For Older People with Sense
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Barbe, you impress me as highly creative and talented in decorating. I would probably be embarrassed for you to come to my house!
The vertigo is not entirely gone. I am able to carry on my activities but I feel slightly drunk! When I return to Louisiana, I'll ask my PC dr. to write me a prescription for a med. to have on hand when vertigo strikes.
Mac, your house will be wonderful. The grayish green sounds great for your area. What really matters is that the people living in a house love the way it looks.
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carole, 99% of people don`t know how to decorate or use colour, or place furniture, or hang pictures at the right height. I don`t see ugly, I see opportunity! Some people walk into my rooms and hate them. My Dad hated my decorating!
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I am one of the 99% barbe...
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Barbe, a couple of pictures off very untidy front room which I am going to redecorate because we are finally getting this room lined. Will be sad to see the Morris paper go bit will keep my chairs. Any suggestions about colour. I don't mind strong colours but have some nice pieces of art which I want to keep in here.
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Alyson, you KNOW I love your room, as I saw it in pics years ago. A very traditional and classic style but I understand your desire to update it. I, too, LOVE William Morris prints an am glad to know you are keeping the chairs. If you are keeping the chairs, I trust you are keeping the drapes and the other furniture? I will go on that. You are used to a dark ceiling so I am going to throw two options out there. IF you keep the trim the creamy colour it is (and what a bitch it would be to paint it all, anyway!!!) then you could pull a warm medium gray out of the carpet (LOVE it!!) and then paint the walls up to the rail in that gray. Then, take the curtain colour and wrap it up and over the ceiling and down to that same rail. Your artwork will just POP off those gray walls!!
You are re-doing the walls, so I don`t know if you are keeping the rails but your ceilings are SO high you really need to bring them down. So even if you don`t keep the rails, a darker ceiling will keep the feeling you love in that room.
Instead of gray, you could pull a green-y gray out of the carpet and do the same treatment up to the rails with the burnt orange (are they?) drape colour on the top part. You may want to paint out the wall at the fireplace to be the same trim colour, thus stopping the break in colour as it is now with the wallpaper filling in the wall parts. So that entire wall would be the creamy trim colour.
Lower your artwork when you re-hang it. It does not have to be between the ceiling and the floor evenly as your ceilings are so high. The centre of the picture should be at EYE LEVEL when you stand in front of it! Group some more pictures together to make a dramatic vignette on the wall as you have the space to fill. In that case, some prints can go higher, but you`ll also have prints lower.
Take away the basket by the TV and just keep the one to the left of the fireplace. Symmetrical placement is too obvious. Break up the books on the left by spreading them to the right and putting the vases and other pieces in-between. Lay some books on their side and put some smaller vases or pieces on them to make different height levels. You have some vases that look really packed in there... Consider taking a smaller print and hanging it off the SHELF. Yep, either by a ribbon from the top of the bookcase or just a nail in the shelf, but a print will also break up the horizontal look and add interest. Consider painting the BACK face of the bookcase the same accent paint colour you use in the room (ceiling or wall) to add dimension and take the white bowl off the mantle into the bookcase and it will pop off the new colour. Too much stuff on the mantle, you don`t need to fill it up but you can use those pieces to break up the books. Don`t put anything on top of the bookcases because it makes it look like you don`t have enough room.
You have some beautiful but delicate legged tables, consider grouping a couple together for an eclectic coffee table or get another piece from somewhere in your home to beef-up and ground the soft pieces (sofa, chairs, etc).
Hope some of this makes sense, but even if you didn`t do a thing to this room I LOVE it, still!!!!
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Barbe - your explanation is so clear, I can picture it! You do have an artistic eye which I admire but can't seem to pull off myself.... I also love the room, Alyson.
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Barbe, I absolutely love the house you're selling! You really have such a knowledge of decorating and color and it shows. I fear I'm among the 99% too, and DH knows a lot more than I do. Every time I wanted to paint something white, for example, he'd say what kind of white---now I can see the differences between a cool white and a warm white, a white with bluish undertones, etc. Still can't decorate worth a darn though.
Nancy, re the porch ceiling, a light blue ceiling isn't just trendy, it's historical. In Charleston, for example, porch ceilings were often painted a light blue to ward off evil spirits. This blue even had a name, haint blue. The spirits were called haints, which I suppose is a colloquial form of haunt. You can even find the color sometimes. The house is looking great and I look forward to more "in progress" pics.
Lisa, love the orangutan and baby!
Chrissy, I'm getting excited about your new camera too. Of course you can be frugal. Just look at all the money you saved on this one purchase!
Carole, hope the vertigo continues to get better and hope your doc can give you something that will help.
I know there're others I wanted to respond to but if I go back I'll lose this. So, for now, good night ladies!
Kathy
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Alyson, I LOVE your room! The carpet is beautiful, I would steal those chairs (haha) and everything is SO warm and cozy! My style for sure! I love Barbe's suggestions for updating! Wow. I need her here!
Barbe, You are so talented! Love your decorating ideas! I got lost with your color explanations, but I'm sure if I could SEE the colors-I would get it! Have you seen your eye specialist yet? Wondering how you are getting along.
Chrissy, I can't wait to see what you will be able to do with your new camera! How exciting! Glad you are felling better. Now stay better!
Lisa, I love those photos! The koalas are my favorites!
Carole, I sure hope you can get rid of that vertigo. I have never suffered from it, but know some who do-it's awful!
To everyone else- I don't dare go back a page. I will get lost! Haha
I had Taxol #9 today. Only three left! My MO ordered an ultrasound on my leg today. He is worried that I may have developed a blood clot. He doesn't like that my leg has been aching. Fun.
I saw my PCP yesterday and he wrote me a prescription for compression stockings. I was fortunate because it was senior day at the drugstore. So I got 20% off the stockings and didn't have to pay tax because my dr wrote a prescription for them! So now I REALLY feel like an old lady! Haha! But they make my leg feel a bit better.
Wishing you ladies all a pain free week! Hugs, lilyrose
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Thanks lilyrose, I would gladly travel to all my bco sisters places and help them out!!! I had compression stockings years ago and had too much trouble pulling them up! Even with rubber gloves on. I had to have my DH take them off. I have muscular (large) calves though I have petite ankles (no shankles here) so it was an awkward fit.
I get vertigo with this eye issue as well so I can relate to what poor carole is going through. I have used up 4 boxes of Gravol in a month! I need to see a sub-specialist and the doc I saw put ASAP on the referral, but we just had a long weekend here and everyone seems to slow down.
I don`t SEE the colour combos, I just instinctively seem to know what works. A big, big tip for y`all is to just take the colours out of a patterned fabric, carpet or whatever that you love. The manufacturer wouldn`t have produced the item unless it worked, so any of those colours go together!
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I am traveling to Phoenix tomorrow morning, my younger son Greg, has been in the hospital 5 days, fever, Nausea, aching and trouble breathing. They have done CT, lung biopsy, sonograms, and are doing many cultures. So far nothing, and he still feels awful. He will be home, so my daughter and I are going for 3 days to try to figure out how to best help him. I can't be around him because they haven't determined what he has. It's killing me , but I can be close enough to see what's happening, fix some meals for when he can eat, and talk to the doctors. Please keep us in your prayers. Wilsie
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Oh dear Wilsie!! Of course your family is in my prayers. How very, very scary for you all. Hugs all around, sweetie!
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Wilsie - That would be so hard to be so close and not be able to touch. I hope your travel goes well and that good news is waiting for you. Sending positive thoughts your way.
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My goodness Wilsie, prayers for you and your family. I so hope things will improve very soon for him.
Lilyrose, glad you're approaching the end of the taxol. I didn't have chemo but certainly sympathize with those who go through it. You sound good and I hope this one treats you kindly!
Barbe, I'm anxious to hear what your sub-specialist says about your eyes. You've been through so much with this and I'd imagine the double vision is maddening. Can you drive or are you grounded from it? Just be careful, dear one.
We got sad news yesterday--one of DD's lifelong friends was pregnant with twin girls and she learned that one had died. They did a c-section yesterday and the surviving twin is fine, thankfully. The actual delivery was planned for later this month so both weighed over 5 lbs already. Such a very sad thing to happen, but in this case at least there's a baby to take home. The mother and DD have been friends since 3rd grade and roomed together at college, so we've always known her.
After two weeks of kindergarten, DGS #1 is having a sleep-over here tonight. All snug and sleeping now, but without his bedraggled, beloved Spot, his lovey. I told him everybody needed a vacation sometimes and this was Spot's vacation, and so far so good.
Kathy
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Oh my goodness Wilsie!! Prayers for your family and yourself that everything works out fine for your DS and the docs soon find what is ailing him. I know you will feel better being closer to him although you can't touch. ((((((hugs))))))).
Brigadoon how lovely to see you pop in! We don't see you often enough. Hope you are doing well.
Oh Kathy how sad for your DD's friend, actually quite devastating! To carry two and come home with one......well there are no words. I'll bet you enjoyed the sleep over with DGS.........it's hard when they have that special friend and they get left behind, I remember how my eldest GS was with his teddy as well as his brother with his. They are almost 19 and 17 respectively now and still have their bears sitting on a shelf in their rooms........they are not allowed to be put away but they no longer need them to sleep........well, that's what they tell us.......lol.
Getting really excited now as my camera should arrive sometime next week and I can't wait! I just hope that the weather co-operates and allows me to get out there for some great shots.......or maybe I'll just stick to the yard for the test shots.......lol........guess I got to learn to crawl, then walk before I run......but it's sooooooo hard!.......lol.
Enjoy your weekend all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Kathy how very wise of you to bring up vacation time for lovey!! Only one of my grandsons has a `baby` and it`s that plastic giraffe that costs about $30 and is the rage for teething. It will be interesting to see when his little brother uses it for teething as the older boy is over 3 now.
Wilsie, it occurred to me that your son will feel SO much better just having you near! I fell badly on my bike once in school when I was about 13. I went home and told my siblings to call Mom at work for me. They asked if I was badly hurt, and I said no, I just wanted her to know! I just remembered that while thinking about your situation. Prayers still coming your way. Please keep us updated.
Chrissy, when I got my new digital after years of film I was kind of overwhelmed by it all and I know I still don`t use most of the features. I had years off that I could have sat down and really learned the thing, but being on pain-meds just isn`t conducive to deeper learning...if you know what I mean! Can`t wait to hear all the great features you get with this new toy.
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Kathy, meant to mention about my eyes and thank you for asking. I have adjusted somewhat with Gravol for nausea but driving is very difficult as I have a problem with depth perception now as well. I can`t tell if the green light ahead is before the red light I can see as well, for example. Computer programs that I am used to I can work with, but new ones are hard for me to see properly. I have also gotten a flat tire (and ruined it!!!) by misjudging curbs on turns and ripping the side open finally...sigh. I read at night with only one eye, but can`t really function during the day with only one eye (I am sure I would get used to it if I had to). The headaches have eased up but I still get pain in the eyeball area that is frightening. It doesn`t happen often but is scary when it does as it feels like my eyeball is going to pop out of my head! All in all, my body seems to be adjusting, but adjusting to WHAT, I don`t know! Still waiting to see that sub-specialist....
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just wanted to say hi and to everyone who needs it a big warm hug
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Great pic Lisa!!! Thanks for the hug, they are always welcome. Sending one right back at you (((((((hug))))))).
Love n more hugs. Chrissy
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That WAS a great hug, Lisa, and I took TWO! Thanks!
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Another crazy moon tonight
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Love that you shot that through trees and then played with the color! Fabulous!!!!
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As someone said Its not the music that died today it is the laughter.
RIP Robin WIlliams
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I love what I see on my way to the grocery store...
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I am so saddened by the death of Robin Williams........he was such a haunted person and he dealt with it with his laughter and in the process made the world laugh with him.........he was definitely one of a kind and he is already missed.
On a lighter note, my camera arrived about two hours ago, yippeee!!!! I have been reading the booklet, moving it from one hand to the other marveling at just how light it is, attaching and detaching the lens to make sure I can do it easily, checking out the zoom lens I bought also while waiting for the battery to charge. Then I realized I have to wait until I go over to Clare before I can use it as I need a new SSD card! Damn!!!! I wonder if my old one will fit? Maybe I'll go try that.
Love the frangipani Lisa!
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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Ah, thought they were camellias or something (and showing my ignorance on another thread but will leave my comment)!! Beautiful! Can`t wait to see the pics, Chrissy!!!
A sadly funny man, desperate to be loved...and he was! I just fear that others will follow....
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can't you just reformat the SD card?
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Lisa I will still use the other camera so I'll buy a new one, besides, the one from the other camera is rather old so it could end up not working. Mmmm, note to self, get two SD cards just in case..........lol.
I have been devouring the owners manual for hours trying to take it all in. I think I have learned a little and gotten to know what all the buttons are for but there is still more study to be done so when I get the new card on Thursday I will hopefully be ready to start clicking away! With a little luck the weather will be kind and I can take some landscape pics on the way home.
I have learned that the camera has wifi and will communicate with my phone, ipad or computer to download a pic anytime I want to post one! Imagine that, no cords necessary and no need to take the SD card out of the camera to download!!! Ain't technology wonderful!....lol.
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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I love the wifi gadget with my one camera ..how about you take a photo of your new camera with your old?
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