D: I'm having a hard time picturing this, what's the theme?
(I should tell you now, the last house we staged was going on the market and its distance from the coast could be counted in yards, so we did door to attic "beach cottage", the fact that you could smell the sea every morning made it a no-brainer. My 1999 single story builder grade oatmeal colored nightmare doesn't inspire an immediate theme.)
Me: Let's call it "Urban Eclectic" (here I'm picturing the amazing Upper West Side apartments I've been in, you know the ones, with archaeological specimens and original art where fabulous people have fabulous parties and where your upstairs neighbor is a prize winning author who was denied by the co-op twice before his play won the Tony. Dave is picturing the same thing but he knows we don't have a sweeping view of Central Park from a living room with 17 foot ceilings.)
D: oh hell no. Why not call it WTF for World Tribal Fusion.
Me: oh! Good idea! Lets do that.
D: *blink*blink*
Me: what? it was your idea.
D: *blink*blink*
Me: Pinterest Chic!
wait, ok, have you seen The Rockateer?
D: Yes.
Me: um, so let's call it Art Deco. oh, or Art Nouveau. or Nouveau Deco!
So what happened was, I explained dramatically that what I want is clean, bright and organized, to feel house proud and to have enough color to highlight our collections. We do have some really fun art, and old books and a few other things that have been in boxes for the last 6 years. And he decided he doesn't need a theme yet and will put together whatever I need put together. Also I promised to build a mood board for him.
Sometimes visual aids help.
and because blog posts about home improvement should have pictures here is a picture of my living room before we tore up the carpet and started painting. Check out my wicked classy curtains, heck yes they're up there with thumb tacks, and what? and count 'em, three chairs, and none of them match.
