The authors often dismiss the description of the environment, places, or interior in the literature despite its ability to create a dynamic environment and set the tone for events. According to Santana-Acuña, the interior design represents the individual’s medium location between his subjectivity and social environment (220). In this journal entry, I will describe my dream home to practice description skills and explore how authors utilize descriptions for narrative purposes.
The Interior description of the home could tell a lot about its owners and the family that lives there. My dream property is a modern mansion located somewhere near the ocean, where the sound of waves crashing against the rocks could be heard from any room. As I prefer neatly decorated interiors, my dream home will be more minimalistic with fewer opportunities for clutter yet cohesive in style, with most of the furniture made of wood and glass. I enjoy open floor plans with minimal partitions because they allow more light and air into the room. Even though there will be smaller separate rooms, each open section of the house, meaning the kitchen, the living room, and the dining room, will have its zone.
While giving someone a tour of my house, I will show three spaces that illustrate my style and how I am living in my home. First, the living room section will be presented with two opposing couches with the softest pillows and a distant floor lamp with warm light to provide an environment for friendly conversations without distractions. Next, I will show the kitchen, which will be very different from the other parts of the home, with more colorful details and open shelves with clutter. Cooking for me is more of a creative process; hence the seemingly random placement of objects will represent the optimized comfortable setting for me. Lastly, the dining section will be placed nearby the floor-to-ceiling windows to witness even the slightest changes in the weather. The dining table and chairs will be made from a combination of plastic and glass to appear transparent and let in more natural light from the windows. I suggest that the interior design of my dream home will convey to the visitors the image of the owner who is both creative and organized.
Work Cited
Santana-Acuña, Álvaro. “9 Interior Spaces in Literature: A Sociological and Historical Perspective.” The Imagery of Interior Spaces, edited by Dominique Bauer and Michael J. Kelly, Punctum Books, 2019, pp. 219-236.