Decorating Advice and Paint Colors

Last night’s challenge on HGTV’s “Design Star” was to design a room around a randomly chosen color. Alice’s color was blue, Temple’s was yellow, David got red, & Tim got green. Temple was finally sent home, even though she had some of the best space planning organization.  I liked her room, but bottom line, I just wouldn’t watch a show she was hosting.  Over & over the judges said that everyone interpreted the color too “literally”. What were they supposed to do, say my color was yellow so I painted the walls pink. Then I thought about it….maybe. Here’s what I would have done.

If I had gotten a color I wasn’t too thrilled about like Temple was with yellow I would have interpreted it as a joke. I would have taken a sunburst mirror, lemons in a fruit bowl, whatever is typically yellow, & painted them all pink. I would have made sure the roomy had a bright sunny feeling, but not any yellow.

I don’t like most shades of blue, so for Alice’s room I would have painted the walls brown, and kept everything very neutral. Then I would have put one large blue item in the center of the room, like a large bowl on a coffee table. Then the blue would have really popped and made a statement without being too overwhelming.

I probably would’ve gotten sent home for either of my ideas, but I don’t want to host my own show on HGTV anyways. My least favorite room was David’s. I thought that the bed should’ve have been on the other side and didn’t understand the point of building a cubicle around your couch & TV. What do you think, who should have gone home last night? How would you have interpreted the challenge?

Ok, I may be eternally mocked for stating the obvious, but I’m curious how many people know how to tell the salt and pepper shakers apart. I was with some friends and noticed the boy pouring some salt in his hand while he said that he was just checking to make sure he got the right one. I told him that the salt shaker always has more holes in it because people want more salt than pepper. Of the entire group of college educated people, I was the only person who had heard this. So what do you think? Is this common knowledge or not? How else do you tell the salt & pepper shakes apart? Check out other great “Works-for-me-Wednesday” Tips at Rocks in my Dryer.

Monday Madness 1. How many “people” pictures do you have displayed in your house?

I don’t have many, I just don’t like people looking at me. A few pictures of my nephews on the fridge.

2. How many times a month/year do you rearrange your furniture?

I try to get it right the first time cause furniture is heavy.

3. Do you check your email every day? If so, how many times a day?

Yes, maybe 5 times.

4. How often do you generally look at a clock/watch on any given day?

I don’t own a clock or a watch, but I do occasionally glance at my cell phone or computer.

5. How do you handle telemarketer phone calls?

I just don’t answer.