Comments on: living-room art update, plus tips for saving time

By: mj

mj — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:53:23 +0000

My Mom is buying a new house. When we went and looked at it (the house is a new build) I said it is ready move into. She said oh no, it has to have color over these white walls! So I guess we will all be painting first before we move her in. She redoes paint color in her house about every 18 months. Its a hoot, you never know what you will be walking into~

By: j

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:26:49 +0000

Every place my mother and I ever lived in until recently didn’t get updated or decorated until we were getting ready to put it on the market. Apple wallpaper (HIDEOUS!) from previous owners stayed up for 5 years until she was ready to sell. My problem is that there are so many decorating options that I LOVE LOVE LOVE that I can’t narrow it down to one and commit to it. The new problem is that my husband is the most conservative minamilist imaginable, so the quirky things I like are out the door. I love him lots and he is wonderful in every other way, so I gotta give on that one. He did let me paint the bump out around the fireplace a really cool blue-gray, and he loves it to, so there is hope on both counts!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:36:34 +0000

Oh my gosh, YES. So much so that I usually just don’t decorate, because I won’t do it until I can get it just right. On the one hand, this is better than changing my mind and redoing things over and over. On the other, I end up living in a non-decorated space for however long it takes for me to decide what I’m doing and how I’m doing it. (sigh)

By: hsp

hsp — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:35:18 +0000

I’m currently on my fifth bedroom paint color in less than 4 years and week 5 of building the perfect headboard. Thankfully the rest of the house turned out perfectly on the first try otherwise I’d still be living out of boxes!!