaces bringing harmony to your life?

The human mind and body are connected and can be affected by many things including the environment around you.

Ever thought about how your space can influence your focus?

As a working mompreneur who has worked from home with the kids for the last twelve years, finding balance between my work life and family can be tough, non existent at times. It seems that client projects, laundry, meetings, homeschool and family time seems to all run together! And boy it can be hard to focus.

This gave me a chance to see what works and what doesn’t!

First thing your environment is one of the biggest factors! A space that is distracting, dirty, overwhelming, cluttered, not pretty and doesn’t make sense, can definitely mess with a girls mojo and productivity!

Here’s 5 things to consider when creating functional spaces while working from home.

1. Set up your space to boost focus and productivity by balancing all of your senses. (If it’s clean, has flow, looks good,good lighting and smells good, then you will function better.

2. Create a mood with lighting and colors that make you feel good. Choose colors based off of the emotion you want to evoke in the space. You want to be energized and inspired choose bright yellow or orange. You want to be chill and calm choose soft greens, turquoise and blues.

3. Create multiple seating options in your space (a desk/chair, work table, a lounge area or reading nook) this gives you options in your work zone that goes with your mood that day. Maybe you just want to curl up and work from that comfy chair or you need a large table to spread things out. The key is multifunctional pieces and options!

4. Add decor and accessories
that motivate/inspires you. Empowering words, art or books that speak to you should surround you.

5. Create a home for everything!
Everything has a place and everything in its place. Nothing kills the working mind like not knowing where things are and having things in your space that don’t belong, like your kids smelling shoes 🥴 or those life threatening LEGO’s 😩. If it has a function in your space keep it, if not remove it!

Bonus:
Set your intentions for the space. Speak it, write it, live it! Everything is all about mindset, your thoughts and the emotions you want to feel. So whatever you seek to achieve in your space set the intent, think the positive thoughts and write it down! Let it be written, let it be done! Take time daily to write out your intentions for your day in every area of your life and reflect back on them when you seem to lose site or focus!

So, tell me is your space keeping your from staying focused and achieving any goals?

If so, let me know one thing you would like to change about your space today!!👇🏽

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mothers in the world including my beautiful blessing my heart, super mom, role model & friend !

“Energy can not be destroyed it can only be transferred or redistributed”
Hey y’all what’s going on how y’all feeling? What type of energy are y’all putting out there on this Saturday morning!!

Texas is wet and gloomy and life is draining my energy. A lot has transpired over the last three months for me and my family. It makes me want to just stay in bed and mope. I’m gonna push through the best way I know how!

Even when life starts hitting you from the left and right keep moving, keep smiling, keep affirming yourself!

Today I could cry and mope instead I consciously choose to play some music, get up, move my body, shift my perspective and shake this energy up and get some work done!

Breathe and let’s get this good energy moving and shaking!
Happy Saturday!

Before you can bring harmony into your life you need to bring harmony within yourself. Understanding or identifying your personal needs and desires then eliminating anyone or anything that doesn’t align with that is the start of harmony within. Recognizing the correlation between self and your environment is key.

As a holistic interior designer and wellness coach I have accepted the calling to help woman align their minds, bodies, needs and desires with their environment. It’s about the whole person and learning how the whole person is affected by their environment and vice versa.

We are a product of our environment and our spaces can work for us or against us! Our well being, thoughts and health can all be affected by the state of our spaces.

Research shows, your environment or poor design can influence your behaviors, your mood, it can even create or reduce stress.

It’s innate in humans for our environment to be psychologically appealing and comfortable. We need our spaces to bring us joy, peace, be beautiful and align to our overall needs and desires resulting in harmony in our lives.

I’m committed to this journey of harmony on the inside and outside of all of you that cross my path!

As a part of my own journey I have learned so much and can not wait to share, teach and inspire you.

If you are liking my content and can’t wait to hear and learn more about how you can , home, spaces and environment into perfect harmony so you can live well and thrive! Drop a 🙋🏾‍♀️🙌🏾👊🏾so I can see who you are!
Let me hear from you ladies!

Love and life can be full of doubt, ups and downs but when I think about it I realize life is just so much better with you by my side no matter what! Happy birthday Reese to my favorite person, my love, partner in crime .pridgen 42 looks good on you babe!

Smile even when you feel like crying! Keep pushing ladies, you are in control of your own destiny. If it’s something that you don’t like change it. If it’s something that you desire, do the work and go after it! It’s your life, your mind, your home, your family...do what’s best for you. You are the captain of your own ship so don’t let anyone or anything else drive!
But most importantly smile through it all! You can have what you want, just design it!

We can learn a lot about healing from animals if we just take the time to listen. The have a subtle way of comforting and speaking just when we need it! Here’s one of our family members Flamingo! She is such a gentle soul and connecting with her during these crazy uncertain times has been so therapeutic and grounding for me and my family!

Walking into December like...I don’t know what’s on the other side of this hill but I trust you, I believe in me, I expect greatness, I speak life, wealth, prosperity and abundance in all areas of life.

Who else is walking, climbing, gliding into December with perfect peace and harmony in their lives! 🙋🏾‍♀️Happy December fam

Grateful!

