ashamed as a woman to admit this.......

12-29-2008, 04:08 PM

I don't have a clue on how to accessorize my home.

I don't like things on my coffee or end tables mainly b/c of the kids....unless its something that won't break. As for things on the walls, I have no clue on what to get or put up. I love seeing pictures or walking into peoples houses who do it and do it well and I love it. But when it comes to me doing it I wonder if it looks like clutter on a wall.
I bought a 7 piece frame set of four different sizes...their just frames that you put stuff in them not pictures or unless you want a frame in a frame. In the largest one I bought a defuser and put a temp. picture I have of ds1 which I intend to replace with our wedding picture. In a smaller frame I put a stone vase that dh's aunt gave us 6 yrs ago. So now I have 5 empty frames.

In my dining room there is a wall that only has a 12 inch mirror. Its been there since we moved here. Dh and his family are all wondering what creative thing I'm going to do with that wall but even I'm

in this one.
I think the reason they are all wondering what I'm going to do is b/c they've seen my SIL's creatively decorate their homes and our has always been "Blah." My excuse then was that we lived in apartments so I never really had a desire to decorate a place that wasn't my own and have to travel with all the stuff every couple of years. So now we have a house and they will ask me what color I will paint a room or what I will put on the walls. But as it is I'm doing things here and there without an actual design or plan. But I do actually have a theme that even that I've compromised on alittle. Originally it was country/cottage now its country/cottage with a contemporary twist.

The bedrooms have literally nothing on the walls b/c I don't have a clue on what to do.

BlessedBlue · 12-29-2008, 04:12 PM

I have the exact same problem...

malakoa · 12-29-2008, 04:16 PM

Can you ask your SIL for help?

12-29-2008, 04:18 PM

I usually find one item I love and go from there. I've decorated an entire room around a pillow, vase, fabric, whatever.

General tips I live by:

Find things that coordinate with your favorite item. (If you're not sure what coordinates go to a paint store and play around with the colors there) Keep shelves at about 2/3 capacity. Arrange things in threes and in triangle shapes (just give it three points). Hang pictures so that the mid point is at about eye level.

Katydid · 12-29-2008, 04:19 PM

I love getting inspiration from magazines and Ikea catalogs.

saturnfire16 · 12-29-2008, 04:45 PM

I'll listen in for advice, because I have the same problem. I don't think having a uterus neccesarily qualifies me to decorate.

Lady TS · 12-29-2008, 05:41 PM

We are remodeling the bathroom this week and I am fishing for ideas----

Beauty4Ashes · 12-29-2008, 05:46 PM

I'm the same way. Dh did all the decorating, accessories, furniture, etc. for our home. The only space I decorated was dd's room and that's because it holds my desk, book case, hobby stuff, and laptop.

12-29-2008, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicole325

I usually find one item I love and go from there. I've decorated an entire room around a pillow, vase, fabric, whatever.

General tips I live by:

Find things that coordinate with your favorite item. (If you're not sure what coordinates go to a paint store and play around with the colors there) Keep shelves at about 2/3 capacity. Arrange things in threes and in triangle shapes (just give it three points). Hang pictures so that the mid point is at about eye level.

I hear you but when I listen to these decorating experts. they say not to go with one thing, like (lets say) butterlies. Where you have tons of butterfly stuff around your house. Not like you're saying this but this is where my mind goes when you say "Find one item you like."

Don't get me started on color

TBH, I don't really own anything that I can use to go off on.

I have a picture I bought that could probably do it but even thats hard

My livingroom is a two tone white and light sage. The framed picture is red with a plantation in it.....lots of reds in it. frames and anything in the room thats hanging is black.

Embracing Grace · 12-29-2008, 06:50 PM

Yeah, I can't deal with wall stuff. We have a large framed mirror hanging in our living room that works really well with everything, and some other odds and ends, but it seems very incomplete. I do think that LESS is more, so don't worry about being minimal.

12-29-2008, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lavender Lily

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicole325

I usually find one item I love and go from there. I've decorated an entire room around a pillow, vase, fabric, whatever.

