Someone needs to take some Anger Management courses.
IZ and I talking over our decor scheme over coffee:
Me: “Sigh. You realize our bedroom is the only feminine spot in the house? The entire thing is just so. . . masculine.”
IZ: “That’s not true. Besides, you’re little miss modern. It’s not like you LIKE girly country things.”
Me: “What? Your argument doesn’t hold water. Just because I don’t do calico or chintz doesn’t mean I don’t like feminine things. I adore Hollywood Regency, and that’s like the ultra fem side of modern. We don’t have any chandeliers or leopard print or mirrored furniture anywhere in this house!”
IZ: “Because we can’t afford them.”
Me: “That’s not the point, really. Our house doesn’t look like a girl lives in it. Our house screams MEN live here.”
IZ: “I think our house screams compromise.”
Me: “Uh, more like it screams BUDGET!”
Me: “Actually, our house screams ‘These two idiots were completely enamored by the charm and nostalgia of buying their first home they didn’t think about what an old house costs to fix and are now too house poor to buy real furniture.'”
I think our house might have a yelling problem. What does your house scream about you?
Heh – you should throw a link or two in there on what YOU would LOVE to put in the house – just to give us some idea of what you are talking about. 😀
done! (and good idea!)
I tried to compromise with my husband, but all he cared about was whether or not he had a recliner and a bed in the house. So, the house looks more like me. I tried to make the den look like him by putting up all his military photos. However, he hardly ever goes in there since he hates the computer. 🙂
That’s hilarious, Margaret. I wonder if your taste runs closer to his than you realize? Because if I had a blank slate like that, I’d be running amok amok amok, and IZ would be hollering “TOO MUCH PINK”.
Wende,
Our house screams (mostly using me as its voicebox) that it is inhabited by
1) an engineer. If IZ isn’t an engineer, BE GLAD! Engineers really suffer when they have to pay money to have someone else do a repair or building job that is inferior to the one they would do if only they could finish designing that CAD tool they need in order to design the fix to the problem….
2) two feral-cats-turned-indoor-crazy-cats, aka two adopted daughters who think MESS = COMFORT
3) one of said cats is a teen, and a girl, and… why do my hair brushes travel all over the house and get lost??? I mean, the kids have about 6 hair brushes apiece, and my THREE are labeled very clearly (color coded) for the rooms where they should live and be available to me when I need to do something with my locks!
4) Mom is more interested in data and ideas than in cleaning, decorating, etc.
5) Mom is more interested in sewing or watercolor painting than in [see above]…
6) Mom has a back problem
7) 4 human members of the family have ADHD
8) 1 of two canine members of the family is orally fixated and is a great randomizer, particularly of shoes
9) Our house screams that it is a library, a laboratory, a factory, an atelier, an exercise club, a computer research facility… Oh, BTW, it’s a home, too, but it’s not a show piece.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
And, sadly, when I found the laundry room in a destroyed condition last night, I gave voice to the house and my own misery, complete with epithets not deleted. SIGN. It happens.
I can’t get over the fact you have color coded hairbrushes. That’s impressive!
I’m lucky that we seem to agree on most things decoratish. When I was a student, I’d buy or make pictures/paintings of things I wanted but couldn’t afford. Here’s what I would buy you if I could afford it or the poster: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Fancy-Chandelier-Posters_i2896358_.htm