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Ok, we've talked about everything from underware to hair color. There aren't many other body parts we dare venture into, I suspect. Although one day I will ask the question, "What do you wear when you compute..."

But until we risk finding out who sits at their computer in their big light moss green T-shirt and non-pink underware when they compute (wonder why I came up with that specific combo...hmmm...)... I'll ask...

How do you decorate your house. What are your color themes? Do you prefer a style? Country, Victorian...?
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

I tend to decorate in natural colors. Browns and blues in many rooms. Sunflowers in the Kitchen. A few years ago, I picked up some "Tiffany" lamps I now have in a couple rooms. They aren't the more popular ornate floral lamps, but more of parchment colors with some bright accents on them... I suppose if I had to classify my style as any, I'd pick country, tho it isn't the traditional folksy that I normally associate w/country.
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

I call my house as being done in "early Daddy". My Grandfather and Dad both made furniture and refurnished furniture so most of my furniture came from one or the other. The walls and such are rather rustic in nature, most are rough wood paneling with a few accent walls done in natural color wall paper or pale green and beige wall paper carpeting is all gold and green shades. My bedroom is the same large bedroom suite that my grandmother bought for me when I was 5 years old and it is French Provential (white with gold trim). Of course most of it seems to have a little fur here and there
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Tessa Onyx, Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, ShyRaven, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo, Penny (We be house cats at last), and Salem, Wicca and Marmalade (We iz also house cats, we guess)and the 5 porch kits also Riley da goggie and Buddha da baby hamster too
Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts
A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

I moved into Big Scary Man's home when we married two years ago which was done in a mix of mid-century Air Force tacky and cheap lawyer office. He LOVES medium tone oak wood grain, be it real or plastic. It really set off his display of aircraft parts set on a Battle of Britain tea towel with a charcoal drawing of John Wayne wrapped in saran wrap (not cellophane!) looking on, so he got the faux wood grain vertical blinds for all the windows except the kitchen. Did I mention the garage shelves in the living room? The recliners fit for "Fraiser"? I know I've mentioned the 2 armadillos perviously. It's a total Man Cave.

His aunt does set design for Christian television, so she had staged his mantel piece with books and photos. The lady has a flair, even with a poor selection of items to work with, but her taste is very ornate (the entryway to her home alone has more knick-knacks than I've owned in my whole life) so with much guilt, the mantel piece was cleared about a year after we married.

This house is a lost cause - too many battles for me to attempt the war, but we are thinning out his "collections" while we wait for the housing market to quit throwing up so we can start house shopping in earnest.

Next house - he is going to have one heck of a battle on his hands! Light, bright, easy to clean is my motto!

Somewhere in the back of my mind, this is workable............
Begin with the garage shelving. Enamel it some color you like that will work as a neutral with that oak...maybe tuscan red or
deep moss (he'd probably balk at jade or bright red) or even white. Actually, white works well with that shade of oak.

Hang in there. You'll get your own house one of these days!

The garage shelves are gone - they were the first thing I moved out. I cleared the walls of John Wayne and friends when we painted last winter, and finally gutted the living room of knick-knacks when we restored the hardwood floors a few months ago. Called it baby-proofing.

This is a photo I took for my mom in an effort to explain the battles we were waging. Notice the rock? Its his pet rock, minus the box, from the 70's. This armadillo was the one Punky broke (good girl!) There is a compressor wheel from an F-16 and the compass is from a F-4. The flag will come back out on display as soon as I find a display case that meets his requirements, but the rest of it? Do we really need a chinese finger trap out as a conversation piece?

Among all this 'stuff', we each brought art show pieces into the marriage of varying styles and quality. I pulled those pieces (mostly his) out to decorate for now.

finally gutted the living room of knick-knacks when we restored the hardwood floors a few months ago. Called it baby-proofing.

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I knew you were clever, but perfect claiming baby-proofing... Milk it for all its worth...
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

`gutted the living room of knick-knacks when we restored the hardwood floors a few months ago. Called it baby-proofing.

Ahh! Smart use of timing!
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>>This is a photo I took for my mom in an effort to explain the battles we were waging. Notice the rock? Its his pet rock, minus the box, from the 70's. `

Hmmmm. No comment from a person with two wooden bowls full of rocks. One from trips where I always pick up stuff along creeks or wherever. The other, fancier geode, etc. types. Always loved rocks but was too old when the pet ones came into vogue.

>>Among all this 'stuff', we each brought art show pieces into the marriage of varying styles and quality. I pulled those pieces (mostly his) out to decorate for now.
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Good! A home should be a combination of tastes.

Our home is a combination of things. We have hardwood floors everywhere except the kitchen and bathroom. There are animal knickknacks in the living room: a wolf, eagle and cats. Also a collecton of shells I collected when I was at the Atlantic coast. On the walls is a reproduction of the Mona Lisa, a grandfather type clock and an old world map.
Upstairs is my collection of plus animals I've collected through the years. Add to this all the cat toys and scratching posts. Quite a variation.

Ellen

Like antiques but not the fragile glass kind. Wood and wierd usually fits in just fine and each piece was loved by some earlier owner. (With exception of mattresses and two recliners.) No one would ever accuse a decorator of being in here but they'd definitely know what I like when they walk in. I feel so sorry for people who live in rooms that they've bought off some showroom floor so none of their personality is in the home. No cutesy or current fad/styles (If you saw it in a furniture store in the past twenty years, I don't have it except for Ott lights.) but things range from primitives to a bright red metal stool. Carvings are good.
Earthy tones but with some turquoise, black, burgundy scattered in. Have always loved antique oak so anything I've purchased over the years is that. (Unfortunately, had to part with a lot of it several years ago but do still have some I love.) Sadly, this house is dark and nothing much to do about that. If I had a dream house up on a mountain with a view, it would have tons of windows and a wraparound porch and be packed with antique oak furniture!

decorate, meeheehee, mine is pretty much early junk shop..i have cats you know, and did have a large dog...
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PHTessie