It’s the American dream to own your own home, well it surpasses America, I think it is something everyone wants. I see a lot of people, (like everyone on HGTV), who thinks that they need granite countertops & hardwood floors, even if it’s just their first house. Then they go out & fill all the rooms with brand new furniture to match the granite countertops & hardwood floors. Our parents & grandparents use to have to save their whole lives to get their dream houses, but we just seem to get in trouble with credit.
There’s a term in real estate called house rich & cash poor. So many homeowners end up in this situation because they go for their dream house right off the bat, or they underestimate how much all the expenses that come along with owning a home will be. It’s ironic because if you don’t explore your options you may end up losing the house & furniture that you have worked so hard for & dreamed of for so long.
I once heard that green is nature’s neutral. Green is a very popular color in decorating & has played a role in the colors of every decade.
1970’s: Pea Green
1980’s: Pale Green
1990’s: Forest Green
2000’s: Sage Green
It has also played a role in several other decades, but I wasn’t alive yet, so I don’t really know what green they were using in decorating. Learn from the mistakes made in the 90’s with the green carpets & sofas & telephones. Like any color, use it sparingly or as a wall color with things you can change. Keep the big pieces, like furniture & flooring, neutral so you can easily & inexpensively change your room. Green is a great starter color because it’s easy on the eyes. This means it will help you get used to having walls other than white.
I was looking at bath accessories in a home improvement flyer & I saw something that just made me think "Where have you been all my life". It was a tp holder, that was just a simple hook, that you can slide the tp on & off of. This got me thinking, why have we been bothering with that pesky wall mounted thing that was so complicated that no one took the time to change the roll? It just meant more chores for me. Why wasn’t the hook the idea to begin with? It seems like it should have been because before the tp holder, there wasn’t anything close to that. However, there were plenty of hooks. Then it was just a case of the status quo & the same tp holder being mass manufactured & no one could think outside of the box. It makes me wonder what other simple ideas are out there that no one has though of yet?
It seems like murals have really hit it big on the decorating scene. Whether it’s a sweet butterfly scene for a girl’s room, or a Tuscan view for a living room, they seem to be everywhere. People say that it is so easy to do this yourself, well it is if you can draw. I think anyone can paint, they just have to have the right tools. It’s a great hobby for anyone, & a lot of fun if you’ve never tried it before. You might want to start with something simple like painting words on the wall over a doorway.
However, other people are going to see this, so making it look like a professional is easy, just get a projector. This way you can resize your image to fit the wall, & then just trace the outlines. They do this all the time on the decorating shows. It’s quick & easy to do with a projector rental. Projector 123.com delivers the projector to your house by FedEx, you can live anywhere in the United States. This saves the hassle of driving all over town & asking “Do you have a projector?”. Then you just return it by fed ex. This is great because there are no surprises. You are the artist so you can make the mural look however you want, & save a lot of money in the process.