We all have something we can be thankful for! Thankfulness is all about mindset and reminding yourself of the small things to be thankful and grateful for.

Decorating and designing your space should be thought of in the same way! It’s all about the small things, the details.

3 Details that you shouldn’t overlook when designing your space.
#1 The floors- Your floors should not only be functional but this is a detail that you can have fun with and make a statement. Try laying tile or hardwoods on a bias or a herringbone pattern for added drama.
#2 Lighting- Lighting is all about proper placement. Add lighting over book shelves and artwork to accent and enhance the area and create a different mood.
#3 Molding- molding is a sure way to beef up a builder grade space and make it look high end! Cased windows, crown molding, chair rails or panel moldings are timeless details that can improve any space.

Look around your space and see what small details you are over looking and how you can use any of these tips to enhance your space.
Bonus: Give your baseboards a good scrubbing and a fresh coat of paint for an instant boost in your space!

“Don’t be a victim of circumstances and let life design you. Take an active role and be the one who designs your life.” Anonymous

I don’t talk much here about my own struggles. But just as I tell my clients who are working to redesign their lives and space, you have to be about it, commit and take action, stop just talking about what you “are going to do”.

Today I am publicly taking action on sharing more of my story. I’ve struggled for years with PTSD, depression and sexual abuse trauma, which lead me to fall victim to circumstances and I unknowingly allowed my life to be designed for me from the eyes of a victim.

This caused me to struggle with self worth, confidence and weight issues for many years! Even though I’ve been on this journey of loving me, redesigning me for a while now. I’m not at the top of the mountain yet but I’m no longer at the bottom! The work that I have done to help others take responsibility of their own healing and take back the reins of their own lives has blessed me and motivated me to share more about my own life.

Today on this beautiful afternoon I’m graciously still working on me, redesigning me, re writing my story to be what I want it to be!

I encourage you to choose you today, whatever you don’t like about you, change it!

Don’t just talk about it, be about it. Seek the things, the people the situations out that no longer serve you and get rid of them. Make a plan, write it down, and take action on it daily and redesign your life and your environment!
If you have areas of your life or within your space that you want to redesign drop an 🙋🏾‍♀️👍🏽 and let me know what it is that you want to redesign! Mine is in the comments!

Saturday brunch shrimp and grits in bed thanks to my sweetie .pridgen

Nothing says fall like the smell of a big pot of buttery grits cooking and you don’t have to get out of bed to eat them! 😋

My soul and heart is happy and full right now! Thanks babe! It’s amazing how some smells evoke certain emotions and put you right back in that moment!

It’s all in the emotions for me and aligning with how you want to feel in life. Did you know that when it comes to designing your space and environment your emotions play a major role.
Interesting huh? 🤔If you are getting ready to decorate for the season and want to learn more about how to use emotions to design and decorate your space this Holiday season I would love to chat with you!

Click the link in the bio to schedule your free design quickie call so we can aline your space to feel how you want it to feel!

In the meantime, what dishes remind you of fall?

Birthday vibes! #39 has ya girl feeling and looking good! Today brought some much love, a heart of gratitude, thankfulness and peace! So glad to see another year! Thanks to everyone who reached out and made this day extra special! ♎️

Last day on our Oklahoma adventures! This week has been so awesome just to reset, relax, and rejuvenate. Self care is the new sexy! Now back to Texas to get to work, business, homeschool, gardening😉!

Life moves so fast, with ups and downs sometimes you just have to stop and look around and be grateful for the good times! This time last year we were creating lasting memories with the kids in Hawaii!
we are coming back to visit you soon on the beautiful island😘!

What family trips are y’all planning?

Everything lies in the emotions!
“Let your goals be about your emotions. When you do this you gain control of your vibrational stance. Then get your attention focused upon the manifestation of what and how you feel. Now you have control of everything and until you do, then you have control of nothing.” -abrahamhicks

Want to get in control of your emotions in your life and space? Have goals you want to manifest in your life? Such as Better romance in your relationship , better communication at home, attract more clients in your business...

Schedule you free call today to get started on manifesting the emotions you want your life and space to evoke! Ask me about and how it can help your thrive in your space and in your life! Book now link in bio

What’s today, it Tuesday right? It’s Reveal day y’all! Here’s the finished bathroom makeover! The vision for this space was a polished eclectic feel with global accents! I added live plants, wood accents and some mixed metals!

Now let’s play name this space? What should we call her? 🤔Share the emotions it makes you feel👇🏽! Swipe to see the before pics and the mood board inspo!

If you are interested in learning how to create a space of your own, that you can thrive in and have it bring you joy! Click the book now button and schedule your design quickie call today!

It’s Sunday and we are preparing for the week! I guess 🤔
✅Catching up on gardening work! Check out today’s harvest.
✅Hubby Canning peppers for pepper sauce
✅pruning and watering house plants
✅Completing this week’s productivity sheets
✅Catching up business book keeping 🤨
✅Avoiding washing laundry 😂we still have clean underwear so we got a couple more days right 😉
✅Putting up dinner leftovers, cleaning the kitchen
✅Dive into the bed until sunrise!

What are y’all up to this Sunday evening!