General tips I live by:

Find things that coordinate with your favorite item. (If you're not sure what coordinates go to a paint store and play around with the colors there) Keep shelves at about 2/3 capacity. Arrange things in threes and in triangle shapes (just give it three points). Hang pictures so that the mid point is at about eye level.

I hear you but when I listen to these decorating experts. they say not to go with one thing, like (lets say) butterlies. Where you have tons of butterfly stuff around your house. Not like you're saying this but this is where my mind goes when you say "Find one item you like."

Don't get me started on color

TBH, I don't really own anything that I can use to go off on.

I have a picture I bought that could probably do it but even thats hard

My livingroom is a two tone white and light sage. The framed picture is red with a plantation in it.....lots of reds in it. frames and anything in the room thats hanging is black.

ah. yeah. It's easy to be "matchy" rather than coordinating and complementing - which is what I meant. Or - if you're using butterflies you get every.single.thing. you can find with butterflies rather than choosing only special items that actually do fit your theme.

When I say "one thing" I'm more along the lines of "I love this blue vase" - hmmm...what color goes good with that? Brown! Ok - now to find living room things in blue and brown - and maybe another color ..

I'm probably not much help. Sorry!

ArmsOfLove · 12-29-2008, 08:41 PM

Or you find a butterfly you like, and then build *around* it--not multiply *it*. So choose the colors of the butterfly for your wall and accessory colors.

As I was really trying to perfect my style I watched lots of HGTV and TLC

12-30-2008, 05:11 PM

Nicole325 you've been a great help.
I do now get what you're saying. Its about color and not about getting tons of butterflies.

See now if I was single I could pull off the tons of butterflies in my room.

12-30-2008, 05:28 PM

ArmsofLove - you said that MUCH better than I did!

and Lily - I am single and am totally doing a butterfly room! sort of. The curtains have butterflies and then I'm using the colors from the curtains elsewhere in the room. (the beginnings of my butterfly guest room/office: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3378498...ags/guestroom/ I REALLY want a black iron bed)

12-30-2008, 05:58 PM

For a minute there I thought I was looking at a site by Martha Stewart. I love that. See I would never think about that.

12-29-2008, 04:08 PM	#1
Lavender Lily Guest Posts: n/a	ashamed as a woman to admit this....... I don't have a clue on how to accessorize my home. I don't like things on my coffee or end tables mainly b/c of the kids....unless its something that won't break. As for things on the walls, I have no clue on what to get or put up. I love seeing pictures or walking into peoples houses who do it and do it well and I love it. But when it comes to me doing it I wonder if it looks like clutter on a wall. I bought a 7 piece frame set of four different sizes...their just frames that you put stuff in them not pictures or unless you want a frame in a frame. In the largest one I bought a defuser and put a temp. picture I have of ds1 which I intend to replace with our wedding picture. In a smaller frame I put a stone vase that dh's aunt gave us 6 yrs ago. So now I have 5 empty frames. In my dining room there is a wall that only has a 12 inch mirror. Its been there since we moved here. Dh and his family are all wondering what creative thing I'm going to do with that wall but even I'm in this one. I think the reason they are all wondering what I'm going to do is b/c they've seen my SIL's creatively decorate their homes and our has always been "Blah." My excuse then was that we lived in apartments so I never really had a desire to decorate a place that wasn't my own and have to travel with all the stuff every couple of years. So now we have a house and they will ask me what color I will paint a room or what I will put on the walls. But as it is I'm doing things here and there without an actual design or plan. But I do actually have a theme that even that I've compromised on alittle. Originally it was country/cottage now its country/cottage with a contemporary twist. The bedrooms have literally nothing on the walls b/c I don't have a clue on what to do.

