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Finding Your Design Style – What’s Your Style Series
I just chopped all my hair in to what essentially could be called a pixie cut. Actually, first I had my hair cut “short”, and then my girlfriend came back yesterday and I went “really short”.
I kind of love it – it is fun and funky – but still take some getting used to.
And by summer, I will grow it out again.
So, why am I sharing this when the title of this post is really about finding your design style?
Because, just like my hair, I am always changing around my home and tweaking and redecorating – but when it really gets down to it – there are some things about my style that will always stay true.
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Finding Your Design Style – What’s Your Style Series
I just chopped all my hair in to what essentially could be called a pixie cut. Actually, first I had my hair cut “short”, and then my girlfriend came back yesterday and I went “really short”.
I kind of love it – it is fun and funky – but still take some getting used to.
And by summer, I will grow it out again.
So, why am I sharing this when the title of this post is really about finding your design style?
Because, just like my hair, I am always changing around my home and tweaking and redecorating – but when it really gets down to it – there are some things about my style that will always stay true.
The Story of a Coffee Table & Working With What You Have
Last night, I was cleaning my office. There was a piece of glass that used to be on my coffee table that I had been using in the office. I no longer needed it in the office, so I brought it back downstairs.
As I was carrying it, I realized how heavy it was and it brought me back to such a strong memory that I thought I would share with you today.
When Dana and I first moved to NY, the company he worked for put us up in an apartment for 3 months. At the end of the three months, we still had not found a house, so we were on our own. We found a very small, unfurnished apartment in a nice town nearby.
It was two rooms, a kitchen and a very small bathroom. We didn’t think we would be there very long, so we were not too concerned.
All of our furniture was in storage, so we loaded our clothes in the one room and headed out to buy a new mattress. Then we headed to Goodwill and bought two plates, two bowls, two sets of silverware and drinking cups.
My Dad loaned us a TV and my stepmother loaned us her mother’s coffee table.
We set up the TV on the coffee table and the bed became our couch, office and sleeping zone.
That apartment, with all of its issues is where we spent the first two trimesters of my pregnancy with Sunshine and where we made the decision to build instead of buy a house.
We ended up living there for 8 months.
Nailhead Trim Upholstered Table
I have a reputation.
It is true.
A reputation for being willing to take in long forgotten items with a little wear, maybe even some rust.
In fact, just this Sunday, as we went to leave the church parking lot – a friend stopped her car and waved me down so her husband could give me the old metal bucket he had saved for me.
It was one of the sweetest things someone had done for me in a long time.
Living Room Decorating: The Evolution
