Anyone Interested?

[Janet]

Are any of you interested in posting photos of the interior of our homes? I don't know whether it is a good idea to post our exterior, but thought it would be interesting to see how everyone lives.....

[Forgivenmom5]

Good Idea Janet. We could get ideas from what other people have done. I am sure Angie would like it with moving in to her new home. She could get some really good thoughts on how to decorate. Traci and I are hooked on HGTV. when I was younger I wanted to be an interior decorator. I have an apartment and need to really get some things I have neglected done before I could post pictures, but I would really like everyone's input later when I am trying to redo some things.

[Janet]

I'm gonna try to get some pics on today now that the house is clean. I took some pictures yesterday. Don't know for sure if I'll have time, the boys are coming home and I've got a couple that is suppose to come check out the puppies.

[Forgivenmom5]

Originally Posted by Janet

I'm gonna try to get some pics on today now that the house is clean. I took some pictures yesterday. Don't know for sure if I'll have time, the boys are coming home and I've got a couple that is suppose to come check out the puppies.

You wouldn't want to see my house right now. I have been really lazy lately. Think it would be because my daughter got me hooked on something I like to do more--like 4wt. That and maltese talk seem to get my interest more than doing what I should be.

[Janet]

The first two pics are of my bedroom. I'm wanting something different with the walls, like maybe a soft yellow, that way I can still use my blue accessories.

The junk in my living room is stuff I'm getting ready for a sale. Needs taken to the garage, but haven't done it yet. We never use this room

[Janet]

Next are two shots of the Kitchen and the next two are my family room. I am considering changing my family room into a dining room and using my living room more. What d'ya think?

[blowry]

I posted here earlier but, my post isn't here! What's up with that!!

Anyway, I think this is a great idea! I am re-painting my kitchen cabinets..right now they have primer on them...I should have them finished and put back together tomorrow...I will post my pics then

By the way Janet...You have a very nice home..Looks like you have big rooms.

[AngieDoogles]

I would show you guys, but right now, all you would see is a bunch of boxes, lol. I'll post some after the move.

[Forgivenmom5]

you have a very pretty house Janet. Your fireplace is beautiful. My little girl wants you to know we watch "Little People" also. That is what's on the TV in your family room.

[toodles]

how cool...here are some pics of the inside of my home.
1. my bathtub after I painted
2. my bedroom
3. my living room/kitchen/dining room
4. my fireplace

[toodles]

here are some of my daughters bedroom after we painted and decorated it (we later added some more pooh stuff on the walls...it looks really cool now) we bought her new furniture and painted her room for christmas...which is why you see the little Christmas tree in her room

[Forgivenmom5]

You did a really good job of decorating, Toodles. Tell your little girl I like Pooh also. Her room is really cute.

[Marilyn]

Thank you ladies for your kind comments. Yes, we move a lot because my hubby is a home builder, and he keeps getting new ideas he wants to build for us. Hubby says the key is to not spend a million dollars but make it look like you did. One of our homes was one he built to sell but liked so much we moved in. The colors were okay, not my favorite, but it was a very nice home.

The home we are in now, we worked together on, but I got to pick the colors and the tile, granite, etc. (Actually, hubby is color blind, so he has to trust me on some of this stuff.) Hubby did the faux wall finishes. An interior designer painted the decorative fruit, leaves, and such. We actually have a mouse eating an olive over one of our doors. It's our "house mouse". (He also built our church building, and had a "church mouse" painted over one of the doors.)I did a faux finish on our wrought iron stair railing that looks really cool, but no one notices the faux finish there which is as it should be. It was done to match a light fixture hanging in our entry.

By the way, the leaded glass entry is one of my husband's signature features. If you drive through certain neighborhoods, the homes with leaded glass entries are the ones he built. Now the entry doors are getting much larger and have decorative wrought iron behind very simple leaded glass.

I could go on and on. I may sell valves, but decorating, HGTV, and home design are actually what I would like to be doing. Hubby would like for me to be helping him, but he says he can't afford me. He pays people less than I make to do what I would do for him. I don't think he realizes what we could do together.

Toodles, you have done an excellent job with you home!! You have selected a nice color palate to work with. It's a nice sophisticated look.

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by Janet

The first two pics are of my bedroom. I'm wanting something different with the walls, like maybe a soft yellow, that way I can still use my blue accessories.

The junk in my living room is stuff I'm getting ready for a sale. Needs taken to the garage, but haven't done it yet. We never use this room

Janet, I was trying to come up with a color palette that would work well with your blue accessories. I found this website: http://www.behr.com/behrx/workbook/
It allows you to select your blue as an accent color and offers color palettes that you can choose from. I picked a blue similiar to yours and it came up with about 8 different palettes.

If you visit a Sherwin Williams store, Home Depot's paint department, or any other major paint manufacturer's store or website, they have sample palettes and offer color coordinating assistance. Sherwin Williams helped me with the palette for our home. I fine tuned it because I wanted more tranquil colors, where they wanted us to use bolder ones, but their suggestions helped a lot!!

Bottomline, you need to feel good in the color that surrounds you. Wishing you much success with your redecorating efforts!!!

[Tink]

Marilyn said:

Bottomline, you need to feel good in the color that surrounds you.

Which I think is one of the truest statements there is in decorating.
If you look in your closet and pick your favorite outfits, you'll see what you lean toward and what looks best on you. You want to feel that same way about your home. With my skin tone I look terrible in orange, and turn green in lime greens. For that very reason you will never find either in my home.

Well said Marilyn!