12-29-2008, 04:12 PM	#2
BlessedBlue Rose Garden Have you ever heard a fly roar? Listen carefully! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Walking with broken bootstraps... Posts: 7,152	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... I have the exact same problem... __________________ sister to Blue-EyedLady since forever wife to Trooper (Wounded Warrior) 3-98 Graphics designing sapphiremama to EBug 2-04, ABoo 2-06, and Goggle 8-09

12-29-2008, 04:16 PM	#3
malakoa Rose Garden Fearless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,845	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... Can you ask your SIL for help? __________________ Mama of one Size Small Baby Girl, born August 2004. and one in heaven EDD December 2003.

12-29-2008, 04:18 PM	#4
Mashena Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... I usually find one item I love and go from there. I've decorated an entire room around a pillow, vase, fabric, whatever. General tips I live by: Find things that coordinate with your favorite item. (If you're not sure what coordinates go to a paint store and play around with the colors there) Keep shelves at about 2/3 capacity. Arrange things in threes and in triangle shapes (just give it three points). Hang pictures so that the mid point is at about eye level.

12-29-2008, 04:19 PM	#5
Katydid Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 7,516	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... I love getting inspiration from magazines and Ikea catalogs. __________________ *Homeschooling Mama of Four*

12-29-2008, 04:45 PM	#6
saturnfire16 Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Eastern CA Posts: 9,119	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... I'll listen in for advice, because I have the same problem. I don't think having a uterus neccesarily qualifies me to decorate. __________________ ~Emily INTJ, Type 4 Wife to D Mama to: E 12/05 L 7/08 Z 12/10 A 6/14 and J in heaven 2/10 Torah Keeping, Unschooling Family My blog on unschooling and family life: Peace On Dark Nights.

12-29-2008, 05:41 PM	#7
Lady TS Rose Garden Wish I was there! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NW OH Posts: 10,614	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... We are remodeling the bathroom this week and I am fishing for ideas---- __________________ Tanya InTJ Wife to Randy Mom to: Brownie-18, RockSalt-16, LuLu-going on 14 and Avery, with the Lord September 2010 In essentials, Unity In non-essentials, Liberty In all things, Charity My Blogs: Living Healthy in the Modern World and Wordy Musings

12-29-2008, 05:46 PM	#8
Beauty4Ashes Rose Garden Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 13,095	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... I'm the same way. Dh did all the decorating, accessories, furniture, etc. for our home. The only space I decorated was dd's room and that's because it holds my desk, book case, hobby stuff, and laptop. __________________ Tammy--ISTJ wife to AbuBa(6/2001) mom to B (6/2004) D (6/2005) L 4/2008 R 9/2015 Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that they might be glorified.

12-29-2008, 06:50 PM	#10
Embracing Grace Rose Trellis Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: twin cities, mn Posts: 2,374	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... Yeah, I can't deal with wall stuff. We have a large framed mirror hanging in our living room that works really well with everything, and some other odds and ends, but it seems very incomplete. I do think that LESS is more, so don't worry about being minimal. __________________ Olga Josiah, 7 Judah, 3 Married to John www.hebrew4christians.com

12-29-2008, 08:41 PM	#12
ArmsOfLove Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 79,607	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... Or you find a butterfly you like, and then build around it--not multiply it. So choose the colors of the butterfly for your wall and accessory colors. As I was really trying to perfect my style I watched lots of HGTV and TLC __________________ Crystal "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou

12-30-2008, 05:11 PM	#13
Lavender Lily Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... Nicole325 you've been a great help. I do now get what you're saying. Its about color and not about getting tons of butterflies. See now if I was single I could pull off the tons of butterflies in my room.

12-30-2008, 05:28 PM	#14
Mashena Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... ArmsofLove - you said that MUCH better than I did! and Lily - I am single and am totally doing a butterfly room! sort of. The curtains have butterflies and then I'm using the colors from the curtains elsewhere in the room. (the beginnings of my butterfly guest room/office: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3378498...ags/guestroom/ I REALLY want a black iron bed)

12-30-2008, 05:58 PM	#15
Lavender Lily Guest Posts: n/a	Re: ashamed as a woman to admit this....... For a minute there I thought I was looking at a site by Martha Stewart. I love that. See I would never think about that.

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