That chartreuse wall immediately made me think of Stephen Huneck--is that one of his paintings, with the dog with the ball in its mouth?
What a nice and happy house.
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That chartreuse wall immediately made me think of Stephen Huneck--is that one of his paintings, with the dog with the ball in its mouth?
What a nice and happy house.
My “friend with taste” had walls exactly that color until he went all grey-like. Is was glorious!
When I fantasize about housing, I always picture a coral or rose living room, possibly with wallpaper, and a celery-green kitchen. And Siriano's decor makes me see how I can tie the two together.
I prefer "earthy" colors on the walls. My husband on the other hand likes to do accent walls with pops of color. So far, he has managed to talk me into an accent wall in the kitchen and the downstairs bedroom. They are very similar colors which I describe as "salmon-ish".
In my home, I am definitely taking inspiration from Huneck--he uses a lot of aqua, terra cotta, spring green, navy and yellow. When my health insurance premiums dropped by several hundred dollars when I turned 65 by going onto Medicare, I treated myself to a 65th birthday gift: this print by Huneck called "She Sings a Lovely Song" It's a good example of his palette.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
https://www.dogmt.com/She-Sings-a-Lo...ng-Giclee.html
That's really lovely.
May I add, that is such a good idea about the celebratory print. Maybe when we sell one of these houses, I will do the same thing with a print from Kristin Nelson, who is an artist I like a lot, kind of similar to Huneck. (Yes, she was married to Rick Nelson, that Kristin Nelson.)
https://www.pinterest.com/karensuey/kristin-nelson/
Huneck's images remind me of some of Jacqui Lawson ecards.
While I like some of the items in Siriano's country setting such as the chair with floral upholstery and lime accent, to live in so much stimulation would drive me insane and irritable. What is with all the female nudes anyway?
I am pumped about the new removable wallpapers. Makes me want to try wallpaper. I have always been afraid of it because so difficult to remove.
There's a gal on Instagram who calls her page candycoloredhome that I think you'd like.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Your DH will hate you if you use wallpaper after all his efforts on smoothing the walls. I would first find out if there is something to prevent the wallpaper from sticking to al the new smoothing he has done. I love wallpaper but wallboard and fresh plaster just grabs it and holds on tight. Unless there is a new approach that will seal the new wallboard and fresh plaster and yet keep the wallpaper on the wall, go carefully.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
hmm, ok. I am Not putting it on plaster walls of my condo, but I have considered putting it on 1) the soon to be fresh wallboard in my Hermann bedroom and 2) closet doors in my condoQuote:
Originally Posted by razz
It is interesting on how we all perceive "things". I see clashing clutter in many of these rooms. I would never put that much "stuff" together. I would constantly be in a state of feeling disarray!Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Sizing and primer over fresh walls.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
Frugal one, I totally agree with your assessment of that house. Yikes I was overwhelmed!
I liked the white rooms in that house, which is consistent with my preferences.
Attachment 3848No white for me. You all have seen my living room but here it is again, dressed up for our neighborhood’s house tour a couple of years ago.
How did I miss that the first time? Sublime--shades of pink and chartreuse-y green are among my favorites. And that rug! Swoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Gorgeous!! My kitchen cabinets are similar to the green on your walls--I think the paint color I chose was Wasabi--which is good description.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I call it “old lady green” because I know too many ladies of a certain age who have this color splashed liberally around their house. I love it! My “friend with taste” is a gay man my age who had a version of the green but his was more lime and even brighter. It was splendid as a backdrop to all of his art.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Jane, this rug is polyester and is a fun rug, nothing I wish to carry into the next house.But it goes nicely here.
I missed this the first time round as well so thanks for sharing. You do like colour! I, too, love the rug. The pink chairs are lovely to look at in your house. Now, I understand what you mean when you talk about colour in a dwelling.
Almost 2 years ago, we did a total revamp on our house. New paint, new carpets, new furniture, etc. At the time we had older cats so I didn't worry so much about them scratching up the furniture. Fast forward to May 2020 and both cats died within months of each other and two new kittens joined our household. Knowing how kittens are, I bought clear furniture protectors for the corners of our loveseat as that seemed the most likely "favorite scratching post" for the kittens. They worked like a charm. Fast forward to yesterday when I saw our female cat "stretching" on the front corner of the loveseat. I yelled at her and she ended up getting her claw stuck. I bent down to help and noticed that there was damage to that area so apparently I missed a spot to add the protectors. Wasn't really noticeable unless you are on the floor and looking at it up close. I still had more protectors so I put one on that corner to reduce further damage. Stupid cats!!! >:(
It is a wonder that we can have anything nice with pets! But I do love my dogs and put up with a great deal of dog damage. The aforementioned pink rug is the first real rug we’ve had in nearly 3 decades, mainly because we had a house full of dogs and some would pee on the rugs. Our current guy does not do that.
