Posted by Dinah on January 2, 2009, at 15:58:35
In reply to Re: I need an interior designer, posted by TexasChic on January 1, 2009, at 23:19:30
I am so lacking in artistic talent in any area of my life. Well, maybe gardens, when I have the time. But nature does a pretty good job with that no matter what I do.
I was talking about it today with my therapist, and I think my rise in dissatisfaction with the house is definitely tied to my desire to have a wider social base IRL. Hard to do that when you're embarrassed of your house.
The previous owner of our house did a great job with the colors. It wasn't necessarily in my favorite lighter shades, but it was nicely done so I kept it. But after all these many years, the wallpaper is peeling and the paint is a bit dingy. And I really did want to lighten the walls to get more reflected light. Plus, in this climate we try to avoid both carpeting and wallpaper because of mold. Sure, everything looks fine on the outside, but if you'd ever pulled up carpeting or peeled off paper, you'd know what I mean. Blech. Plus my husband promised me when we bought this house umpteen years ago that removing the decoy duck theme in the kitchen was part of the purchase. It looks lovely, but I'm not a hunter. :(
So here I am. I've been working on painting our living room for over two years now. I'm reasonably sure that part of my problem is that I just don't like the result. I redid the walls in a light shade of blue, with one dark accent wall of darker blue, and it just feels too... blue. Even with lots of color in the art. But my husband and son both love the dark blue. So much we're going to use it in the kitchen, with buttercup yellow.
But it's frustrating. Very frustrating. In addition to the too much blue, I think I'm missing all the little touches that separate a nicely decorated home from, well, mine. Never even mind the largely utilitarian nature of all our rooms. We've just got too much stuff and use too much space. I have pictures of our house from way back when and it looked so much nicer. I guess we'd been in it less time. :(
My therapist thinks we're nuts for even trying to do the mudding and texturizing ourselves. But we've had some major home repairs and just don't have the money to hire someone.
Sorry to whine. That's what this vacation was supposed to be for. Painting etc. And I ended up working for most of it, and not having any time to paint. So I'm frustrated and overwhelmed at the thought of finding time to do it. Never even mind the outside painting. I *hate* outside painting. I really do.
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