Responding to the Meme

[suenix]

Two questions so far:

auntiemeeshwrote
Okay, tell us about your decorating style. How you've done up your house/apartment/place of abode, your philosophy on interior decoration, etc. :)

I looked over the house and the short answer is, strong color on the walls and patterned rugs on the floors.
Most of the furniture is antique. Not the precious , fragile kind, but sturdy stuff from the 1900's or 20's.
My mother in law is a world class collector of antiques. And she is very generous with hand me downs.
So mostly my " philosophy" revolves around making the furniture look good. And being comfortable.

Here are some pictures. (I hope)
living room

office

kitchen

basement

All these were taken post remodeling or painting. They have all evolved since then.I just believe, use what you have and try to make it work together.

The second question is more difficult.

lomer wrote:
What's a simple pleasure that never fails to make you happy?

There are so many! When I look around me I see things that please
or amuse me all the time. I like to observe and muse on everyday things.
Maybe observation is a pleasure to me.

But if I had to choose one , I like my very own bed. Settling in to sleep , listening to the
breathing of the hubby and the dogs is a little slice of heaven to me.

Comments

[lomer.livejournal.com]

Oh! Your house is so pretty! I love the mix between contemporary and what looks like antiques.

Considering I've just come home from a trip, I'm rediscovering my love for my bed too. It's just the perfect thing that says "home."