I remember once buying a black cloth IKEA sofa for our family room. We had a yellow lab mix at the time, and it was horrible with all that yellow dander constantly covering that black cloth--of course if it had been leather or vinyl, I could have brushed it off, but that canvas-type fabric made it so hard to brush the fur and dander off!!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
So when we ultimately got another dog--a black one--everything I bought for the house was black. Even the floors were a dark wood. I told people that my design inspirations were always my dogs.
I am a dog person too but these two cats have won my heart (mainly because they love me more than my husband ;)). I was under the impression that the corner of my box spring for my bed was their designated "shred" spot which I was fine with because the comforter hides it. I also have a 6-7 foot cat tree in the living room with plenty of scratching posts as well as a small one downstairs. Gracie (the cat) hid her devious antics well. (I only blame Gracie for any damage or badness because my sweet boy Boone would never do such a thing).Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I enjoy all the colors - in someone else's house. Lol. And why is it the old wood floors look good in his house but just "old" in mine?? Lol.
I L, I have seen your living room before and love it! The other house you posted was way too cluttered and all the patterns with the colors all combined to make me feel unsettled. Yours is warm and inviting. I love green and pink. I use them as accents. In the condo my accent walls are subtle because the space is small. Except for my bedroom where the pink is bright but it’s only one wall and my fabric gray headboard is big and takes up much of that wall.
I’m in the midst of drafting new bylaws for my neighborhood organization because our existing set of bylaws is dense, wordy, convoluted, and frankly at times not followed anyway. This is an organization that brings in $100,000 a year, mot some rinky dink hobby group.
I only joined the board a few years ago because it was my sense that it was in deep Doo Doo and I know they weren’t following the bylaws to elect officers.When I got onto the board they didn’t even know who they had elected and to which positions. I thought I was done with it, having served on the board multiple times in multiple positions decades ago but the chaos was painful to watch.
Everyone is well intentioned and competent on this Board, I do want to make that clear.
But during Covid our procedures broke down to where we were spending money without a proper board vote. Well now we’re meeting in person and we’re still playing email games called “ hey I’ve got this idea can I spend $1000 on it? “And some people respond “sure a great idea. “ But a few emails are not the super majority formal vote required in Bylaws to spend this kind of money outside of membership approval.
And now we want to hire fire eaters for a party with an emergency appropriation of $550 where the legal liability falls on my organization.
Oh hell no.
I have had too many dogs in the past decades but I’m really a cat person. At the moment our lives are Uber simple, we have one well behaved dog and zero cats. This dog is probably not going to be compatible with other dogs and that makes me sad because I do miss my foster dogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
I love both dogs and cats but have gotten so allergic to cats that it means a trip to the ER. I am also getting more allergic to dogs so have to be very careful about which breed I get and my allergist said 2 is my absolute limit. My allergies got worse every year with Noki and the last year I needed my asthma rescue inhaler daily.
Ugh! My new boss is so freaking egotistical that he thinks that things (even the most mundane) that have been done by us for decades can no longer be done without his approval and signature. He has to have his hands in everything. I wish he would just let us do our jobs!!!! He also made a comment to a co-worker that he can hear our conversations from his office. Umm.. ok. So what?
Klunick, that sounds awful
Klunick, is it possible that he, as the newcomer, is trying make sure that he understands everyone's role and will step back with time?
That’s kind of what I was thinking too. As a new manager you have to insert yourself into the process if you really want to understand what people are doing. And managers have a responsibility to understand the processes that take place in their work units.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
That doesn’t mean that this learning curve isn’t annoying for the employees who are humming along doing a good job because it is annoying. It requires that they take time to now educate their boss.
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Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
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Originally Posted by razz
When I say he is "new", I mean that he's been here for a little over a year. He doesn't want to learn what we do. He doesn't want to learn how to do it. He just wants to control everything that we do even though he doesn't understand it. He is a glory hound and doesn't want anyone to get any credit for anything even if he had nothing to do with it. He wants to be have his names attached regardless.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Rant at myself - Was doing a REALLY long walk today and got a text from my sister. Called, but ended up leaving a message on her phone as I was walking. Walking and talking went fine! But as I was looking at my phone to hit the "end call" button, at the exact time, I hit a piece of uneven pavement and went down - on my left side. Casualties include base of pinkie finger (I was holding - and saved! - the cell phone), lower left calf nicely scraped, upper left thigh with one little puncture wound (probably from a pebble), really good job on the left elbow (bloodiest spot), and left shoulder, where I must have rolled and ended up. Left side of right palm also sore where I think I actually "caught" myself.
Happy there are no broken bones, but some swelling and the soreness is seeping in now (about 4 hours after).
Lesson learned: Don't drive and text on the cell phone AND don't walk and talk/leave messages on the cell phone!!! :|(
Sigh... I'm too old for this!!!
Wow! Glad you’re OK. Don’t try and walk a s chew gum at the same time!
LOL - Thank you and thanks for the advice! Actually, I don't chew gum because of old, metal fillings! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
That would be aggravating to have happen.
So sorry happy stuff.
Moved furniture and was sore so took Arnica Montana homepathic pellets (Boiron brand- 30C). Surprising how that stuff works for swelling and sore muscles (also bruising).
Just feeling silly at not paying more attention and falling.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz